Call of Duty: Warzone has been marred by cheating players since it released last year and despite Activision banning countless accounts, developers still remain discouraged by the cheaters.
Raven Software Associate Creative Director Amos Hodge has officially gone on the record to discuss the impact Call of Duty: Warzone cheaters have on the game and the developers behind it. According to Hodge, this widespread cheating has ruined some of the best work of his life.
Due to its free-to-play nature, Call of Duty: Warzone has reached a large community of 100 million players, and while thousands of cheating players have been banned, more continue to emerge. Hodge has confirmed that nobody dislikes cheating players more than the developers of Warzone, but the security team is responsible for finding and removing these players.
"Cheating is handled by our security team," said Amos Hodge in an interview with VGC. "But what I will say is that we have reporting tools, we ban a ton of people and no one hates the cheaters more than we do. We make this content for the players and while you're upset that it ruined your game, I'm upset that it's ruining some of the best work that I've done in my life."
Hodge continues to put a lot of hard work into the development of Call of Duty: Warzone as the battle royale recently entered its third season with a big Nuke event. Activision has permanently banned more than 475,000 accounts, but according to Hodge, the security team continues to ban players and will continually make updates on these bans.
According to Amos Hodge, developers at Raven Software are focused on making content for legitimate Call of Duty: Warzone players in the hopes that what they're doing will make up for the frustrations felt encountering cheating players. Hodge believes his work on Warzone is some of the best work he's done in his entire life and feels it's a shame that cheating has diminished the experience for players and developers alike.
"We put our hearts into this content, we have 100 million players, it's been out a year, this is a huge stage and some of the best work we've ever done, and to have cheaters come in and ruin the game bothers us more than anyone. I know the security team are on top of it and they're continually going to make updates."
Call of Duty: Warzone remains one of the most popular battle royale titles in the gaming market today, but with so many players comes more cheaters than they experienced with Blackout in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Activision remains proactive in banning cheating players and updating the community on its progress, but developers at Raven Software have already been impacted by this portion of the community.
The map of Call of Duty: Warzone, Verdansk, changed in a big way after the recent Nuke event, ushering in a 1984 version of the map with a big explosion. The new map has reimagined the points of interest that players are familiar with, though it already has a frustrating map glitch as well.
The introductory Nuke event for Season 3 brought in millions of viewers who remain passionate about Call of Duty: Warzone despite the cheaters. Players on PS5 and Xbox Series X/SÂ still await the next-gen upgrade for Call of Duty: Warzone, though Raven Software hasn't officially confirmed when that update will release.
Call of Duty: Warzone is available right now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Source: VGC
