Black Ops 6 players complain of unfair bans as Call Of Duty says it’s making ‘adjustments’-Kenneth Andersen-Entertainment – Metro

Some Black Ops 6 fans might lose out on playing the second beta weekend (Activision)

Black Ops 6’s anti-cheat software is ‘falsely’ banning streamers and other beta testers left and right, as Call Of Duty says it’s working on a fix.

The Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 beta is currently ongoing for those who pre-ordered the game, with another round coming up this Friday, for anyone who wants to participate.

It’s not set to come out in full until October 25, but already there are reports of fans who are playing the beta being incorrectly banned by the Call Of Duty anti-cheat software.

A number of frustrated fans have posted their experience of being ‘falsely’ banned on social media, as Activision has issued a statement saying they are making ‘adjustments to reduce issues’.

One of the Black Ops 6 beta testers is 2020 and 2024 Call Of Duty World Champion and Twitch streamer Shotzzy, who was dominating his game when he got banned.

Shotzzy was banned live on stream, when a message popped up in his game, saying that he was ‘temporarily banned’, much to his surprise.

Call Of Duty streamer ApollosMission also posted on Twitter that he’d been banned, while playing the Black Ops 6 beta, saying it was for ‘for no reason’.

Elijah Benson, also a Call Of Duty streamer, posted a clip of the notification he got, saying he was temporarily banned for ‘unauthorised software and manipulation of game data’.

The Call Of Duty Twitter account has issued a statement about its anti-cheat software Ricochet going amok, saying:

‘TeamRICOCHET is being proactive with detections during the beta to stamp out illicit and compromised accounts across all platforms.

‘The tuning for these detections are also in test during the beta. The team will continue to make adjustments to reduce issues players have been experiencing while maintaining our commitment to remove cheaters.’

The post didn’t placate fans though, as another disgruntled player replied, ‘Thanks for the update man. Maybe you can MONITOR THE TELEMETRY OF MY 30-DAY FALSE BAN AND REVERSE IT?’

The tweet doesn’t specify what fans who have been falsely banned during the beta can do to appeal the decision. It’s also not clear if other players reporting them is the reason they’re getting kicked out.

Their best chance might be to contact customer support, although, as many will know, that doesn’t always work.

Shotzzy had his account unbanned soon after and can continue playing the Black Ops 6 beta, as all he needed to do was to restart the game.

That isn’t the case for everyone though, as some are stuck with their bans, which means a lot of fans could lose out on the chance to play the second beta weekend starting on Friday.

Call Of Duty’s customer support is probably very busy right now (Activision)

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