Call of Duty Warzone was the first Battle Royale game by Activision. Naturally, millions of fans around the world had sky-scraping expectations from the title, and it even lived up to the hype during the initial months of launch. However, a year later, Warzone is on the verge of dying due to the unprecedented rise of hackers.

Hackers have become so common in Warzone that it is unplayable at the moment. As a result, a majority of casual players, content creators, and pro players have quit the game altogether.

Call of Duty Warzone could have been one of the best Battle Royale games ever

Ever since the rise of PUBG, Battle Royale has been one of the most competitive genres of gaming. The biggest developers in the world have released titles such as Fortnite, Apex Legends, Hyper Scape, and Spell Break over the years.

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Despite such fierce competition, Warzone could touch 100 million users within just 13 months of release. This was primarily because it offered everything that a player expects from a BR game. There was nerve-wracking action, exciting gunplay, constantly changing meta, and vast maps to explore.

Even though the aforementioned features still exist in Warzone, hackers have ruined the experience for everyone. To make things worse, Activision hasn’t announced an anti-cheat software for the game yet.

Here’s a post on r/CODWarzone that talked about the ‘saddest state of Warzone’.

It is self-evident that many players have stopped playing Warzone because of hackers. Hence, Reddit users have claimed that Warzone ‘was’ a great game, but it is unfortunate to see its downfall now.

Is it too late for Activision to step up?

It is worth noting that Activision and Raven Software have frequently banned offensive Warzone accounts. The developers have claimed to ban over 500k accounts till now.

However, Warzone is a free-to-play title, and manually banning accounts has hardly improved anything. There’s no entry barrier for a player, and hackers can create a new account in seconds.

Hence, an effective anti-cheat software is the only solution to Warzone’s ongoing hacker problem. From millions of casual players to popular content creators like Dr Disrespect, everyone in the community has been eagerly waiting for a third-party software to eliminate hackers.

As for now, the downfall in Warzone’s user-base seems inevitable. Having said that, an anti-cheat software that efficiently traces and bans hackers can certainly motivate players to return.

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