Activision has banned over 65,000 players across Call of Duty: Warzone and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

The bans rolled out in the last few hours, purging thousands of "cheating and boosting" players from both Ranked and non-Ranked play alike.

"The Ricochet Anti-Cheat team has now purged the Ranked Play leaderboards in both Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare 3, banning accounts for cheating and boosting," Team Ricochet – the cheating enforcement team – said.

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Nedávno se objevila řada úniků, které odhalily nespočet informací o hře Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, včetně map, režimů, killstreaků, mechanik pohybu a dalších. Hra, která má vyjít v říjnu, se díky těmto únikům dostala do širšího povědomí, ale Activision se snaží sdílení obrázků na internetu zabránit, vydává proti nim bany a klipy a obrázky stahuje ze sociálních sítí.

Jeden konkrétní únik, který fanoušky nadchl, byl screenshot pořízený na mapě, která zjevně patří battle royale režimu Warzone. Tento obrázek (který byl nyní společností Activision stažen) ukazuje „Avalon“, mapu Warzone, která vyjde později v roce 2025.

Nejprve návrat do Verdansku

Už za pár měsíců se vrátíme do Verdansku, poprvé od prosince 2021 – pokud nepočítáme Warzone Mobile. Zatím není známo, zda půjde o předělávku klasické mapy, nebo jen o návrat do původní mapy, ale to ukáže čas. Očekává se, že pro hráčskou základnu půjde o nový impulz k návratu do hry. Tuto mapu by měli mít hráči k dispozici v roce 2025.

Avalon

Interní kódové označení rozsáhlé mapy, která přijde po Verdansku, se nedávno objevilo v únicích.

Kromě uvedeného klipu jsme viděli také ukázku, která ukazuje hráče letícího vysoko nad mapou, což nám poskytlo širší pohled na celou krajinu. Od výběžku menších ostrovů oddělených vodou až po jakési centrum města, které nabízí městskou lokaci uprostřed převážně venkovské mapy, to vypadá, že toto prostředí je dost podobné Caldeře.

Jak hráč prochází mapou, vidíme satelitní stanice a vojenská zařízení spolu s obytnými čtvrtěmi, přístavní oblastí a několika starými, zničenými zajímavými místy. Je zde i trocha zemědělské půdy, golfové hřiště a obrovský stadion.

The 'out of region' areas in this MP map look awfully detailed.

Almost as if it's really part of a bigger map…

Like a Warzone map? 👀 pic.twitter.com/42ZdOaYobx

— Geeky Pastimes (@geekypastimes) June 9, 2024

Byl to jednoduchý obrázek, který zobrazoval hráče stojícího na jakémsi malém ostrově u pobřeží poněkud zamlženého, možná venkovského místa. Fanoušci rychle poukázali na to, že nová mapa má spoustu vody a otevřeného prostoru, což není něco, co by ve Warzone mapě aktivně vyhledávali – ale to je Avalon.

Očekává se, že Avalon dorazí v prosinci 2025 s jakoukoli další hrou Call of Duty.

Článek Mapa ‘Avalon’ pro Call of Duty: Warzone 2025 unikla na internet se nejdříve objevil na GAME PRESS.

Hardened battle royalists will remember Caldera, the sandy island map of bunkers and palm trees in Call Of Duty: Warzone. It got shut down last year as Activision focused their efforts elsewhere, making the map unplayable. But you can now revisit those bullet-strewn beaches. In theory, anyway. Activision have released it as a 4GB open-source project that can be explored in a 3D model-viewing tool. That's cool. But among their reasons for doing so, there lies a predictably grubby logic: they want people to use the data to train AI.

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Hardened battle royalists will remember Caldera, the sandy island map of bunkers and palm trees in Call Of Duty: Warzone. It got shut down last year as Activision focused their efforts elsewhere, making the map unplayable. But you can now revisit those bullet-strewn beaches. In theory, anyway. Activision have released it as a 4GB open-source project that can be explored in a 3D model-viewing tool. That's cool. But among their reasons for doing so, there lies a predictably grubby logic: they want people to use the data to train AI.

