70,000 hardware bans before day one: Call of Duty’s new war on MW4 cheaters

Some cheaters won’t even make it into Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. Team RICOCHET, Call of Duty’s anti-cheat team, has confirmed that more than 70,000 new hardware bans are already in place. Those bans will carry straight into the game when it launches on October 23. Why hardware bans matter An account ban can be dodged with a new account. A hardware ban can’t. “Recent enforcement updates helped

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Oct 24, 2026, 3:30 PM UTC