Major Call of Duty cheat provider has been sent to the Gulag
Despite its chart-topping success, Call of Duty has been subject to plenty of problems over the last few years - owing much of its stresses to gaps in the game’s code. Not only are many players subjected to hefty bugs and glitches, but there are others who have been forced to suffer at the hands of cheaters.
It comes as no surprise to many that their game can be shut down by a cheater at any moment who is simply invulnerable to their attacks or uses a seriously amplified aim-assist that will track them even through walls and across the map.
It's a huge dampener on the game, and for years, CoD has been attempting to shut them down to little avail. But now, it looks like a new legal notice is doing a lot of heavy lifting in tidying the series up.
Major cheat developer shut down by legal threats
A long-time Call of Duty cheat distributor has just revealed that it is ceasing operations immediately after receiving a legal notice, presumably from Activision Blizzard.
Interwebz confirmed it in a statement that has been shared on Twitter by the Call of Duty account, CharlieINTEL. It has announced that the company has "recieved a legal notice regarding our products, and we have made the decision to comply with the legal notice and end existing services."
They go on to thank users for years of support, adding that they know players will be disappointed by the news. It concludes, "We wish there was another way to deal with this situation, but sadly we don’t have many other options available." It's unfortunate for those who used the services - but everyone else is thrilled.
Call of Duty fans celebrate the downfall of cheat developers
Players are rejoicing as another cheating system has been tanked, no longer keeping them from enjoying the game in the face of such dire circumstances. Mark "Maze" Perozo cheered, "Love how they’re addressing their users as a 'community' as if they’re not ruining the actual community these cheaters are trying to be involved in."
Another added, "If this is real, this is just the start, this could actually be looking great for the gaming community as a whole. Especially with the money Activision has, they could just go after every gaming cheat company there is. Low probability thatll happen tho."
The hope is that ABK is finally clamping down on the cheater sites that are making the most of player vulnerabilities and the vulnerability of CoD. Someone else pondered, "I wonder if they would be willing to hire some of these cheat providers and maybe just buy em out. These people are pretty much reverse engineers. CIA does it frequently for top tier hackers that get thrown in jail."
Interwebz might be down, but there are plenty more for the CoD team to tackle. If it takes legal threats, so be it, but it looks like a new dawn of a more effective anti-cheat could be here.
