The developers of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 celebrate the success of their new anti-cheat system in the beta. They announce a high success rate while some players claim they have been banned unjustly.
What are the developers celebrating? The developers of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 celebrated their anti-cheat Ricochet in a post on X.com. It was implemented in the current beta of the shooter and achieved significant success.
The developers explain that they stopped 97% of cheaters within the first 30 minutes after login and that less than 1% of the cheaters managed to complete a match.
As a reason for the improvements, they primarily point to the intensified TPM 2.0 checks, which are supposed to prevent cheaters from succeeding. The anti-cheat system also relies on hardware bans. However, it seems that the system has also caught some innocent players.
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Banned players assert their innocence
What problems are there? Under the developers’ post, many fans are upset about false bans. They insist they never cheated but were banned by the new anti-cheat system while being completely innocent.
Many players report in their comments on X.com that they received a so-called “shadow ban” that prevents them from participating in the game’s matchmaking. They demand on X.com that the ban be lifted and that they be allowed to play again.
Other users claim, however, that the anti-cheat makes no mistakes and that even the seemingly innocent players have cheated. Whether the anti-cheat actually bans innocent players is unclear, but the large number of complaints is an indication of this, even though each case would likely have to be examined individually.
How will the fight against cheaters proceed? The developers explain in the post that not all levels of the anti-cheat were activated in the beta yet. They plan to save that for the release of the shooter on November 14, 2025, and then be even more stringent.
In the long run, the developers want to implement new systems to combat cheaters. But the manufacturers also have to deal with Activision. The developers stated that they have forced over 40 cheat providers and sellers of cheats to shut down since the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on October 25, 2025.
The fight against cheaters is essential for shooters like Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. Even the first rounds in the beta had cheaters that frustrated players. The fact that they now want to eliminate these players for an extended period and sustainably will please many fans, as long as it doesn’t affect innocent players. Those who want to cheat can now do so legally: Black Ops 7 rewards the best players with a built-in wallhack, fans ask: “What has happened to the CoD I love?”
