# Activision cracking down on popular Call of Duty: Warzone app that basically constituted cheating

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/activision-cracking-down-on-popular-call-of-duty-warzone-app-that-basically-constituted-cheating/
- Published: 2026-11-09T15:23:30+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T17:13:09+00:00
- Original publisher: Eurogamer
- Original article: https://www.eurogamer.net/call-of-duty-warzone-agent-cheating-software-shutdown
- Topics: Call of Duty, Entertainment, Gaming, Software, Technology

## Key points

- Ricochet is blocking Warzone Agent.
- The app let players choose easier lobbies.
- More than 20,000 boosting-related accounts were removed.

## Summary

Activision’s Ricochet anti-cheat team has begun blocking Warzone Agent, a paid third-party app that lets players inspect lobby skill levels and choose easier matches. The practice, known as “lobby shopping”, can bypass matchmaking and make games less fair for other players.

Players who try to load Warzone Agent will be told to close it before entering multiplayer. Activision says unauthorised software that manipulates the game can lead to enforcement against accounts and hardware, though it has not explicitly confirmed bans for using this app. Ricochet also says boosting is against its rules and reports removing more than 20,000 boosting-related accounts since Modern Warfare 4 launched.

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