Publisher Activision has banned over 27,000 Call of Duty accounts for cheating over the most recent weekend.

That's according to the franchise's Ricochet anti-cheat team, which told CharlieIntel that this was due to recently upgraded hack detection. These bans were across both Modern Warfare 3 and the Warzone battle royale mode.

"#TeamRICOCHET identified and banned over 27,000 accounts over the weekend through a series of upgraded detection systems," the developers wrote.

"The team is progressing on a new set of security updates and anticipates more ban waves to come."

This comes alongside the launch of new content for Modern Warfare 3, as well as a free multiplayer trial.

Activision says over 27,000 accounts were banned in Call of Duty, across Warzone and MW3, over the weekend.

Statement from Team RICOCHET:

"#TeamRICOCHET identified and banned over 27,000 accounts over the weekend through a series of upgraded detection systems. The team is… pic.twitter.com/PPMXbsuEH7

— CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL) April 8, 2024