Call of Duty cheaters complain after Activision launches new wave of mass-bans | TechCrunchCall of Duty cheaters complain after Activision launches new wave of mass-bans | TechCrunch
The video game giant banned an unknown number of cheaters that were using one of the oldest-running cheats.
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Several Call of Duty players recently found themselves locked out of the game after Activision carried out a fresh wave of permanent bans targeting users of cheating software—most notably the long-running ArtificialAiming aimbot used in Black Ops 6. High-profile streamers like ItsHapa shared screenshots of frustrated forum posts, and while Activision wouldn’t reveal exact numbers, past crackdowns have seen tens of thousands of accounts nuked in one go.
This push is part of a broader industry trend: game publishers are investing heavily in kernel-level anti-cheat tech (Activision’s Ricochet, Riot’s Vanguard) to root out hacks at the system level. Cheat-makers themselves admit they’re feeling the squeeze—some even claim the battle’s turned against them after years of raking in millions.
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