After a lengthy legal battle, two MW2 cheat developers have been ordered to pay millions in money to MW2 publisher Activision.
Cheats are a big problem in many multiplayer games. But in MW2 and Warzone 2 it’s particularly bad. So bad, in fact, that several pro players avoid ranked mode because the many cheaters ruin it for them.
But this could soon change, because the CoD developers are getting to the root of the problem. Two people responsible for a major cheat provider have been ordered to pay several million dollars after Activision filed a lawsuit.
Major cheat manufacturer sentenced
The company that was sued by Activision is called “EngineOwning” and produces cheats for a wide variety of games. Among them are Warzone 2 and MW 2 as well as other games in the CoD series, Battlefield and Halo Infinite.
EngineOwning was a thorn in the side of the CoD developers mainly because they found a way to circumvent Warzone’s anti-cheat system, “Ricochet”.
Now Activision has finally managed to counterattack. As reported by Call of Duty insider “CharlieINTEL” on Twitter, a judge ordered the cheat makers to pay three million dollars. In addition, EngineOwning is prohibited from continuing to develop cheats for Activision Blizzard games.
A judge has ruled that two individuals who created Call of Duty cheats for EngineOwning is liable for $3 million in damages to Activision.
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– CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL) February 22, 2023
Will anything change?
It is hoped that such costly consequences will serve as a warning to other cheat manufacturers. There have been several recent cases that didn’t exactly end smoothly for cheat developers and users.
Valve also recently lashed out at cheaters with a massive wave of bans, making it public that they had tracked down and permanently banned 40,000 accounts of cheaters. And the developer studio of Destiny 2, Bungie, recently achieved a similar success as Activision.
