Call of Duty prevents hacking by making real gamers invisible

Team Ricochet, the developer of Recochet anti-hack/cheat software for the game Call of Duty, has just released some notable updates. Ricochet emphasizes an anti-hacking method that is quite creative and can make hackers/cheats extremely uncomfortable.

Accordingly, the new anti-hack/cheat method will help true gamers become invisible to game hackers. Thanks to that, no matter what hacking software they use, game hackers cannot win against real gamers.

"Game hackers will not see characters, projectiles and even hear sounds coming from real players ," Team Ricochet shared. "Of course, real players can see game hackers and punish them accordingly."

Invisibility of real players is the latest anti-hack game measure that Call of Duty applies. Previously, this game implemented an anti-hacking method called Damage Shield to make bullets fired from game hackers not cause any damage to genuine players.

Although Team Ricochet has only recently revealed information about the stealth feature, it appears to have been implemented in some form in Call of Duty: Warzone since mid-February. A video shows how this anti-hacking method works was posted on Twitter.

The Call of Duty developer said it has banned tens of thousands of game hackers in recent months. However, they still let some game hackers continue their behavior to collect the data necessary to identify and prevent hacking/cheating behavior.

Genuine players are also encouraged to continue reporting game hackers manually. This will help developers improve their automatic hack/cheat detection features.

Ricochet's kernel-level anti-hack driver runs locally on computers that previously only supported Call of Duty: Warzone but now also supports the Vanguard version. According to Eurogamer, Ricochet's anti-hacking system has long had server-side components for both Call of Duty game versions.

In the blog post, Ricochet also confirmed that they have banned an additional 54,000 accounts since the last major update. During that update, more than 90,000 accounts were banned. Banned players will naturally be removed from the rankings.

As technology develops, methods to hack/cheat games are also becoming more and more sophisticated. Therefore, game stores always have to think of new and creative methods to fight cheaters and the methods that Call of Duty is applying are expected to become standards for the gaming industry in the future.

Isabella Humphrey

Update 27 August 2024