Black Ops 7 Declares War on Cheaters — You Can’t Play the New Call of Duty Without Anti-Cheat

Activision has clarified the release plans for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. Unlike many other high-profile launches, the publisher will not provide early access to players who pre-order. Matches will be available to everyone on November 14 — the release date is final and no postponements are expected.

The development team’s primary aim is to protect multiplayer from cheaters, with particular focus on the PC platform. Black Ops 7 will deploy a new security suite called Ricochet Anti-Cheat, similar to systems previously used in Battlefield 6. Activision states the title will be among the most secure in the genre.

Ricochet functions at the system level, so running Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 on a PC will require TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot to be enabled. These features are available on most motherboards produced since October 2014. Without them, the game will not launch.

Activision has also published a video guide demonstrating how to check whether TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot are enabled in Windows.

Source: iXBT.games