Two weeks ago, Activision initiated a legal action against two creators of a cheat system that was running rampant on Warzone and Modern Warfare: Gatorcheat and CXcheat.
People who were using these cheats could no longer do so, much to the delight of the community. However, that didn't stop cheating on these games.
Activision finally joined forces with Infinity Ward and Raven Software to take action against another cheat company known as EngineOwning. It was known to provide cheats that weren't detected by the servers' anti-cheat system, but the triforce of Activision, Infinity Ward and Raven Software finally found a way to automatically detect it when a player was using it.
This resulted in a wave of 200,000 permanent bans since launch, and a Warzone streamer was even caught. Ironically, users of this cheat complained to the company because "it thought it was using an undetectable tool." Too bad for them! Activision is continuing the battle against those providing cheats and cheaters in time for the release of Black Ops Cold War on November 13th.
For some cheaters, it was almost a joke because they waited patiently to be banned. Since September, things have been progressing and the future now seems much brighter for those wanting Warzone to be a cheat-free experience. Infinity Ward claims the wave of bans are not over yet and that they are still working to fight cheaters.
Ultimately, three companies in the cheat trick industry were taken off the list: CXCheat, GatorCheat, and EngineOwning.