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

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/call-of-duty-maker-activision-claims-video-game-cheating-is-now-a-6-3-billion-8-5-billion-a-year-industry/
- Published: 2026-09-20T15:30:41+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-20T17:39:42+00:00
- Original publisher: Eurogamer
- Original article: https://www.eurogamer.net/activision-video-game-cheat-market-8-5-billion-a-year
- Topics: Call of Duty, Entertainment, Gaming

## Key points

- Activision estimates video game cheating generates £6.3bn annually.
- Cheat subscriptions across 15 games reportedly bring in £2.6bn.
- The publisher has targeted hundreds of resellers and dozens of vendors.

## Summary

Activision claims cheating in video games has become a global industry worth about £6.3 billion ($8.5 billion) annually, driven by account sales, boosting and spoofing services. The Call of Duty publisher says the scale of the market highlights why it is combining anti-cheat technology with legal action to disrupt sellers and deter players.

Its Team Ricochet unit estimates that cheat subscriptions across just 15 games generate roughly £2.6 billion ($3.5 billion) a year. Activision says it has disrupted more than 375 reseller operations, issued over 80 cease-and-desist notices and closed 31 major cheat vendors; it also claims some players spend more than £750 annually on subscriptions and spoofing tools.

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