Call of Duty Black Ops 7 has launched in beta, allowing players the opportunity to try the next entry in the famous series before its official release on November 14.
There may be some concern at Treyarch about the low number of players participating in the beta's first day, which is far below what one might expect for a new Call of Duty game and significantly lower than that of Battlefield 6.
However, the beta is only available to pre-order players, with the open beta proper beginning on October 5.
Unfortunately, Black Ops 7 has bigger problems than underwhelming player numbers. After only a day, cheaters have already begun populating the game's lobbies (nice spot, Eurogamer).
This is especially surprising because Black Ops 7 requires TPM 2.0 and a secure boot, two measures which are supposed to help Treyarch identify and punish cheaters.
Clips on social media have surfaced of a player using a cheat engine, which includes wall hacks and an aimbot. Treyarch confirmed the authenticity of this clip, stating that the cheater had already been manually banned.
This is partially because Activision's kernel-level anti-cheat, Ricochet, has not yet been added to Black Ops 7. Ricochet won't be...
