High-profile Call of Duty: Warzone players quit over cheating and hacking

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Several high-profile Call o🃏f Duty: Warzone players have apparently quit the game due to ongoing hacking issues.

In the video below, YouTube star Vikkstar explains his decision to quit playing 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Call of Duty: Warzone (thanks, )🐓. The star player claims he ran into a player livestreaming their hacking in Call of Duty: Warzone to a Facebook Gaming audience, adding that "Activision isn't addressing how many hackers there are i🎃n the game."

Vikkstar goes on to add that "the playerbase of the game is now so saturated with♚ hackers, you tend to find them in every single lobby." As of right now, Vikkstar is quitting Warzone for the foreseeable future, and he's hardly alone in this endeavour.

Late last month in January, FaZe's Nickmercs stated that Warzone tournaments just "aren't possible anymore" with the 🍃game in the current state it is due to hackers and cheaters. Just a few days after this, prolific YouTuber Drift0r lambasti🦄ng developer Raven Software for Warzone's lack of anti-cheat software.

Call of Duty: Warzone has always faced its fair share of cheaters, culminating in a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:ban of around 200,000 players last year in October 2020. Problems have persisted however, with players utilising in-game hacks and exploits such as the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:infamous Stim glitch to hide out in the deadly gas with i🐷nfinite health Stims, until they inevitably win the gam♏e.

Elsewhere, some players were 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:exploiting a compan𓂃ion app for Warzone to☂ reveal the kill to death ratio of players tไhey were pitted against in lobbies before the game even began, backing out if they were going up against some challenging foes. The app's developers changed the tool's functions to disable this exploit, but it was still yet another way for players to cheat in the battle royale game.

Even those who aren't actively cheating are trying to find advantages over other players, with some purposefully using a dark-colored character outfit to blend in with specific areas of the Warzone map, effectively hiding themselves from enemy players. Warzone's community, as you might have imagined, weren't too enthused with this exploit, and were ra𓄧iling against the specific Operator outfit forಞ weeks on end, posting clip𒐪s to the game's subreddit of them vengefully kil꧋ling anyone using said outfit.

This isn't even touching on the specific hacking that players like Vikkstar are highlighting, though. The YouTuber is specifically talking about players using hacks like aimbots, where a computer program targets players for you, giving you a massive advantage over foes. It's hard to really see how publisher Activision or developer Raven Software are going to crack down on these h♋acks and exploits, or if they even will in the near future.

For our pick of the best weapons you can find in the battle royale game, you can check out our extensive 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Warzone best guns guide for more.

Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter and writer with Gamesradar+ based out of U.K. After earnin𝐆g a degree in American History speciali♔zing in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus on shooters, indie games, and RPGs, and has since been the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with other outlets around the industry, practices Japanese, and enjoys contemporary manga and anime.