Activision says its upgraded RICOCHET Anti-Cheat system banned 97 per cent of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta cheaters within 30 minutes of logging in, marking its most effective enforcement effort to date.
Activision has revealed that 97 per cent of players who attempted to cheat during the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta were detected and banned within 30 minutes of signing in.
The publisher praised the performance of its upgraded RICOCHET Anti-Cheat system, which was deployed live during the beta to monitor behaviour and disrupt cheating in real time.
In a post to social media, Activision said: “Our RICOCHET Anti-Cheat system has shown the highest detection and enforcement rates in its history.
“97 per cent of users flagged for cheating were permanently banned within the first 30 minutes of logging into the Black Ops 7 beta.”
The studio confirmed that thousands of accounts were removed during the testing period, noting that some players had also been shadow-banned or quarantined to protect the wider community.
Activision added: “We continue to improve our machine learning and data analysis tools to identify cheaters faster and take decisive action before they affect fair players.”
According to Activision, the beta served as a proving ground for RICOCHET’s most advanced version yet, featuring “dynamic mitigation” – tools that can disarm cheaters in real time by disabling damage output or obscuring enemy visibility.
The publisher reaffirmed its zero-tolerance stance heading into launch and said: “Fair play remains our top priority.
“We will continue to strengthen our systems and remove those who compromise the experience for others.”
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 releases November 14 on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.
COD: Black Ops 7 – Activision says 97 per cent of cheaters banned within 30 minutes
