Call of Duty: Warzone Perma-Bans Extend to Call of Duty: Vanguard
Over the last few days, the second weekend of the Call of Duty: Vanguard Beta event has allowed players across all platforms to access the upcoming game for free for the first time. While many players have been able to try out Vanguard’s multiplayer, some haven’t; namely, cheaters who have received permanent bans in Call of Duty: Warzone. As it turns out, many of these individuals have discovered that their bans extend to the new title.
Warzone Cheaters Banned From Call of Duty: Vanguard
While cheating is still a big problem for Call of Duty: Warzone, Raven Software have taken major steps to combating cheaters in recent months. In many cases, they have issued both account and even hardware bans for Warzone, thereby making it very difficult for cheaters to simply create new accounts. Unfortunately, hardware bans aren’t a completely surefire way to get rid of cheaters; there are ways to get around them, though doing so is a complex (and sometimes costly) process. In all likelihood, this affected at least a sizable proportion of banned players.
As it turns out, Raven Software are using their ban database to let Sledgehammer keep problem players out of Vanguard. As the Beta became publicly available over the weekend, posts began to surface on cheating forums as cheaters discovered that they weren’t able to access the Vanguard servers. Unfortunately, there have nonetheless already been reports of cheating in the Beta event. However, this step has doubtless kept many of the worst cheaters out of the servers, at least for now.
Fortunately for frustrated players, Activision has announced that a new anti-cheat system is in the works. This system will be coming to both Vanguard and Call of Duty: Warzone later this year. Details for this new system are currently under wraps. Whatever it proves to be, we do now have concrete evidence that the Warzone and Vanguard developers are collaborating on their anti-cheat measures; a positive step moving forward.