Creator of Console Cheats for Warzone Removes Them at Activision's Request
A request from Activision was enough for the creator of groundbreaking cheats available for consoles to remove his software. USER101 repents and ends support for User Vision Pro, which enabled cheating in Call of Duty: Warzone not only on PC.
As we reported last week, even consoles are not free from hackers, and a few days later we learned about the fight against cheaters launched by Activision and the closure of YouTube channels responsible for promoting such software. The whole story has taken a rather unexpected turn, and there's an interesting lesson to be learned. Why argue with cheaters and illegal software developers when you can just ask them to stop using it?? As the creator of User Vision Pro writes in his announcement, he is ceasing work on his cheat at the request of Activision.
"This statement was not required. [i.e. by Activision - ed. note].
However, at the request of Activision Publishing, Inc (“Activision”), I will no longer be developing or providing access to software that could be used to exploit their games. My intent was never to do anything illegal. At the end of the video that brought so much attention to this project, it stated “coming soon”. The software was never published.
This type of technology has other actual assistive benefits, for example, by pointing a webcam at yourself you could control movement without the use of limbs. Unfortunately, because of its potential negative impact I will not be developing it further," declares USER101, the creator of User Vision Pro.
In this way, although anticlimatic, ends the story of cheats on consoles. The allegedly unstoppable and undetectable software was stopped via a simple request from the developers of Call of Duty: Warzone. There is a chance that USER101 was afraid of the consequences that come with messing with a big company like Activision and that is why he stopped the development of the project. However, as we can read in an interview with Vice - ironically, he created the script inspired by the frustration he felt from encountering cheating players.
Unfortunately, other software that allows for cheating will be further developed. Even more so after the creation of a script like that of USER101, which enabled cheating on platforms other than personal computers. Hopefully, despite the ambitions of the developers, this will continue long enough for console developers to follow suit and protect themselves against any unwanted actions.
