Call of Duty's anti-cheat system is now taking cheaters' weapons away Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Call of Duty's anti-cheat system is now taking cheaters' weapons away Including their fists. News by Matt Wales Reporter Published on 17 Jun 2022 20 comments As part of its ongoing war against cheaters, the team behind Call of Duty's server-side and kernel-level anti-cheat solution, known as Ricochet, has unveiled a new mitigation technique that takes a player's weapons (and fists) away when the system identifies them as a cheater. Word of this latest mitigation technique comes via a new blog update detailing the current state of Call of Duty's anti-cheat solution, and follows previously revealed anti-cheat techniques Cloaking and Damage Shield. Damage Shield, Richochet's first major mitigation technique, essentially works by turning on God Mode for all legitimate players when a cheater is detected in-match. Cloaking, meanwhile, makes it impossible for detected cheaters to see opponents and bullets, or even hear sounds. Watch on YouTube Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - World Gameplay Reveal Trailer. Both those anti-cheat systems will continue to operate in Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone as before, but will now be joined by the newly announced Disarm. This is designed to prevent cheaters from having any level of lethality and works, simply enough, by taking their weapons (including their fists) away to prevent them from doing harm to legitimate players. As the Ricochet team explains in its blog post, "The aim for mitigations is to keep cheaters in game to analyse their data while reducing their ability to impact a legitimate player's experience." While the team acknowledges its mitigation techniques are the most eyecatching of its anti-cheat solutions, it notes that bans remain the biggest deterrent to cheating, and says it has now banned over 180,000 players across Warzone and Vanguard. It also confirms the Ricochet anti-cheat system - including its PC kernel-level driver - will be in place and operational for the upcoming launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2.0. Today's Call of Duty update arrives during an eventful week for publisher Activision Blizzard. Not only has the company shared a host of information on Overwatch 2 after a lengthy wait, including a 4th October release date, it's also announced that - following almost a year of shocking allegations it fostered a company culture where sexual harassment, assault, and inappropriate behaviour were able to thrive - it's investigated itself and decided there was "no widespread harassment, or systemic harassment" at the company. It also insisted there was "no evidence to suggest that Activision Blizzard senior executives ever intentionally ignored or attempted to downplay the instances of gender harassment that occurred and were reported", despite a damning Wall Street Journal report in November claiming Bobby Kotick had been aware of the allegations of sexual misconduct and mistreatment of female employees across many parts of the company "for years", but had failed to act on them or tell the board of directors and executives everything he knew. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Atari will hold RollerCoaster Tycoon rights for another decade Ups and downs. 7 Lady Dimitrescu will be a tad smaller in Resident Evil Village's Mercenaries DLC Level the playing field. 1 Overwatch 2 suffers another DDoS attack and character roster bugs Mei Mei. 7 Nintendo Switch firmware update lets you take screenshots in the Switch Online app The app on your console, not your phone. 7 Latest Articles Atari will hold RollerCoaster Tycoon rights for another decade Ups and downs. 7 Jelly Deals Logitech's G Pro X gaming headset is its lowest-ever price during Amazon's Early Access sale Prime Members can get it for just £52. Jelly Deals Save over £500 off the retail price on this beefy ASUS TUF Dash gaming laptop from Amazon Under £1080 for an RTX 3070 laptop. Lady Dimitrescu will be a tad smaller in Resident Evil Village's Mercenaries DLC Level the playing field. 1 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store