Just like Blackout before it, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's Warzone mode is a resounding success for Activision. The battle-royale hit a whopping 15 million players as of March 15, just mere days after its launch. This is, no doubt, due to the mode being completely free to players.
However, with that huge influx of players has come a host of issues as well. Call of Duty games often have trouble with hacking and cheating. The launch of Modern Warfare 2 was notorious for being plagued by hackers. With the focus now on Warzone, it's clear that the game has a serious hacking problem.
The recent Warzone Wednesdays tournament was a show of how big these problems currently are. It's to the point where major streamers and athletes have started pointing these problems out in-game, which absolutely put a damper on the whole event in general.
Cheating Is Running Rampant in Warzone
The particular brand of hacking hitting Warzone hard is the use of aimbots, which essentially allows hackers to instantly hone in on the heads of opponents. This past Wednesday countless streamers were frustrated by opponents that were hacking, as pointed out by Ninja, ThePreacher, and countless others.
YouTuber Nadeshot Plays even posted a video of a player getting 49 kills in one match, and breaking the game's kill record. Needless to say, it's a major problem, especially if Activision is running an event like Warzone Wednesdays. It's a shame that an event meant to bring the community together is instead plagued by hacking and frustration.
What Infinity Ward is Doing About Cheating
The good news is that Activision does seem to be taking steps to deal with hacking, even if they aren't enough at the moment. To date, more than 50,000 permabans have been issued worldwide for Warzone. According to a post from Activision, the company has a security teams monitor the game 24/7 to find potential hackers. This includes and reports made and sent by players. Activision is also working on overhauling the UI for Warzone, to make the reporting process even easier. Activision ends the post by saying
"Simply put there’s no place for cheating. We recognize that there’s no single solution for combating cheaters, it’s a constant enforcement every day, 24/7"
It's good they're taking steps to combat these major issues, but the recent tournament shows that Modern Warfare still has a long way to go.