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Look, who knows when we’ll see Fallout 5 - there’s an increasingly less-than-zero chance we’ll all be living in a real post-apocalyptic nuclear wasteland by the time Bethesda get around to revealing anything, if their deliberately slow approach to The Elder Scrolls 6 (it’s been nearly THIRTEEN years since Skyrim) is much to go by. Still, even without a full sequel, Fallout is all around us - in multiple seasons of a television show, in Fortnite, and now in Call of Duty.

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Look, who knows when we’ll see Fallout 5 - there’s an increasingly less-than-zero chance we’ll all be living in a real post-apocalyptic nuclear wasteland by the time Bethesda get around to revealing anything, if their deliberately slow approach to The Elder Scrolls 6 (it’s been nearly THIRTEEN years since Skyrim) is much to go by. Still, even without a full sequel, Fallout is all around us - in multiple seasons of a television show, in Fortnite, and now in Call of Duty.

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A federal court has awarded Activision £11.3m ($14.4m) after it ruled in favour of the publisher's lawsuit against cheat makers EngineOwning and Garnatz Enterprise Ltd, and 11 individual people.

As spotted by VentureBeat, the lawsuit, which was filed at the beginning of 2022, accuses the companies and individuals – Valentin Rick, Leonard Bugla, Leon Frisch, Marc-Alexander Richts, Alexander Kleeman, Leon Schlender, Bennet Huch, Ricky Szameitat, Remo Loffler, Charlie Wiest and Pascal Classen – of profiting from cheats and giving an unfair competitive advantage to players prepared to pay for auto-aim and auto-fire software cheats.

At the time, Activision said it sought "to put a stop to unlawful conduct by an organisation that is distributing and selling for profit numerous malicious software products designed to enable members of the public to gain unfair competitive advantages", and described EngineOwning as a "German business entity... engaged in the development, sale, distribution, marketing, and exploitation of a portfolio of malicious cheats and hacks for popular online multiplayer games, most prominently the COD Games".

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The classic anime series Gundam examines the traumatic experience of war, particularly the unalterable effect it has on those young soldiers forced to participate in the horrors of fighting for their life while taking the lives of others using weapons of inhuman strength and devastation. Which clearly makes it the perfect fit for a bit of upcoming DLC for military-fetishising interactive gun range Call of Duty.

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Finding the best loadout in Warzone is the only way to ensure you're winning gunfights. For some, pinpointing the right weapon is a nearly impossible task, especially if you don't own Modern Warfare 3. If you do own the previous Call of Duty installment, Modern Warfare 2, there is an SMG that's viable on the battlefield.

What is the best MW2 SMG for Warzone?

For season 3 of Warzone in the Modern Warfare 3 era, the best MW2 SMG is the FSS Hurricane. It was always a decent option, but it's currently able to compete with some of the meta options. No, it's not meta, and certainly won't beat the HRM everyone is using right now. However, it provides consistent and easy accuracy, a fast time-to-kill, and excellent mobility.

If you don't have MW3 guns leveled up, or just want a huge change of pace from all the MW3 weapons, the FSS Hurricane is a good choice. With the newly unlockable JAK Cutthroat stock, it's a whole new gun.

Best FSS Hurricane loadout for Warzone

Building the FSS Hurricane SMG from MW2 for Warzone requires some familiar attachments and one new one. The latest unlockable aftermarket part, the JAK Cutthroat stock is essential for building the gun. Here's the best loadout right now:

• Zehmn35 Compensated Flash Hider Muzzle
• Schlager PEQ Box IV Laser
• XRK Edge BW-4 Handstop Underbarrel
• Sakin ZX Grip Rear Grip
• JAK Cutthroat Stock

These attachments provide optimal mobility and decent range for an SMG. The FSS Hurricane is versatile enough to pair with a sniper if you're feeling accurate today. It also has a high headshot multiplayer, so every shot to the head will speed up the time-to-kill quickly, rewarding great aim with fast kills. Try it out and see how it feels.

