Cheating certainly comes with consequences, especially when it involves creating cheats for Call of Duty. EngineOwning, a company known for selling cheats for various Call of Duty titles, as well as games like Counter-Strike, Battlefield, and Titanfall, has been ordered to pay approximately $14.5 million in damages to Activision.

In a decision by US District Court Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald in California, Activision Publishing won its case against EngineOwning UG, Garnatz Enterprise Ltd, and 11 other individuals.

Activision initiated the lawsuit in January 2022, accusing the defendants of violating the DMCA and generating profit from cheats such as auto-aim and auto-fire, which provided players with an unfair advantage.

Initially, a judge ruled in February 2023 that EngineOwning was required to pay Activision $3 million in damages, but this ruling only applied to two individuals associated with the company, as reported by IGN. Many of the originally sued parties did not respond to the lawsuit, and EngineOwning continued to produce cheats for games like Warzone and Modern Warfare 3.

The judge also found the defendants guilty of intentionally encouraging players to purchase and use these cheats, in addition to the DMCA violations.