Call of Duty: Vanguard isn’t due to launch for another few months yet, but already players are reporting that cheaters have infiltrated the game – and they’ve been ruining this weekend’s cross-platform beta test.
As you can see in the various videos embedded below (thanks VGC), this weekend has given cheaters the oppertunity to flex their muscles alongside players that just wanted to see what this year’s major Activision game is like.
Cheating in Call of Duty is nothing new – in fact, earlier this year, Activision was forced to take down an ‘undetectable’ cross-platform Warzone cheat. Warzone lead developer Raven has also noted that cheaters ‘have ruined some of their best work’ in the past, too. Cheaters, then, continue to plague Call of Duty.
Hacking already like it’s only the beta aswell?? pic.twitter.com/aSmnOSsHQu
— Chris Simons (@ChrisSimonsLFC) September 17, 2021
As the various videos on this page show, cheating isn’t an isolated issues that’s affecting only one or two games. Hopefully this problem won’t persist into the game’s full release, though: both Warzone and Vanguard are getting an anti-cheat system later this year. Activision seems pretty confident this will tackle some of the major issues with nefarious players in the game, but only time will tell if it’s enough to stem the tide of cheaters.
Warzone developer Raven Software is locked in a long battle, trying to wrest control of the game from cheaters, and has committed to monthly updates regarding nefarious activity in the game, and has even increased the frequency and severity of its ban waves in an effort to stem the hackers.
Call of Duty: Vanguard releases November 5 along with a new Warzone map.
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