Activision say “high-profile” Call of Duty streamers have bought cheats in ongoing lawsuit

Activision has said that “high profile” Call of Duty streamers have bought cheats from prolific cheat providing website EngineOwning, in a recent lawsuit raised by the publisher.

As spotted by Dextero, Activision filed its latest complaint against the website with the Central District of California in late September. The company seeks to have the website shutdown and a payout of damages following a trial by jury.

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The suit doesn’t mention any specific streamers by name, but does say “Among the customers of the Cheating Software are high-profile streamers of the COD Games who reside in the United States.”

Activision has been battling cheaters in Call of Duty games for many years of course, but their battle got more intense with the release of the free-to-play Call of Duty Warzone in 2020.

And they’ve been very busy with this fight – back in June last year, Raven Software (responsible for Warzone) declared it had banned over half a million cheater accounts from Call of Duty Warzone.

This eventually led to the creation of Ricochet, a dedicated anti-cheat platform for Call of Duty. Not only did this include anti-cheat software, but an entire division dedicated to fighting hacks and ensuring fair play.

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Ricochet is constantly updated, with the latest “upgraded” version set to arrive with the newest releases of Modern Warfare 2 at the end of this month and Warzone 2 in November.

Meanwhile the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 beta wrapped up at the end of last month, breaking records as the biggest Call of Duty beta of all time including hours played, number of players and the most matches.

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