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Activision disables anti-cheat "workaround" that unfairly targeted legitimate players


Activision says it has "disabled a workaround" to a cheat detection system in Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone that was inc…

Activision says it has "disabled a workaround" to a cheat detection system in Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone that was incorrectly targeting some "legitimate" players. "Ricochet Anti-Cheat identified and disabled a workaround to a detection system in Modern Warfare III and Call of Duty: Warzone that impacted a small number of legitimate player accounts," the company explained. Yesterday, BioShock and Borderlands publisher 2K announced Project Ethos, a new "roguelike hero shooter" from Michael Condrey, the former co-founder of Call of Duty studio Sledgehammer Games.

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