10 Most Creative Traps For Video Game Cheaters

10. Cloaking - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

The Call of Duty series has always struggled with cheaters on its multiplayer servers. The problem is so notorious that in recent years Activision has started the Ricochet initiative, a special program dedicated to combating cheating.

The program has utilized a number of really interesting anti-cheat strategies, a couple of which will appear on this list. In the case of Modern Warfare II, the most creative trap Ricochet has used for hackers is cloaking.

When Ricochet notices a player running Modern Warfare II through suspicious third-party software, it will "cloak" players during online matches.

Specifically, it will cloak all the other players in the match, turning them and their bullets completely invisible for the cheater.

When they log onto a match, they can't see anything but an empty map... And then likely an instant death screen caused by a barrage of invisible bullets out of nowhere.

The punishment is meant to completely ruin the online experience for a hacker while also rendering them harmless to regular players before they can be properly banned.

Considering the concept of invisible enemies is both irritating and terrifying, it seems to be doing its job well.