Activision just did the boldest move for Call of Duty in years.
On social media, they shared a video with this caption:
RICOCHET Anti-Cheat doesn’t end when your match does.
Cheat makers operate around the world. So do we. We’re taking the fight directly to cheat sellers.
Last weekend during the Closed Beta, we went to Ohio to takedown Elocarry.
That’s not an isolated case…
As Eurogamer explained, Elocarry is a cheat seller who notoriously sells Call of Duty cheats as subscriptions that cost as much as £79.99 per quarter.
The video very quickly shows Activision’s representative (possibly a process server) going to Elocarry’s door to hand deliver their cease and desist.
Activision also revealed that they have gone after 375 cheat resellers, with 80 cease and desists and 30 cheat sellers that have closed down. They even had a screenshot of Elocarry confirming they would stop selling their Call of Duty cheats on Discord.
It’s a strong message, not just for the cheat sellers, but the players as well. Activision needs to convince their fans they’ll solve the issues with cheaters, and this is a good way to prove that they are.
