‘Call of Duty’ can detect and ban XIM-style hardware cheats
Activision’s Call of Duty The Ricochet anti-cheat team has introduced a number of new measures designed to reduce unfair play. Those include a replay investigation tool along with detection of third-party XIM-type devices. Some cheaters will be permanently banned, but CoD has revealed that others will be subject to some new (and rather hilarious) in-game mitigations.
To start with, it has deployed a system designed to detect third-party hardware cheat devices like XIM, Cronus Zen and ReaSnow S1. “These devices act as a passthrough for controllers on PC and console and, when used improperly or maliciously, can provide a player…
