Activision is sniping at cheaters in Call of Duty.
Activision is sniping at cheaters in Call of Duty.
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Activision bans another 60,000 accounts for Call of Duty and Call of Duty: Warzone

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Activision said today that it has banned another 60,000 cheaters in Call of Duty multiplayer and Call of Duty: Warzone, bringing the total banned to date to more than 300,000 permabans since launch last year.

The post from the Call of Duty staff said it has “zero tolerance for cheaters” and it is working to “identify and address cheat providers at the source, who distribute unauthorized third party software for modding or hacking.” Call of Duty was the No. 1 seller in 2020.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.