Ever since the launch of Call of Duty: Warzone last month, the game has proven to be another hit for Infinity Ward. In the short period since Warzone's release, the game has since surpassed a whopping 50 million players. Of course, just like any other popular online multiplayer game, Call of Duty: Warzone has been plagued by cheaters and Infinity Ward recently released a statement with regards to the growing number of hackers present in the game.
In a Twitter post released by Infinity Ward earlier, the studio revealed that it has now issued over 70,000 bans worldwide to rid Call of Duty: Warzone of cheaters. The tweet is likely in response to the growing complaints from players on the PC who noticed a large number of aimbotters in the battle royale game. Although complaints are coming from PC players of Warzone, console players are also affected given that Warzone supports cross-play functionality. Additionally, Infinity Ward ended its statement with a firm warning to cheaters, "We are watching. We have zero-tolerance for cheaters."
As of the moment, it appears that Call of Duty: Warzone still doesn't have any anti-cheating feature that allows players to easily report any suspicious activity in-game. For now, cheating reports are manually reviewed and investigated by Infinity Ward, and players can report other users who they suspect to be cheating in the game by searching through their recent player list and flagging the cheater for Infinity Ward to investigate.
Although 70,000 bans appear to be a big number, it is worth pointing out that Infinity Ward has previously banned over 50,000 cheaters several weeks ago. While these numbers may appear high, they may not completely eradicate cheating in the game, but thankfully, Infinity Ward is taking the necessary actions to ensure that Call of Duty: Warzone has a safe and fair playing space.
Meanwhile, Infinity Ward is continuously releasing weekly updates to Call of Duty: Warzone that sometimes adds new content or new playlists for players to try out. Players can expect a new battle royale mode that is scheduled to release in Call of Duty: Warzone today called Scopes and Scatter Guns. As the name implies, the new game mode will only provide players with shotguns and snipers on the battle royale map, as opposed to the wide variety of weapons that are available in the standard game mode. As of the moment, Scopes and Scatter Guns will only be available for Trios.
Call of Duty: Warzone is out now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.