The Call of Duty ban wave continues as Activision dishes out over 65,000 account bans across Warzone and Modern Warfare 3

After a strange spike in Call of Duty cheaters, Activision is going all-in on account bans, first targeting Warzone cheaters and boosters and now going after Modern Warfare 3, both ranked and non-ranked, to rake up an impressive 65,000 account bans in the last week. 

«Team Ricochet has accelerated cheat vendor enforcements resulting in over 65,000 account bans across Ranked Play and non-Ranked modes in Warzone and MW3 this week,» the Call of Duty update <a data-analytics-id=«inline-link» href=«https://x.com/CODUpdates/status/1819519603258830983?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1819519603258830983%7Ctwgr%5Eab38cec069f6fb60aa47c7d8f275570de430965c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eurogamer.net%2Factivision-bans-over-65000-call-of-duty-warzone-and-modern-warfare-3-cheaters» target="_blank" data-url=«https://x.com/CODUpdates/status/1819519603258830983?ref_src=» https: referrerpolicy=«no-referrer-when-downgrade» data-hl-processed=«none»>Twitter account says

. «The team will continue to monitor and issue enforcements to anyone cheating or boosting in all game modes.» 

Activision has been pretty vocal about combatting cheaters in the last couple of weeks. Starting off with a ban wave targeting Warzone, the studio promised that Ricochet (its anti-cheat software) would be making some larger moves in weeks to come, which it now has. 

Boosting is a problem in most competitive games, but Call of Duty players have seen a sizable spike in these activities recently. Some players even go as far to create entire lobbies dedicated to boosting their SR, as they just play against bots allowing them to kill thousands per match. It's actually pretty efficient, so much so that an account actually hit second place in the Warzone leaderboards by doing it.. 

But even with over 65,000 accounts banned, most players don't seem too confident that this will actually change anything. «And 65,000 cheaters created new accounts immediately after being banned,» one player