"I'm deeply sorry": Call of Duty cheat makers apologise and shut down after Activision lawsuit
By TourneyTime ·
What happened
The developers behind the Zenith and Devware Call of Duty cheats have issued a public apology and permanently shut down their services. The statement was posted by the official Call of Duty account on X on 4 September 2026 (Destructoid, GameRiv).
The quote, in full:
“To the Call of Duty community and Activision, I’m deeply sorry. I helped create and sell cheats that damaged the game and unfairly impacted honest players. Activision caught me and I’ve permanently shut down all of my cheat services. I will never develop or distribute cheats again. If you’re making cheats, stop now. Activision will catch you too.”
That last line is the point of the whole exercise. This is not a settlement notice - it is a warning shot published on the game’s own channel.
The lawsuit behind it
Activision filed on 6 February 2026 in the Central District of California, under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. GameRiv names the defendants as Julian Angel Valenzuela (“Wolfy”) and a developer identified as A.R. (“Noziex”), and reports that the operation had sold roughly 28,400 licences for the cheat software.
| Detail | What we know |
|---|---|
| Filed | 6 February 2026 |
| Court | Central District of California |
| Claim | DMCA |
| Services | Zenith, Devware |
| Licences sold | ~28,400 |
| Outcome | Both services permanently shut down |
The feature set is worth noting because it goes past aimbots: the tooling reportedly ran from unlocking paid cosmetic content through to disconnecting other players and crashing multiplayer servers. That is closer to a denial-of-service product than a traditional cheat, and it is the sort of claim that makes a DMCA case considerably easier to bring.
The damages figure has not been confirmed by either outlet, so we are not quoting one.
Where this fits
This is the second public enforcement moment in short order - it follows Activision’s lawyers serving a cease-and-desist at a cheat seller’s front door and filming it. Different defendants, different action, same strategy: make the consequences visible rather than quietly settling.
What it does not do is clean up your lobbies. Two providers going dark removes a chunk of supply, not the demand behind it, and RICOCHET’s day job is unchanged. If you are expecting a noticeable shift in Warzone lobbies this week, temper that.
Sources we check
The apology text comes from the official Call of Duty X post of 4 September, reported independently by Destructoid and GameRiv; the earlier filmed serving was covered by Dexerto and PC Gamer. We have not seen the court filing directly, so the lawsuit specifics are attributed rather than stated as confirmed.
