A Call of Duty cheat maker will have to pay a million-dollar fine to compensate Activision
The EngineOwning group will have to pay a colossal fine in damages to Activision for producing and selling cheat systems for Call of Duty and other competitive multiplayer games.
EngineOwning, a company that produces various cheat systems for Call of Duty , has lost in court against Activision and will now have to pay the publisher a huge sum in damages , as ordered by the Central District of California.
The group has been developing various cheat systems for years, sold to run on various games such as Call of Duty, Counter-Strike, Battlefield and Titanfall , to name a few, but it was Activision that actively moved against the manufacturer of these systems , within its zero tolerance policy towards such solutions.
The district court’s decision is somewhat draconian, but it reflects the seriousness with which these cases are now taken by American courts, considering that they are treated as very harmful to the economy of some companies.
14 million dollars and the sale of the site
EngineOwning will therefore have to pay approximately $14.5 million to Activision, plus court costs, and will essentially have to end its business of selling cheats. Among the judge’s requests there is also an immediate stop to the “illegal conduct” carried out so far.
A Call of Duty cheat maker will have to pay a million-dollar fine to compensate Activision
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In addition, the group will also have to cede the domain within which much of the trade took place, i.e. www.EngineOwning.to, directly to Activision, thus marking a defeat across the board for the group specializing in cheats.
Already in February 2023, the judge had ordered EngineOwning to pay 3 million dollars in damages to Activision after a first lawsuit, which also involved some important streamers who had been caught using these systems.
However, the company continued with its business, selling additional cheats for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone. Activision therefore continued with the legal battle and obtained a further victory in this new case.
In a tweet, the publisher also reported that any players caught using irregular performance boosting systems in Call of Duty multiplayer will have their scores reset and be removed from the leaderboards prior to the launch of Season 4.
Meanwhile, the company released the live action trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 yesterday , with confirmation that this will release on day one in the Xbox Game Pass catalog .