With the ongoing beta for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Activision has claimed that its Ricochet Anti-Cheat system on PC has seen great success. In a lengthy social media post, the company has revealed that Ricochet Anti-Cheat, along with Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module) have contributed to stopping 97 percent of all cheaters in the beta within 30 minutes of their first sign-in.
The company has also stated that less than 1 percent of cheaters were even able to enter a match with their cheats enabled.
“You may have seen clips of cheaters in the Black Ops 7 Beta,” wrote the company on social media. “We had already actioned on most of those accounts before they hit social media. We’re watching closely, acting in real time, and learning from every attempt.”
“And this is just the beginning. When launch arrives, every layer of protection will be in full force, and Ricochet Anti-Cheat’s defenses will only grow stronger.”
Along with this, Activision is also boasting about cheat providers listing their cheating tools as being “unusable” or “detected” for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. The company has seemingly had a direct hand in contributing to the closure of more than 40 such cheat developers and resellers since the release of last year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
This announcement comes just a week after Activision, along with developers Treyarch and Raven Software, had announced that the PC version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 would have Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 being enabled as hard requirements for the beta as well as the full game.
“We’re striking cheat makers and sellers from every angle: in-game detections that stop them cold, and legal action that dismantles their operations,” wrote the developers in the blog post. “And we’re not stopping there. Significant continued improvements to our systems are coming, including those that detect external hardware.”
“The launch of Black Ops 7 marks the beginning of a new phase for Ricochet Anti-Cheat. We enter it armed with stronger systems and an unwavering commitment to game protection and cheat prevention.”
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 isn’t the only upcoming shooter that is taking cheating and hacking on PC this seriously. Battlefield 6, for instance, similarly needs both Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 enabled on its PC version. Along with this, technical director Christian Buhl had also revealed that Battlefield Studios has been working with console makers Sony and Microsoft to also ensure that console players can’t cheat using devices like the Cronus Zen either.
“Yeah, it’s unfortunate that cheating has become a problem within the console space, especially with Cronus Zen machines and everything,” said Buhl. “So we’ve partnered with PlayStation and Microsoft in this regard to kind of do detection. We actually have our own level of macro detection and everything.”
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is still some time away from its November 14 release date on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. In the meantime, Treyarch has also confirmed that the title’s ongoing beta has been extended to just a day before Battlefield 6’s October 10 launch on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
