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Activision bans more than 65,000 cheaters, and the Call of Duty competitive environment has been sanitized

Activision has banned more than 65,000 Call of Duty: Warzone and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 players.

The ban was introduced in the last few hours, purging thousands of "cheat and speed" players in ranked and unranked games.

Activision bans more than 65,000 cheaters, and the Call of Duty competitive environment has been sanitized

"The Ricochet anti-cheat team has now cleared the Call of Duty, Warzone, and Modern Warfare 3 leaderboards, banning cheating and overweight accounts," the Activision anti-cheat team said.

"Ricochet has accelerated the enforcement of anti-cheat measures, resulting in the banning of more than 65,000 accounts this week in ranked and non-ranked modes in Warzone and Modern Warfare 3.

"The team will continue to monitor and enforce against anyone cheating or speeding up in all game modes."

Activision bans more than 65,000 cheaters, and the Call of Duty competitive environment has been sanitized

If that sounds like a lot, that's not really true given the size of Call of Duty's player base. As one commenter said in reply to the tweet above, "65,000 accounts seems like too little...... I just think there's a lot more ......."

Last year's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is now available on Xbox Game Pass.

Activision bans more than 65,000 cheaters, and the Call of Duty competitive environment has been sanitized

Xbox Game Pass users will have access to all Modern Warfare 3 modes, including the single-player campaign, multiplayer, and open-world zombie games. This is the second game launched by Activision Blizzard since Microsoft spent $69 billion last year, and Diablo 4 launched as a subscription service back in March this year. Of course, this isn't the only game Activision has announced on Game Pass; This year's Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 will be released on October 24.

Black Ops 6 will be in open multiplayer beta this September, and those who qualify for Early Access (including Game Pass subscribers) will be able to enter the game a week early.

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