Call of Duty is the latest game to detect and ban XIM cheaters – Activision Blizzard

Devices such as the XIM, Cronus Zen and ReaSnow S1 have been used extensively in Call of Duty to allow mouse and keyboard users to take advantage of the aim assist and bounce reduction benefits of the controller along with the movement benefits of the mouse and keyboard. Activision has now updated its Ricochet anti-cheat system to detect and eventually suspend or ban players’ accounts using this device.

Richochet’s team explains in today’s post on The official blog.

Ricochet’s anti-cheat system will initially display a warning to players that it has detected using this device. “Continued inappropriate use of these devices may result in additional warnings, partial feature limitation, account suspension, or an offending account ban across all Call of Duty titles, depending on company policy,” Richochet’s team said.

Activision’s move comes just weeks after Ubisoft announced that it would begin cracking down on Rainbow Six Siege players who cheat using XIMs or similar devices to cheat console input. Players who steal in Rainbow Six Siege using hardware like the one mentioned above will notice increased input latency causing them serious aiming problems. Unplugging the devices will bring the latency back to normal.

Epic Games has been moving forward with permanent bans on players using Cronus Zen and Cronus Max since last year, but cheaters have found ways to bypass Epic’s detection system. Epic Games, Ubisoft, and Activision are now in an ongoing cat-and-mouse game with the developers of this device designed to be undetectable and the gaming industry hasn’t found the perfect solution to combat these devices.