Call of Duty: Warzone Servers Go Down as Player Bans Continue to Rise Past 70,000
| Tags: Call of Duty
| Author Harrison Giza
Call of Duty: Warzone is in a crazy state right now.
If you tried to play Call of Duty: Warzone today, you more than likely encountered a few major issues. These issues occurred early this morning with a few incidents still continuing for players on home consoles. However, there have not been any PC issues reported at all.
While this is a common occurrence, the servers were down for quite some time, with the number of player bans skyrocketing. A highly unusual amount of player bans have been occurring this week regarding the latest incarnation of Call of Duty: Warzone. 70,000 to be exact (and counting).
Now, if this was World of Warcraft, I wouldn’t be surprised. The amount of modding and cheating that people pour into that game is seemingly infinite, but for Call of Duty? In particular on console? Seems pretty odd.
Infinity Ward released this official statement just a few hours ago.
We've now issued over 70,000 bans worldwide to protect #Warzone from cheaters. We're continuing to deploy dedicated security updates and work continues on improving in-game reporting. We'll share more details soon. We are watching. We have zero tolerance for cheaters.
— Infinity Ward (@InfinityWard) April 13, 2020
Many people have already written back in response to Activision/Blizzard on Twitter. Most have been memeing about and complaining. Most tweets are dedicated to the lack of Warzone time and people complaining about the seeming amount of cheaters. However, this tweet stood out.
Thank you for keeping an open line of communication.
I really hope @Activision tracks down and sues the people creating the cheats like Epic did to help stop cheating in their game
— Jack “CouRage” Dunlop (@CouRageJD) April 13, 2020
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Harrison is an esports commentator and gonzo video game journalist, focusing on esports and Call of Duty news for ESTNN. Current writer at Punchland and former contributing staff at Midnight Pulp, Bad Hat Harry, Montecito Picture Co. For inquiries or interviews: [email protected].