Activision has announced today that it will be more strict with players using third-party hardware tools like the Cronus Zen to basically cheat in Call of Duty Modern Warfare II and Warzone 2.0. In a blog post today about the updates coming to the franchise’s RICOCHET Anti-Cheat software, Activision explains that among the changes coming, there’s going to be a crackdown on devices like the Cronus and XIM hardware.
While some might argue that using hardware like this isn’t cheating, it deliberately gives players who do use them a noticeable (and unfair) advantage. When using these devices, they allow players to modify game elements like recoil. Either by reducing it or eliminating it completely. The hardware can more or less turn every gun into a laser beam. Call of Duty is the latest game to crack down on this kind of hardware use. With games like Rainbow Six Siege and Fortnite implementing detection systems and bans earlier this year and last year respectively.
Call of Duty will first detect Cronus users then issue a warning
Although the hardware use has been quite a problem for players who don’t use it, Activision won’t necessarily be issuing bans right away. The RICOCHET Anti-Cheat software will first detect players using Cronus or XIM hardware and then issue them a warning. Letting them know that “continued improper use of these devices may lead to additional warnings, the deployment of mitigations, account or feature suspensions, or the banning of the offending account across Call of Duty titles, per our Security and Enforcement Policy.” Activision said in its blog post.
So Activision is essentially giving players a warning first, perhaps multiple warnings. With account bans being a last resort. These changes to the anti-cheat system and more are part of the Season 03 update according to Activision. So they should be going live when that launches.
2023-04-05 15:07:15