Activision’s war on Call of Duty hacking continues, with four more cheat providers reportedly shut down ahead of the hotly anticipated return of Verdansk to Warzone.
Call of Duty content creator LunchTime took to social media to reveal the four Call of Duty cheat providers confirmed to have shut down this week. Activision has yet to make a statement on the purge, but it comes as part of the company’s overall bid to improve Black Ops 6 and Warzone’s poor reputation among its core community for cheating.
4 additional Call of Duty cheat providers “GCAIMX”, “Suave”, “ZZ’S”, & “MoneyMan” have been shut down‼️
One step closer to hacker-free COD 🥲 pic.twitter.com/F0mCWfGM37
— LunchTime (@LunchTime_YT) March 20, 2025
The mega publisher has spent millions of dollars developing its anti-cheat technology as well as pursuing cheat makers in the courts, with a number of recent high-profile successes. Earlier in March, Phantom Overlay announced it was shutting down, with fans reacting in disbelief that such a prominent Call of Duty cheat provider would fall by the wayside.
But Activision has also admitted missteps in its war on Call of Duty hacking. The company said its Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 anti-cheat efforts “did not hit the mark” at the launch of Season 1, particularly for Ranked Play after initially pledging to kick cheaters out of the game within one hour of them being in their first match. It did, however, assure players it now routinely bans cheaters due to increased “velocity” from several Ricochet Anti-Cheat systems.
The apparent prevalence of cheaters is considered by some to be ruining competitive multiplayer, and Activision had come under fire for failing to address the problem. Things got so bad that with the release of Season 2, Activision let console Ranked players disable crossplay with PC players.
Cheating is not unique to Call of Duty, of course, but it has become more problematic for Activision since it released free-to-download battle royale Warzone back in 2020. The hope among players is when Verdansk goes live in Warzone on April 3 alongside Season 3, cheating won’t be quite as big a problem as it once was.
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