Call of Duty says it's harder to cheat in Black Ops 7 Season 3

Activision provided Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and Warzone players with a new update to the shooter's anti-cheat system, known as Ricochet, for Season 3, which launched earlier today. The studio's anti-cheat team is working on improving Ricochet for Season 3 Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and now says the new security measures should make it harder for bad actors to access multiplayer matches or affect other players' accounts.

Latest season Call of Duty launched on April 2 and brought an abundance of new content not only Black Ops 7but its free-to-play counterpart Battle Royale, Warzone. Fans of the multiplayer game can check out a bunch of new maps as well as some fan favorite remasters like Plaza from Black Ops 2. There's also a new Battle Pass for players to try out, with free levels again including some new unlockable weapons. As for Zombies fans, the wait for the new map will be a bit longer as Totenreich isn't set to release until the Season 3 Reloaded update.

captain award in call of duty modern warfare 2019

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare just received a massive new update, but no one knows why

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is getting an unexpected and rather large update across all platforms on April 1st, but no one really knows why.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Updates Anti-Cheat Systems for Season 3

As with all popular live streaming titles, cheating and hacking are a constant problem Call of Duty. Fortunately, Activision has a proprietary anti-cheat system known as Ricochet to combat those who want to spoil the fun for others. In a new blog post on the game's official website, Activision has revealed some important changes that have been introduced Black Ops 7Big Season 3 Update. The Ricochet team says they've expanded device detections, updated attestation reports, and added new security measures to make it harder for bad players to reach matches or affect other players' accounts.

With the launch of Season 2 last month, Activision continued Call of Duty players using third-party input conditioning devices such as Cronus Zen and XIM Matrix. These devices are often used by players to simulate the machine's perfect aim and recoil control, giving an increased advantage over other players. The studio said that stopping such devices is no easy task, as they are designed to hide, adapt and change configurations to avoid detection. Now, with the launch of Season 3 on April 2nd, Team Ricochet says it has expanded its device detections to continue to take action against those using unauthorized devices.

In addition to continuing efforts to prevent players from using such devices, Activision has also implemented new account security measures for Season 3. Starting today, all newly created Activision accounts will be required to use two-factor authentication via SMS if they are free-to-play users on PC. The studio says this helps protect against account compromise, farming and repeat offenders. “We'll start with newly created PC accounts and expand to existing accounts over the coming weeks,” the blog post says. At the time of writing, this only applies to free-to-play PC players who don't own a Call of Duty title released within the last two years and will be applied on a platform-by-platform basis.

It's not just anti-cheat updates that Activision is focusing on, as the publisher is also actively shutting down Call of Duty fraud providers over the past year. In March 2025, Activision forced one of the WarzoneThe biggest cheat providers, Phantom Overlay, will be shut down for good. Then, just a few weeks later, it was announced that four more cheat providers were forced out of business. It's not easy because it requires a lot of resources and legal paths, but preventing players from easily accessing cheats is another effective way to prevent cheaters from ruining the game. Call of Duty experience.