Activision has unveiled new anti-cheat measures that will be in place during the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta weekend.
As part of the publisher’s increased efforts to combat cheating, PC players will be required to use TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot to play an early build of 2025’s Call of Duty title.
In an X (Twitter) article published on September 22nd, 2025, Activision reveals the addition of TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot measures aimed to ‘make it harder for bad actors to load cheats’ before loading into a match. The publisher claims the measures ‘raise the bar for security in PC gaming’.
The Black Ops 7 beta takes place from October 2nd to October 8th. Fans who pre-order the title will qualify for a period of early access running from the second to the fifth. Those who don’t pre-order will gain access from October 5th to 8th.
“With this foundation in place, Team Ricochet will continue pushing forward, developing new ways to stay ahead of cheaters and safeguard the future of fair play in Call of Duty,” said Activision.
“These features are vital to creating a secure, fair environment for our games, possible only through our community’s cooperation alongside Microsoft and hardware manufacturers.”
Throughout September, Call of Duty’s Ricochet anti-cheat has continued to catch cheaters using third-party hardware to gain an unfair advantage. The publisher revealed that over 55,000 cheaters have been affected by mitigations preventing them from performing various in-game actions.
Will Anti-Cheat Improvements Help Call Of Duty Esports?
With the majority of Challengers and other amateur Call of Duty tournaments taking place online, robust anti-cheat measures arriving in Black Ops 7 are a positive step in the right direction.
The addition of Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 has the potential to improve the competitive integrity of online tournaments, preventing cheaters from negatively impacting the lower tiers of Call of Duty esports.
