TLDR:
- Raging Nation was one of the big Call of Duty cheat providers after Interwebz.
- The official website for Raging Nation claims that they have received a legal notice from Activision.
- Raging Nation clarifies that they don’t want to mess around with a company as big as Activision.
- All operations of this cheat provider have now been ceased.
It seems like now that the Ricochet anti-cheat cannot fully keep cheaters away from Call of Duty games, Activision has shifted its focus to get the cheat providers closed down one after another on the dark web.
It was only a few months earlier that Activision sent a legal notice to Interwebz, one of the biggest Call of Duty cheat providers ever with customers from all around the world. The notice was threatening enough for Interwebz that they decided to cease their operations shortly after that.
Now, another big fish has been caught by Activision. The official website for Raging Nation has recently shared a message on its home screen, revealing that they also received a legal notice from the Call of Duty owner.
“Someone affiliated with our business has received a legal notice from Activision,” reads the statement. “We may not agree with the assertions made in these legal demands, but we are in no position to litigate with such a large company.”
It is almost obvious for such cheat provider companies that a loss in the court will be inevitable. While ignoring legal notices could allow cheat providers to earn more money until the things are settled in court, the penalty they have to pay to giant publishers in return for the damage they have caused is insanely high.
Previously, Bungie had a similar case against a cheat provider, which resulted in the court ruling in favor of the Destiny 2 creator, sentencing the cheat seller to pay Bungie $12 million. This is an insanely high fine to pay, no matter how big the actual business could be.
So, it is not surprising to see Interwebz and Raging Nation both back off pretty soon after receiving legal notice from Activision, as things could get even worse for these cyber criminals.
Of course, having Interwebz and Raging Nation closed down still doesn’t fully wipe cheats and cheaters from Call of Duty games, but at least players who look for such unfair advantages cannot get those cheats so easily anymore, especially when the current builds of those cheat engines gets detected.
