Activision provided an update about their new RICHOCHET anti-cheat for Call of Duty, confirming that they intentionally leaked a pre-release version of the driver to some 3rd parties as part of their rigorous tests. The update follows yesterday's revelation that RICHOCHET was in the hands of some cheat developers, as reported by Modern Warzone.
"RICOCHET Anti-Cheat is in controlled live testing. Before putting it on your PC, we're testing the hell out of it," Activision explained. "Testing includes providing a pre-release version of the driver to select 3rd parties."
It would seem some of those 3rd parties were cheat developers, which some have argued makes sence since Activision's primary opponent with the new anti-cheat engine is, of course, the cheaters themselves. When the news of the leak first dropped, many speculated that Activision had leaked it on purpose for this very reason. However, some security experts find the claim that they intentionally leaked their code to be dubious.
RICOCHET is scheduled to go live on November 5th with the Pacific update for Warzone. The highly anticipated anti-cheat is facing great expectations, as the COD community waits to see if this can finally address the massive cheating problem that has been plaguing Call of Duty over the past couple of years.
