Summary
- Treyarch has banned over 136,000 cheaters in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 since the Ranked Play launch.
- Season 2 will bring new anti-cheat measures like client-side detections to further combat cheating.
- Players can disable cross-play in Ranked Play mode from Season 2 to address the cheating problem.
Treyarch has revealed exactly how many Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 cheaters have been banned from the game after the introduction of Ranked Play mode. The number will come as great news to legitimate Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 players, even if there's still work to be done for Treyarch.
It's no secret that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has a frustrating cheating problem. The problem got worse when Treyarch released the Ranked mode for Black Ops 6, with several high-profile Call of Duty players calling out the developer during this time. Steps have been made to improve the situation, and from Season 2, console players will be able to disable cross-play in Black Ops 6's Ranked Play mode. This should go some way to tackling the cheating issue for many players, so let's see how it shakes out.
In the latest community update, Treyarch revealed that since the release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's Ranked Play, it has banned over 136,000 cheaters, and claims, "We’re not slowing down in our mission to shut down cheaters whose only mission is to ruin the fun for everyone else." It does point out that these bans are all account-based, as IP bans can affect areas like college campuses or internet cafes, making it nearly impossible to enforce without punishing innocent players.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Has Banned 136,000 Cheaters Since Ranked Launch
As part of the community update, Treyarch also outlined more future plans to upgrade Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's anti-cheat. Season 2 will see "New and improved client and server-side detections and systems" as well as a "New tampering detection system." Looking further to Season 3 and beyond, Treyarch also plans to implement "A multitude of new tech including a brand-new system to authenticate legit players and target cheaters," although it also claims that "it’s important we don’t provide too many details that could give cheat developers a peek behind the curtain."
Season 2 of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is set to launch on January 28, providing an injection of new content into the popular FPS. Much has been made of the game's drop in player count in recent weeks, although hopefully, the release of Season 2 will get players excited about the game again. Presumably, Black Ops 6 will follow the same seasonal content model as previous releases, meaning there's plenty more to come throughout 2025.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 83 /100 Critics Rec: 91%
- Released
- October 25, 2024
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Suggestive Themes, Strong Language, Use of Drugs
- Developer(s)
- Treyarch, Raven Software
- Publisher(s)
- Activision
- Engine
- IW 9.0
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
- Cross-Platform Play
- Yes - PlayStation, Xbox, PC
WHERE TO PLAY
Forced to go rogue. Hunted from within. This is Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
Developed by Treyarch and Raven, Black Ops 6 is a spy action thriller set in the early 90s, a period of transition and upheaval in global politics, characterized by the end of the Cold War and the rise of the United States as a single superpower. With a mind-bending narrative, and unbound by the rules of engagement, this is signature Black Ops.
The Black Ops 6 Campaign provides dynamic moment-to-moment gameplay that includes a variety of play spaces with blockbuster set pieces and action-packed moments, high-stakes heists, and cloak-and-dagger spy activity.
In a best-in-class Multiplayer experience, players will test their skills across 16 new maps at launch, including 12 core 6v6 maps and 4 Strike maps that can be played 2v2 or 6v6.
Black Ops 6 also marks the epic return of Round-Based Zombies, the fan-favorite mode where players will take down hordes of the undead in two brand-new maps at launch. Post-launch, players can look forward to even more exciting maps and groundbreaking experiences dropping into both Multiplayer and Zombies.
- Cross Save
- Yes - PlayStation, Xbox, PC
- Prequel(s)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: World at War
- Franchise
- Call of Duty
- Number of Players
- 1-4
- Split Screen Orientation
- Vertical or Horizontal
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- Unknown
- PC Release Date
- October 25, 2024
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- October 25, 2024
- PS5 Release Date
- October 25, 2024
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PC
- Genre(s)
- FPS
- How Long To Beat
- 8 Hours
- X|S Optimized
- Yes
- PS Plus Availability
- N/A
- File Size Xbox Series
- 216 GB (October 2024)
- Local Co-Op Support
- 1-2 Players
- OpenCritic Rating
- Strong
