Ricochet anti-cheat is stopping cheaters in real time.
Ricochet anti-cheat is stopping cheaters in real time.
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Call of Duty’s anti-cheat can remove cheaters before they play or before they win

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The Ricochet anti-cheat system for Call of Duty games can now block cheaters before they play a game or as they play a match and before they can win.

Activision’s Treyarch studio released its report about its Richochet anti-cheat technology as it prepares to launch Season 1 for its Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 game. The new season gets under way later this week with Ranked Play coming on November 21.

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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.