New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- Activision has detailed new anti-cheat measures for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 as the title moves through its beta phase. In a blog post this week the publisher said it had developed what it describes as the most advanced and robust anti-cheat protections it has deployed to date. Central to the plan are upgrades to Ricochet, Activision's in-house anti-cheat system, intended to improve detection of unauthorised tools and bolster competitive integrity.

PC players in the beta must enable TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot to take part. These platform-level requirements mirror measures introduced during the Battlefield 6 beta and are intended to make it harder for unauthorised software to interfere with gameplay. Activision said the...