Activision announced that PC users will have to enable Secure Boot to play Call of Duty: Black Ops 7.
Secure Boot is a Windows 10 and Windows 11 security feature that ensures a PC only loads safe software during startup. Secure Boot enables Activision to detect and remove users of banned third-party devices or other cheating software.
EA also uses the security measure for Battlefield 6, and players experienced difficulties because they couldn’t play the game without enabling it. Enabling Secure Boot varies depending on the manufacturer of your PC, which can make it a confusing process. Black Ops 6 players are about to experience the same confusion.
Black Ops 6 Introduces Secure Boot Ahead of Black Ops 7
Starting in Black Ops 6 Season 5, which begins on August 7, PC users must have Secure Boot enabled.
Activision explained, “Secure Boot makes cheating at a hardware level much more difficult, ensuring cleaner PCs at start and allowing for more trusted environments for RICOCHET Anti-Cheat to operate in.”
If you need more information on how to enable Secure Boot, Activision provided a manual on how to do so. You won’t be able to play BO6 without having the security measure enabled, and that also applies to Black Ops 7, when the upcoming game releases later this year.
In addition, the devs encouraged you to secure your account with email verification and two-factor authentication. Activision also introduced new detection tools targeted at rooting out boosting and teaming in BO6 multiplayer and Warzone Ranked Play, and confirmed that 22 additional individuals responsible for developing and selling cheats were cut off.
Is Secure Boot enough to cut down on cheating? Let us know in the Insider Gaming Forum.
In other Black Ops 7 news, in-game reward codes are already available, and players believe BO6 purchases will carry over.
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