Activision Sues CoD: Warzone Cheatmakers

Activision has filed a lawsuit against a company selling cheating software that gives players an advantage and destroys Call of Duty: Warzone's ecosystem.

On January 4 Activision filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against the popular website EngineOwning, which sells cheats for Call of Duty: Warzone and other shooters, such as Halo Infinite or the Battlefield series. Thus, the company seeks to put an end to illegal distribution of software designed to give advantage in online games. According to the publisher, the defendants were fully aware that their behavior violated Activision's regulations, but continued their activities.

EngineOwning offers a wide variety of cheats, from aim assistance through revealing the location of enemies to removing weapon recoil. Such "support" gives a huge advantage in online gameplay and spoils the idea behind online gaming.

Recently, Activision has been going to great lengths to quell the tide of cheating in Call of Duty: Warzone and Vanguard. To that end, the company has introduced a new anti-cheat system called Ricochet . Shortly thereafter, it was reported on Twitter that this led to 48,000 cheaters being banned. In the lawsuit, Activision claims that it was able to identify and block hundreds of thousands of cheater accounts over the past year.

It's not yet clear what EngineOwning plans to do about the lawsuit. We hope, however, that such a move will finally put an end to cheaters or at least be a milestone in the fight against them. If you are interested, the entire lawsuit can be found here.