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Wave of Bans Precedes the Launch of The Burning Crusade Classic
Blizzard has prepared an unusual surprise for World of Warcraft players. It took the form of a wave of bans for the use of external programs, both connected to bots and enabling the use of a controller in WoW Classic.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
May 26, 2021
Blizzard Tackles Multiple Accounts and Multiboxing in WoW
Blizzard Entertainment has made another change to its EULA license to combat the practice of multi-boxing in the MMORPG World of Warcraft.
video games
Bart Swiatek
May 6, 2021
Riot Games Will Record Voice Chat in Valorant
Riot Games, the company behind Valorant, will monitor conversations in voice chat. This is all as part of the fight against hate speech and toxic players.
video games
Adrian Piotrowski
May 2, 2021
CS:GO Cheaters Can Get Away With Almost Anything it Seems [UPDATED]
Despite Valve's best efforts to weed out cheaters in CS:GO, it seems that trying to catch up is the best the company can manage. As one Reddit user has shown, changes to anticheat are necessary.
video games
Michal Ciezadlik
April 30, 2021
Riot Cracks Down on Vitriolic LoL Players, Increased Penalties for Leaving Matches
Longer, tougher penalties for AFK-ers in LoL are coming. The team at Riot Games announced an upcoming update introducing additional reprisals for players who leave the game during a match and impede the fun of their allies.
video games
Michal Ciezadlik
April 23, 2021
48 Hours of Turmoil in CS:GO Scene
Recent days have brought a number of interesting developments in the professional CS:GO scene. Highlights of the past 48 hours included a change in Valve's policy on VAC bans and problems with major CS teams.
video games
Michal Ciezadlik
April 16, 2021
Nearly 500,000 Accounts Have Been Banned in Warzone
Nearly half a million accounts have been permabanned in Call of Duty: Warzone. Such data was recently provided by Activision in its report on the progress in the battle against cheaters.
video games
Michal Ciezadlik
April 14, 2021
Outriders Devs Will Flag Cheaters and Make Their Lives Difficult
People Can Fly has shown the ways it will be using to make the life of cheaters difficult in Outriders. They will be flagged and not allowed to play with honest players.
video games
Paul Musiolik
March 28, 2021
Rockstar is Looking for Staff to Fight Cheaters in GTA Online and RDR Online
Rockstar Games wants to hire two people for analyst positions. The tasks of new employees will be directly related to the ongoing fight against cheaters.
video games
Bart Swiatek
March 24, 2021
Denuvo Anti-Cheat Coming to PlayStation 5 Games
Denuvo Anti-Cheat technology will come to PS5 games. It is to protect new titles against cheaters in multiplayer games.
video games
Przemyslaw Dygas
March 10, 2021
60,000 Bans in CoD: Warzone in Response to Cheater Deluge
Call of Duty: Warzone is in serious crisis because of cheaters spoiling the fun. Players complain about the lack of anti-cheat and lack of response from the devs. Reacting to community criticism, the developers banned 60 thousand cheaters.
video games
Michal Ciezadlik
February 4, 2021
Valve Draws Consequences for Stream-sniping and Coach Bug in CS:GO
Last year's CS:GO scandal involving the so-called coach bug, as well as stream-sniping phenomenon that spread across the eSports scene, are still fresh in our minds. After four months, Valve began to take action against the coaches.
video games
Michal Ciezadlik
January 28, 2021
Take Two Shuts Down GTA Online Cheat Website, has Owners Donate to Charity
Take-Two has taken up the fight against cheats in GTA Online and contributed to the shut down of the LunaCheats website. At the same time, the creators of the website pledged to donate their profits to charity.
video games
Agnes Adamus
January 25, 2021
Bans in CS:GO for Betting on Matches
New examples of unfair behavior in esports have come to light. This time ESIC (Esports Integrity Commission) has targeted CS:GO players for betting on matches. Some have been banned for as much as 5 years.
video games
Michal Ciezadlik
January 25, 2021
Denuvo Anti-Cheat Could Become Standard on Steam
Irdeto's anti-cheat solution, Denuvo Anti-Cheat, has been integrated with Steamworks tools, making it easier for developers to use the system in their games.
video games
Bart Swiatek
January 19, 2021
Cheaters Cry After Losing Money Due to Vanguard
Vanguard, Valorant's anti-cheat app, remains a problem for cheaters. The recent action of Riot Games caused many such „players” to lose a lot of money.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
January 14, 2021
LoL and Destiny Devs Join Forces Against Cheatmakers
Lawyers for two well-known development studios - Bungie and Riot Games - have prepared a joint lawsuit against several creators of cheat software used in titles like Valorant and Destiny 2.
video games
Bart Swiatek
January 12, 2021
PUBG Mobile Devs Have No Chill; Over 2 Million Cheaters Banned
Battle royale PUBG Mobile is very popular among the gamers. Unfortunately, being a cheater is equally popular in online games, although their numbers dropped significantly in mid-December.
video games
Bart Woldanski
December 21, 2020
Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo Together Against Toxic Gamers
Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony have announced cooperation in the fight against toxic behavior in video games. The companies want to take action to ensure that „the youngest and most vulnerable players” can safely play online.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
December 14, 2020
Sony Blocks PS5 for Selling Access to PS Plus Collection
Thousands of players have been banned and a few PlayStation 5s have lost access to online features in recent days. The reason? Selling access to games from PlayStation Plus Collection by some „resourceful” gamers.
hardware & software
Jacob Blazewicz
November 28, 2020