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The long-awaited ricochet anti-cheat<\/strong> has gone live in Call of Duty Warzone<\/strong> worldwide, and is sweeping through the population of cheaters. Looking online both on social media and forums, players are being banned en masse.<\/p>\n

For those who don’t know, Ricochet Anti-cheat is kernel-level software that has been released across all versions of Call of Duty Warzone and Vanguard. The purpose of which is to crack down on the cheating problem that has been rampant for a while now within the series. <\/p>\n

While there have been existing tools used to deal with cheaters in Call of Duty titles, they’ve frankly been lacklustre when faced against the efforts of these cheaters. That being said, Ricochet seems to be off to a great start, wiping out accounts found to be using illicit software in droves.<\/p>\n

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The long-awaited ricochet anti-cheat has gone live in Call of Duty Warzone worldwide, and is sweeping through the population of cheaters. Looking online both on social media and forums, players are being banned en masse. For those who don’t know, Ricochet Anti-cheat is kernel-level software that has been released across all versions of Call of Duty Warzone and Vanguard. The purpose of which is to crack down on the cheating problem that has been rampant for a while now within the series. While there have been existing tools used to deal with cheaters in Call of Duty titles, they’ve frankly been lacklustre when faced against the efforts of these cheaters. That being said, Ricochet seems to be off to a great start, wiping out accounts…<\/p>\n

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