With the game quickly amassing millions of players and becoming one of the most popular battle royales on the market, it makes sense that Call of Duty: Warzone would become a significant target for online hackers. The popular game has already seen a number of its most respected community members speak out about the game's need for better hacking prevention, with players claiming that cheaters are running rampant throughout the game.
However, incredibly popular streaming sensation Ninja joined the discussion yesterday after winning Warzone Wednesday Week 3. Picking up the win with fellow teammates JoshOG and Diegosaurs, Ninja discussed the game's lax approach to hackers, complaining about how tough it was to jump into a game without any cheaters.
Posted in a tweet following his win, the popular streamer claimed "3 of our 5 games we died to hackers early and one of the games I plugged a controller in (first time ever on cod) to get a console lobby w/o hackers." His experience alone shows that hackers are far from rare within the game, clearly proving that Activision needs to devise a strategy to remove them from Call of Duty Warzone altogether. Ninja's war with cheating players didn't end there though. After his big win, the streamer decided to play a few more games of Warzone while on stream, attempting to hang out with fans and unwind. The experience was far from positive, with hackers making sure that Ninja's games were all interrupted.
"I’m not kidding, 7/8 solo games after Warzone Wednesday I had a hacker kill me at airport, and chase me across the map after I won a gulag and kill me again," Ninja claimed in a tweet, clearly frustrated that he couldn't even jump into a few normal games without being confronted by cheating players. He adds "Thank God Valorant goes live tomorrow," clearly showing that Warzone's lack of policing against hackers has dissuaded him from wanting to play the title. Fellow streamer Jack “CouRage” Dunlop later responded to Ninja, claiming "skill based matchmaking combined with hackers every game ruins it. Such a shame."
As can be seen from a number of major streaming personalities, Ninja's experiences are the norm for many currently logging into Warzone. Evidently, the game needs to start putting in place harsher policing for hackers if the title is going to become a staple of the battle royale world, especially as its starting to net the game a really damaging reputation.
Call of Duty: Warzone is out now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.