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As the anticipated release ofModern Warfare 3is closer than ever, with only a few more hours remaining, Sledgehammer Games and Activision went into extensive detail about the upcoming first-person shooter’s new anti-cheat system. Anyone who has regularly played anyCall of Dutytitle’s multiplayer can bear witness to coming across all kinds of cheaters during its online matches.
WithModern Warfare 3, the developers seem to have upgraded their digital security system so that players can enjoy multiplayer matches without the fear of running into hackers who have consistently tried to ruin the gaming experience for the rest of the community.
Modern Warfare 3 Uses Machine Learning to Combat Cheaters
According to aposton X by the officialCall of Dutyaccount a few hours beforeModern Warfare 3launches, the developers seem to be taking the matter of cheating quite seriously this time. Since the popular franchise has a long history of being plagued with hackers, which has constantly frustrated players who play fair, it was inevitable that Sledgehammer Games and Activision had to introduce a more effective anti-cheat system.
Moreover, it just makes sense to bring it out inModern Warfare 3, as it is the first major release after Microsoft’s recent acquisition of Activision, so the game has a lot to prove.
Once again, the nextCall of Duty‘s online community is in the hands of Team RICOCHET, which keeps track of and monitors all activity that takes place during multiplayer matches to ensure that everybody is playing fair. WithModern Warfare 3, Team RICOCHET is not messing around, as it has apparently taken a “stronger initiative to combat cheating using new Machine Learning advancements.”
Call of Duty‘s official X account did not just stop at one announcement and went into much more detail about the game’s new anti-cheat system,explainingthat these aforementioned “advancements will help efficiency and speed in the prevention, detection, and removal of cheaters.”
During the Ranked Play online multiplayer sessions inModern Warfare 3, Team RICOCHET will also utilize its “Replay Investigation Tool,” which makes reviewing matches more effective to “flag hackers at scale.” Of course, since the developers are putting in this much effort into looking for and discovering cheaters and hackers, there are going to be direct consequences for breaking the rules of the game.
This is where another new mechanic called Splat makes its entrance intoModern Warfare 3.
Modern Warfare 3 Cheaters Will Face the Wrath of Splat
Continuing the thread about the new anti-cheat system inModern Warfare 3with yet another post, the officialCall of DutyX account announced an online multiplayer mechanic calledSplat, which will basically act as the dreaded consequence for cheating. This means that the moment Team RICOCHET points out a cheater or hacker, it will “randomly disable their parachute sending them careening into the ground after they deploy,” or, in simpler terms, they will automatically get splatted.
To clarify things even further regarding the cheaters who have already deployed,Modern Warfare 3will ensure that not even those players are safe from the wrath of Splat.
Modern Warfare 3hackers who somehow manage to find a way onto the ground after being deployed to the battlefield will get their “player velocity” adjusted by the moderators. Which means that all it will take is just one small jump for them to be splatted into the ground as the adjustment will transform “a bunny hop into a 10,000 foot drop.”Call of Dutythen proceeded toclarifya very “common misconception” aboutModern Warfare 3in the next post in the extensive thread.
Since many players have been confused about whether “spam reporting will result in actions being taken against accounts” inModern Warfare 3,Call of Dutyclarified that this is simply not true. In fact, the number of times a “player reports another” does not really matter because Team RICOCHET’s “system only considers the first report” while avoiding the rest of the complaints by the same player.
To end the detailed thread on X about the new anti-cheat system inModern Warfare 3,Call of Dutyassuredfans that it is “committed to” getting rid of cheaters, stating that over 80,000 cheating accounts were “ejected” before launch and over 110,000 mistakenly banned profiles were “recovered, reset, and returned to the community.”
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Osama Farooq
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Ever since Osama was gifted the glorious PS2 more than two decades back, video games have formed a major part of his life, ranging from spending hours playing through every single Dragon Ball game he could find to witnessing the gaming industry evolve into something extraordinary in modern times. Building his collection of PlayStation consoles throughout the years all the way up until PS5, he prefers single-player experiences like The Last of Us and Persona, while also letting off steam on a daily basis with casual EA Sports FC matches. But the current rise in online multiplayer shooters will never really appeal to his old-school self.
