Call of Duty maker Activision claims video game cheating is now a 6.3 billion ($8.5 billion) a year industry

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News Source : Eurogamer.net

News Summary

  • Cheating generates £6.3bn - $8.5bn - every year in account sales, boosting, and spoofing services.
  • cheat subscriptions across 15 games alone generate around £2.6bn.
  • Activision said it has "paired technical detection with sustained legal action to destabilise the cheat ecosystem at every level" The publisher also claims cheat sellers regularly hide the fact their products have been detected, instead blaming outages on excuses like illness, surgery or car accidents.
  • Modern Warfare 4 is set for release on 23rd October on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Switch 2.
  • Activision is trying to convince players to pre-order the military shooter via $5 in store credit.
Activision has published a breakdown of the numbers behind cheating in its games, claiming cheating is big business, generating about 6.3 billion $8.

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