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Activision has been in hot waters for quite some time due to the cheating problem in Call of Duty: Warzone. After a streamer was recently exposed online for accidentally showing a cheat menu while playing in a tournament with a $100,000 pool, Twitter was up in arms asking the developers to fix the issues. Despite introducing their new Richochet anti-cheat update before Warzone 2.0 came out, it looks like there are still huge lapses in the game's security.
A clip of a streamer cheating while playing in a tournament went viral on social media recently. The streamer in question was Exoniz, who deleted all of his social media accounts after the clip began gaining attention. Twitter user Santifyy was the one who pointed out that the interface on Exoniz's stream looked suspiciously like a cheat menu and not just a monitor setting panel like the streamer had previously claimed.
Warzone pro lied about the number of monitors and accidentally showed a cheating menu during the Call of Duty tournament with a $100K prize pool
The tournament in question is the World Classic, Warzone 2.0's biggest tournament yet. Representing Turkey in the tournament, Exoniz had already been subjected to scrutiny by his peers even before the games started.
Another clip, posted two days ago by cPentagon_ on Twitter, gained substantial traction, with many agreeing that Exoniz was wall hacking or employing other forms of cheats. However, the tournament authorities still allowed him to participate and are yet to comment on their lapse of judgment.
While streaming the event, the Turkish player was repeatedly asked about the cheating allegations, and he got up to show his audience around the room and prove his innocence. However, this had the opposite effect because not only did he end up showing the camera a glimpse of a cheat menu, but it also became clear that he had been lying about having only two monitors hooked up to his system.
Esports writer Jake Lucky also shared screenshots of the incident, and Twitter users flocked to his post to lambast Activision for not making a robust enough anti-cheat system that would counter hackers and cheaters.
What added a lot of credence to the accusations was the way the accused removed himself from all of his social media platforms and channels after the cheating allegations emerged.
Even Exoniz's teammate denounced him after watching the clip:
Twitter reactions to the cheating allegations
As expected, Twitter was quite mad at Activision for Call of Duty: Warzone's lackluster anti-cheat system.
Cheating allegations have been bountiful in the Warzone community. Popular streamer Nadia has been repeatedly accused of hacking without getting banned, and with Exoniz's clip going viral, many have been asking if Activision will even know if the top streamers of Warzone and Modern Warefare 2 are cheating in their events.
