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Call Of Duty: Warzone Kinda Has Consequences For “Lobby Shopping”

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ByGabriel Stanford-Reisinger November 9, 2026November 9, 2026

Warzone Agent, to many, is deemed cheating on Call of Duty: Warzone, but for a while Activision wasn’t really trying to stamp out the paid third-party app, until now. In case you aren’t up-to-date on the lingo here; the app would let players “lobby shop,” which basically lets people easily see the levels of the lobby players before actually joining, effectively allowing them to pick out the lowest-level lobby and circumvent the matchmaking algorithm.

As announced on the official COD account, following the launch of Modern Warfare 4‘s Warzone, their anti-cheat, Ricochet, will now prompt players to uninstall the app before being able to access multiplayer.

GOING AFTER WARZONE AGENT

Lobby shopping allows users to cycle through live warm up lobbies to find easier matches and avoid tougher competition, creating a disadvantage for everyone else looking for a match.

Yesterday, we began taking action against Warzone Agent, a paid,… pic.twitter.com/217ASZq93O

— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) November 6, 2026

On top of their stance against lobby shopping, they’re also vowing to continue to take action against people who are boosting. This is basically allowing another person to log into their account for the express purpose of gaining extra XP and potentially sold online at a later date.

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Before going Team Blue, Gabe filled his time playing Halo 3, Fable 2, Gears of War, and whatever demo he could get his hands on.

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