Call of Duty tries to block XIM and Cronus cheaters again
Activision is trying to crack down on third-party hardware cheating devices in Call of Duty again. Both Call of Duty: Warzone and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 have been plagued by players using devices like XIM, Cronus Zen, and ReaSnow S1 to enable unfair advantages that exploit aim assist, and now Activision is introducing new detections to ban the devices.
"These devices are not permitted in Call of Duty," says Activision's Richochet team. "They are cheating tools, even if they masquerade as accessibility devices." Activision originally cracked down on these devices in Call of Duty: Warzone and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II nearly three ye …