Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Warzone recently releases new mandatory guidelines in playing the game, specifically for PC. 

It takes more time now to log-in on COD Warzone due to this update

COD Warzone is one of the record-breaking games made by Infinity Ward. Though it was only released last March, the game already reached more than 50 million players in April, and it is not done yet.

Unlike other Call of Duty games like Modern Warfare, this multiplayer game is free-to-play. Maybe that's why most people prefer this game. However, easy things don't come handy on most of the time.

Starting on Tuesday, May 12, PC players of COD Warzone are now required to take a two-factor authentication process before allowing them to enter the game.

Security Update: We have initiated two-step SMS authentication for new #Warzone PC users, who log in as free to play as another step to provide an additional layer of security for players. — Infinity Ward (@InfinityWard) May 12, 2020

To clarify, this additional security guideline is only applicable for those players on the free-to-play client and not those players accessing the game through Modern Warfare. Aside from that, it only applies to PC gamers out there. 

It is no longer new for games to require two-factor authentication to protect their players. Even Playstation and Xbox requires its players to do the same thing. 

However, GameSpot might have concluded that the importance of 'additional security layer' is part of the game's action against the increasing numbers of game cheaters on COD.

Increasing numbers of cheaters on COD Warzone

Cheating is no longer new to almost every video game released so far. And of course, COD Warzone is not exempted at all.

With its millions of players, Infinity Ward cannot just fully stop all the cheating tactics of each of its players. Last April, the developers of the game claimed that over 70,000 gamers were banned from entering the game due to this problem. 

"We take all forms of cheating very seriously, maintaining a level and fair playing field for everyone is among our highest priorities. This is an area we have been working on heavily, but it isn't always something we discuss publicly," Activision said on the blog post in March.

COD players can also now report their fellow gamers once they caught them cheating or using hacks in the middle of the game. Using the new "report-a-player functionality," Infinity Ward and Activision think that this would avoid cheaters on their platform. 

In the same month that this was announced, Infinity Ward also implemented updated matchmaking of suspected game cheaters from the Warzone. Once you've been selected or reported as a game cheater, developers will have to join you with other cheaters and take you to a battle, just like cheaters versus cheaters. 

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