Any popular multiplayer game has to battle with cheaters, especially a free-to-play title as large as Call of Duty: Warzone. There have been all kinds of cheats that Call of Duty: Warzone that players have had to contend with, and now cheaters are gaining access to equipment that isn't even normally present in the game.
Call of Duty: Warzone's persistent battle with cheaters has had a lot of highs and lows, with the Call of Duty team even recently offering an update on its plans to combat Call of Duty: Warzone cheaters. While there are impressive statistics, like nearly 500,000 players being permabanned from the game, cheaters seem to keep finding ways to work around Activision's anti-cheat efforts.
The newest cheat sees people using night-vision goggles. While the equipment is present in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which Call of Duty: Warzone is built upon, there is no non-cheating way to get access to night-vision goggles in Call of Duty: Warzone. The cheat first started gaining attention when streamer Stephen "Yungstaz" Galloway posted a clip to Twitter of a cheater automatically pinging enemies on the map before pulling down night-vision goggles. The cheat is a bit puzzling, however, as Call of Duty: Warzone's map is always set during the daytime, meaning that there is no advantage in using the goggles.
In a second tweet to follow, Galloway talks with the cheater, who reveals they have been cheating in Call of Duty: Warzone on that account for five months. Another instance of the night vision goggles was posted to the game's subreddit by user PerfectEfficiency8. That clip shows a player using an obvious aimbot before equipping the night-vision goggles, after which they die and then disconnect the entire lobby. In this particular case, the player is level 686, leading some fans to wonder just how long they have been able to cheat in Call of Duty: Warzone.
I've NEVER been in a game with a hacker like this. He died at super when his aim bot kept locking onto zombies. But it quit the entire lobby out when he died.. games a joke watch till the end he even has night vision goggles from CODWarzone
The lack of advantage given by the night-vision goggles seems to point to cheaters using them as a way to brag about their ability to cheat so openly in the game. While Call of Duty: Warzone has devoted resources to catching cheaters, it still has a persistent problem that seems to make cheaters feel comfortable being brazen about what they're doing. Hopefully, developer Raven Software can find a solution to the cheating issue before they start ruining the enjoyment of honest players tackling Call of Duty: Warzone's upcoming events and new content.
Call of Duty: Warzone is available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.