Activision reports the initial success of the Ricochet anti-cheat software during the first week of Ranked Play.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has been out for a month, and multiplayer is, of course, where cheaters are doing their best to ruin everyone else’s fun – but Activision is doing its best to catch them with an increasing emphasis on using AI.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is “the biggest Call of Duty ever,” according to Activision, who claims the latest entry in the annualized series tops every other franchise entry in three metrics.

Black Ops 6 Ranked Play, confirming that its Ricochet anti-cheat program has now banned over 19,000 cheaters since th

The latest entry in the long-running first-person-shooter franchise delivers one of the better single-player campaigns in recent years, writes our reviewer.

Call of Duty's Ricochet anti-cheat is active in Black Ops 6 and Warzone, but unsavory players were still managing to flood into Ranked Play mode. Activision says this is partially due to an outage that was identified as lowering Ricochet's efficiency of the AI systems used for cheat detection.

Activision has released a new patch for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone, addressing mantling movement, weapon issues, and adjusting Warzone 's player count on Area 99. These Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone patches also address several bugs, UI problems, and stability issues to ensure a more polished experience for players.

Black Ops 6 has had the biggest first month in franchise history, with more players and more multiplayer matches than ever before.

Augments are a new system in Black Ops 6 that allows you to infuse unique buffs into your Perk-A-Colas, weapon ammo types, and even field upgrades. Creating the ultimate loadout will require dozens of hours of grinding,