INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Call of Duty: Warzone, the popular free battle royale shooter, is running into problems with PC gamers who are cheating, and proving a
allows PC, PS4 and Xbox One players to all play together in online matches, but as Eurogamer reports, those on consoles are finding they are
being killed by PC folks who are using obnoxious cheating methods like wall hacks and aimbots.Cheating methods are easier to leverage on PC
than on console, and the platform traditionally has bigger problems with cheaters because of this
But now, PS4 and Xbox One Warzone addicts are coming up against these nefarious types, so they are unsurprisingly turning off crossplay a
result.While that might seem like a simple solution, the problem is that it reduces the available player pool when matchmaking for a
Warzone lobby with crossplay disabled, compared to about 30 seconds with the feature turned on
it has issued some 70,000 bans against those who have been reported and caught cheating.However, as Warzone is a free game, cheaters can
simply create a new account to carry on playing and bugging the hell out of people (which is generally the goal here, of course, rather than
consider that some already feel at a considerable disadvantage due to using a gamepad against those playing with a (far more responsive)
mouse and keyboard setup (the flipside of the coin is PC players complaining about gamepad aim assist, of course).Unsurprisingly, there are
plenty of console folks clamoring for a solution to the cheat issue, such as having an option for crossplay that excludes PC (PS4 and Xbox
One cross-platform play, in other words)
Or measures to make it harder for cheaters to set up another account after being banned, such as having to link a phone to the account and
use a verification method via that handset on account creation.