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Společnost Activision odhalila, že třetí sezóna her Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 a Warzone přinese možnost hrát hru proti botům. Nový režim Bootcamp, který je vylepšením tréninkového kurzu z druhé sezóny, umožní čtyřčlenným týmům trénovat proti botům v Urzikstánu ve hře Call of Duty: Warzone.

Režim s boty umožní postavit do fronty až 20 různých hráčů ve vlastním matchmakingovém režimu. Jelikož režim umožňuje pouze čtyřčlenné týmy, hráči se mohou do fronty zařadit buď jako celá skupina, nebo se rozhodnout pro zařazení do fronty prostřednictvím fill-squad.

Ačkoli mód pravděpodobně hráčům docela pomůže při učení se hře a zorientování se na mapě, režim Bootcamp neumožní hráčům postupovat v různých denních a týdenních výzvách Call of Duty ani v dalších herních úkolech.

Vydání třetí sezóny hry Call of Duty: Modern Warfare a Warzone je naplánováno na 3. dubna. Vzhledem k tomu, že Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile byla nedávno vydána také pro systémy iOS a Android, bude třetí sezóna také první sezónou pro mobilní hráče.

Sezóna s sebou přinese i další obsah, včetně nových zbraní, map a odměn, které bude možné získat v různých herních režimech.

Článek Call of Duty: Warzone se ve třetí sezóně dočká možnosti hrát s boty se nejdříve objevil na GAME PRESS.

Interrogating enemies in Call of Duty: Warzone is a useful tactic to locate the enemy team. Like using Caveira in Rainbow Six: Siege, a downed player can be interrogated to reveal their teammates' location. However, right now, the mechanic is causing a game-breaking bug that's probably not worth the risk. Better to hold off and find those enemy locations the old fashioned way.

Interrogating in Warzone can prevent you from swapping weapons

According to a recent post from Call of Duty Updates on Twitter, an issue is under investigation where interrogating downed enemy players can prevent you from swapping weapons. The developer Trello board says the bug is active in Battle Royale, Resurgence, Plunder, and Lockdown game modes. The investigation began on Thursday, March 7.

Until the developers provide an update on the status of this bug, it might be worth not interrogating anyone. Swapping weapons is a rather important ability for many reasons. As such, the few seconds of locating an enemy's teammates probably isn't worth the risk. Especially in Battle Royale, where you can't exactly just die and reset very easily.

In other game modes, like Resurgence, there are better methods of pinging enemies on your radar. For those unaware, killing an enemy in Resurgence game modes automatically pings the rest of their team on your radar for a few seconds. As such, it's incredibly useful for players who move around and hunt for kills a lot. Flying around Fortune's Keep in the castle or another close-quarters map is much easier to survive if you know where your dead enemies' friends are.

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Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile, the iOS and Android version of Activision Blizzard's battle royale hit, is officially getting its worldwide launch on 21st March following a limited release in select counties over the course of the last year.

Warzone Mobile, which is being developed by Activision's Digital Legends, Beenox, Shanghai, and Solid State studios, initially launched in Australia back in November 2022. Following its roll-out across a number of other countries, Activision announced it would be getting its full release in autumn last year - but plans changed in October, when the publisher confirmed it had made the decision to postpone its launch to "spring" 2024 in order to "polish up" the experience.

With Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile's worldwide release now locked down to 21st March, Activision has started talking specifics, confirming the game will launch with two maps: Verdansk - which supports 120-player battle royale matches - and Rebirth Island, which supports 48-player battle royale matches using Gulag-free Resurgence rules.

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When is the new Warzone season release date? There have been many changes to Warzone over the years; additional maps drop with semi-regularity and new weapons are released with each big update, but this season of Warzone promises to shake things up quite dramatically.

The battle royale game has received a considerable update with Season 2, and we have all the information available right now so you can be as prepared as possible for when you jump into the FPS game. Warzone is making a resurgence, and we’re here for it. Here's what you can expect from Warzone Season 2.