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A federal court has awarded Activision Publishing a $14.4 million judgment in the lawsuit against EngineOwning UG, Garnatz Enterprise Ltd and eleven individuals.
Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald of the U.S. District Court in California entered the default judgment against the defendants. The judge held them liable for $14.465 million in statutory damages and $292,912 in attorneys' fees.
The persons mentioned include Valentin Rick, Leonard Bugla, Leon Frisch, Marc-Alexander Richts,
Alexander Kleeman, Leon Schlender, Bennet Huch, Ricky Szameitat, Remo Loffler, Charlie Wiest and Pascal Classen. The court also issued a permanent injunction against the cheaters site.
Activision filed a lawsuit in January 2022, accusing the defendants of profiting from the sale of cheats that give players unfair advantages in Call of Duty games. Activision said the software ruins the gaming experience for non-cheating players and damages the game's reputation. Activision alleged that the fraud software was specifically designed to avoid detection by plaintiff's anti-cheating technology.
EO and Garnatz are foreign-based business entities that operate as shell companies. Activision has said it developed its Ricochet anti-cheat software at significant expense to protect games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Warzone, Call of Duty: Mobile and Warzone Mobile.