Infinity Ward Details Cheater Enforcement in Call of Duty: Warzone

Update - April 13th, 2020

Infinity Ward now states that, just two weeks after their initial blog post, the Studio has now banned over 70,000 cheaters from Call of Duty: Warzone. Infinity Ward continues to insist that there is a zero tolerance policy for cheaters and that the Studio will continue to work toward preventing these exploits from happening in the first place.

Infinity Ward has taken to their official blog and social media accounts to address the current state of the never-ending fight against cheaters in Call of Duty: Warzone. In this blog, Infinity Ward says that they've issued 50,000 permanent bans worldwide since the title's release less than a month ago. The studio plans to continue to monitor these players and prevent them from ruining the experience for other players.

Cheating is a rather hot topic in the Warzone community at the moment, especially due to the forced-crossplay aspect of the game which requires console players to be matched against PC players. As it stands, the current generation of consoles is not susceptible to cheating of this nature when crossplay is not an option - because of this, many console players are calling for the ability to disable crossplay in Warzone.

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Cheaters Not Welcomed in Call of Duty: Warzone

There’s no place for cheating in games. Warzone has zero tolerance for cheaters. Here is what we’re doing about it.

We take all forms of cheating very seriously, maintaining a level and fair playing field for everyone is among our highest priorities. This is an area we have been working on heavily, but it isn’t always something we discuss publicly.

We have been enforcing account bans since Day 1 of Warzone’s release. To date, we issued more than 50,000 permabans worldwide.

We employ a number of programs in place to combat both cheaters and cheat providers.

• Our security teams monitor 24/7 to investigate data and identify potential infractions.
• The teams review all possible cheats and hacks, this includes identifying use of aimbots, wallhacks and more.
• We’re working to improve our in-game system for reporting potential cheating. Plans are underway to streamline the UI for a more seamless reporting experience.
• For all reports that are received in-game, they are both analyzed and filtered based on key data.
• Once investigations are complete, we will continue to work as quickly as possible to ban.

Moving forward, we will aim to provide a regular count on the latest number of bans issued, as needed.

For additional information, visit the Call of Duty: Warzone Security and Enforcement Policy.

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. Rest assured, we’re committed to ensuring a fun and fair experience for everyone.

We look forward to sharing more updates here.

Thank you.