Cheating is a rampant issue in multiplayer games that affects every video game company and their titles. But it seems like Activision is working on a rather funny solution to dealing with those pesky hackers for its Call of Duty: Warzone.
Call of Duty Warzone hackers will go “Splat”
In an official blog post, it was revealed that the developers of Call of Duty are planning on introducing a new feature, which is aptly called “Splat”. When a game of Warzone starts, all players airdrop into the large battle royale map. However, when a cheater is detected, a special routine kicks off in the game. Unlike in a regular situation where one can pop their parachutes and glide down to the map, the hacker will have their parachute’s cutoff.
In other words, the cheater will go plummeting down to the ground, so basically going “Splat!” on impact. The developers did not have to make it so apparent but they wanted to draw attention to the hackers. So if you see a player dropping like a rock, the developers want it to be “immediately obvious” that someone is trying to mess with the system. Game companies typically deal with such cheaters in a more private manner by either removing them entirely or keeping them in the game to collect data.
However, Activision has decided on a more fun approach by having this new tool also frustrate the hackers. This is not all, even if the game doesn’t immediately catch the hacker, it has another method to deal with them after they hit the ground. The next time they hit jump the Splat feature will be replicated as the hacker will go sky high and drop back from an extreme height.
Regular players won’t have to worry about false flagging as machine learning algorithms have to spot verified breaches for the feature to activate. This feature should be great for Call of Duty: Warzone players, especially after the recent Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III launch. A PS5 bundle for this game was also launched in the Indian market recently.
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