Modern Warfare 4 is almost here, and the work to protect fair play is already in motion on multiple fronts.
Recent enforcement updates helped Team RICOCHET issue more than 70,000 new hardware bans. Those hardware bans carry into launch.
We’re also continuing to take on devices that modify player input to create an unfair advantage. Roughly 5,000 accounts have already been banned for using these devices to cheat. Using Cronus Zen, XIM Matrix or similar tools to cheat is not allowed. Players who use these devices to cheat are subject to account and console bans.
Some of these products are marketed as accessibility tools. We judge them by what they do in a match, not by what they’re called or how they’re sold.
And our enforcement doesn’t stop with the player using the device.
Last year, we tracked down Cronus’ North American distributor to a hotel in Southeast Asia and served him with a cease-and-desist.