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Cole Martin

Activision drops a year‑end anti‑cheat recap for Black Ops 7, highlighting bans, detections, and new tools used throughout 2025

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 season one promotional image with battle pass operator bundle.

As the end of 2025 draws near, everybody's social media timelines are flooded with end-of-the-year "wrapped" announcements. Activision's Team RICOCHET has one of its own this year, and it's a little different than you might expect. The anti-cheat has shared a 2025 Shutdowns Wrapped announcement that shares details on Ricochet anti-cheat efforts for the past year.

According to Team RICOCHET, more than 800,000 accounts have been permanently banned from Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, and Call of Duty: Warzone due to the team's cheat mitigation and detection efforts.

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