On January 4, 2022, Activision filed a lawsuit against the German company EngineOwning, which distributes and sells cheats for Call of Duty by subscription. Activision lawyers accuse EngineOwning developers and 50 other undetermined persons of deliberately distributing illegal programs and malicious software that help users to gain an advantage in computer multiplayer games and violate the terms of use of Call of Duty series computer programs - they cannot be cheated.
EngineOwning cheat users reported that even after installing the latest version of the fraudulent gaming software, their version of CoD Modern Warfare, Warzone or Vanguard either stopped launching or their accounts were blocked by developers due to a violation of the rules.
The cost of a subscription to EngineOwning cheats ranges from 4 euros for three days, up to 32 euros for access to them for a month and a half.
According to the lawsuit, Activision insists that the illegal actions of EngineOwning, which distributes and sells a set of malicious software products for profit, damages Activision's gaming platforms, its business in general, and also hinders the development of the CoD community of players. Activision is trumpeting for EngineOwning to end its illegal activities.
In 2021, Activision deployed Ricochet's anti-cheat system to Warzone. The company blocked 48 thousand cheating accounts in December alone, thanks to the new system. In a lawsuit against EngineOwning, Activision says it has identified and blocked hundreds of thousands of player accounts over the past year that have launched and used various fraudulent software in the CoD online shooter series.
In Russia, last year a court opened a criminal case against the developer of cheats and bots for World of Tanks and World of Warships. The injured party in the case is Wargaming. The company's lawyers insist that the programmer and entrepreneur, selling bots and cheating software to users, caused damage to the Belarusian publisher and developer of computer games in the amount of 670 million rubles. A Wargaming spokesman said that the company considers the creation and sale of programs that violate the rules of the games and their internal economies, the same crime as theft or fraud. He clarified that Wargaming will oppose cheat sellers and bot developers in the legal field of the Russian Federation.
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