This is the kind of start -up that Activision would have preferred to avoid. On October 2, 2025, the beta with early access to Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 opened its doors to players who pre -ordered the title. But barely a few hours after it was put online, complaints multiplied: cheaters invaded the online games, ruining the experience of many users … who had paid to access it.
Cheats already online, despite the “new security”
Viral videos are already circulating on networks, showing players using software like the famous Aimhacks (automatic target) or “See-Through Walls” (vision through the walls). On Reddit, a user testifies: “Yes, the fact that I had cheaters from my very first game is not a good sign for the new improved anti-cheat system …”. A sentence that sums up the general atmosphere.
The developers had however announced a strengthening of their anti-triche arsenal, in particular via the use of TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform module) and at Secure Boottwo technologies supposed to prevent hacks with a material level. But these solutions are far from infallible. Some computer hackers seem to have anticipated the protections, based on the flaws already known in the previous versions of the game.
The bitterness of players in the face of banishment policy
Beyond cheating, it is also the policy of banishment of Activision that annoys. Last summer, the publisher had welcomed more than 50,000 “boosters” in a wave of sanctions. But some players denounce abuses: “Meanwhile, during their wave of ban on July, during which they boasted of having caught more than 50,000 boosters, they banished many legitimate players who won the fighting pass in a Warzone mode (my friend received a steam game ban for that, it took only one elastic on the analogues of the controller)”.
Activision reaction? No official declaration. But the players note a discreet modification of the conditions of use, now incorporating this type of behavior as a reason for banishment: “They have changed their conditions of use to include the above as a permanent banish reason”.
A technical launch that tarnishes the image of the game
Call of Duty is a franchise accustomed to records, but also to criticism. Since Black Ops Cold War, fans point to a finger systematic recovery of the same engines and technical architecturesmaking new opus vulnerable to the same hacks. The reuse of an almost unchanged technological base allows cheats developers to adapt very quickly.
Treyarch, the studio in charge of Black Ops 7, has not yet reacted. It remains to be hoped that this beta version is really serving detect early cheaters And to eliminate them before the official release scheduled for late October.
But for those who pre -ordered the game in the hope of privileged and balanced access, the observation is bitter. The promise of a secure environment already seems compromised – and with it, the confidence of the players.