Major COD Cheat Provider Shutting Down After Activision Makes Legal Threat
This comes after the cheat provider received a cease-and-desist notice from Activision.
By Joseph Yaden on
Mobius, a Call of Duty cheat provider, has shut down after receiving a cease-and-desist notice from Activision. The provider was home to around 3,000 users, making it one of the largest cheat operations available.
«Someone affiliated with the Team Mobius was given a cease-and-desist today by Activision,» reads a statement from the cheat provider (via Reddit). «We are going to comply with it by shutting down everything. I hope you all understand.»
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This news comes after Activision cracked down on third-party software such as Sm2, a Call of Duty mod that pulled features from fan-favorite games in the series. Activision also issued a cease-and-desist to X Labs, another fan-made mod.
The cheating issue in recent Call of Duty titles has caused tremendous frustration. In the original Warzone, the cheats were so out of hand, it drove many players away from the game.
Activision implemented an anti-cheat software called Ricochet into Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2, which has certainly helped. The company has also banned cheaters in mass quantities. But since Warzone 2 is a free-to-play game, it's easy for players to simply create new accounts, exacerbating the cheating problem overall.
Activision is currently developing the 2023 Call of Duty game, which is reportedly Modern Warfare 3, a follow-up to 2022's installment.
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