United Kingdom, Oct. 6 -- Activision has revealed that 97 per cent of players who attempted to cheat during the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta were detected and banned within 30 minutes of signing in.

The publisher praised the performance of its upgraded RICOCHET Anti-Cheat system, which was deployed live during the beta to monitor behaviour and disrupt cheating in real time.

In a post to social media, Activision said: "Our RICOCHET Anti-Cheat system has shown the highest detection and enforcement rates in its history.

"97 per cent of users flagged for cheating were permanently banned within the first 30 minutes of logging into the Black Ops 7 beta."

The studio confirmed that thousands of accounts were removed during the testing perio...