August 6, 2025

Update

RICOCHET Anti-Cheat™ Update – Season 05

Season 05 Spotlight: 

  • TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot: Strengthening game security with built-in Windows PC features

  • Securing Your Account: Protect against account hijacking with email verification and 2FA features

  • Game Pass Free Trial on PC: Updated policy to support fair competition in Ranked Play

  • Detections Targeting Boosting and Teaming: Removing boosters and teamers from the game and leaderboards with a focus on Ranked Play integrity

  • Advancing Cheat Prevention: Targeting 22 additional individuals with legal action; nearly 40 cheat vendors shutdown since launch

  • Community Questions: Additional details around two new security features, TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot


#TeamRICOCHET Season 05 Update

Protecting the Call of Duty experience is #TeamRICOCHET’s highest priority. Cheating and hacking are challenges affecting all major games, and we’re fully engaged in the industry-wide fight against unfair play. Our goal is clear: to be best-in-class in anti-cheat innovation and effectiveness. It's an ongoing battle, but we’re in it for the long haul – and we’re not backing down.

Thank you to every player who continues to speak up and stand against cheating. We know how deeply cheating disrupts the integrity of the game. Even when the feedback is tough, we’re listening. 

As part of our continued mission, we’re introducing new systems and security updates alongside Season 05 in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone that lay the groundwork for our future. These updates are targeted to strengthen our anti-cheat systems and keep your matches fun.

Call of Duty Activates TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot

With Season 05, Call of Duty will begin a phased rollout of two PC-based security features: TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot.

TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module) is an industry-standard, hardware-based security feature built onto CPUs or motherboards that verifies the PC’s boot process has not been tampered with. Secure Boot makes sure a PC can only load trusted software when Windows starts. 

Together, these features help #TeamRICOCHET ensure that players are starting the game from a secure, cheat-free foundation.

RICOCHET Anti-Cheat will focus on activating both features in the background with the upcoming season launch. We won’t be enforcing against or requiring the use of either setting during Season 05, but these features will be foundational for even stronger protections in the future. 

When Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 releases later this year, TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot will be required to play on PC. These hardware-level protections are a key part of our anti-cheat efforts, and we’re asking all players to get compliant now.

This upcoming update will let us test our implementation of both features and gives you time to enable these settings. If your system isn’t ready, you’ll start seeing in-game notifications beginning this season.

We’ve published a Player Support article to walk you through setup. This is your chance to stay ahead. Stronger PC security means a fairer game for everyone.