Warzone hackers bring unusual weapons into battle royale matches, crushing new anti-cheat measures

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The second season of Black Ops 6’s Warzone chapter is in full swing. With Activision promising improvements to its crumbling anti-cheat measures along with numerous bug fixes aiming to improve the battle royale, fans dropping into the action had high hopes for what Season 2 had in store. 

After previous updates saw hackers bring shotguns into ranked mode, it appears hackers are continuing to slip through the net and disrupt the action much to the annoyance of players hoping Ricochet could finally catch them once and for all. Rather than seeing through walls, cheaters are adding some unusual weaponry alongside the ever-expanding arsenal, giving them a huge advantage.

Warzone cheaters add Wonder Weapons

Instead of roaming Area 99 and Urzikstan with the dominant XM4 causing a stale meta, hackers have managed to integrate the new Staff of Ice Wonder Weapon from the Zombies mode into Warzone.

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The Staff of Ice is so strong, it downs and eliminates opponents with a single blast. Combined with an aimbot, it’s an impossible pairing to compete in the heat of battle. This particular exploit joins a long line of new issues that have appeared since Raven Software dished out fixes for other problems impacting players

Alongside the Staff of Ice causing chaos, hackers are still managing to bypass new measures designed to prevent them from sabotaging casual and competitive matches. As expected, players are far from pleased.


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Wonder Weapons have ruined Warzone

The sudden appearance of a Wonder Weapon designed to eliminate endless waves of undead opposition in Warzone is far from ideal. Considering hackers are the only ones able to obtain the weapon, matches are ruined once again. 

Raven Software is typically quick to respond to the concerns of players but with new issues arising less than a week into Season 2, the Staff of Ice could be sticking around for longer than many are hoping for.

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