Valve Declares War on Toxicity and Account Boosts in Dota 2
Valve Software intends to fight more actively against toxicity and account boosting in Dota 2. 14 thousand people have recently been banned for manipulating the MMR ranking. The game will also receive a system for reporting inappropriate behavior, modelled on CS:GO's Overwatch.
video games
Bart Swiatek
October 20, 2020
Among Us Devs Started Banning Cheaters
A screenshot published on Reddit indicates that the studio InnerSloth, the developers responsible for the megahit Among Us, have started to ban people using hacks.
video games
Bart Swiatek
October 15, 2020
Among Us Players Have to Deal With Impostors AND Cheaters
The unexpected success of Among Us two years after its launch translated into increased interest in the game from hackers. Internet users report more and more often cheating cases on public servers.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
October 8, 2020
Nexus Mods Bans Projects Related to US Politics
Nexus Mods administrators have informed that from now on all mods related to the political situation in the United States will be banned.
video games
Paul Wozniak
October 2, 2020
20,000 Bans in CoD: Warzone Prior to Season 6 Launch
According to Vice, last Monday, Activision Blizzard banned about 20 thousand accounts of people playing Call of Duty: Warzone. This is supposed to be a result of the company tracking down a popular scam app. In addition, the title received another large update, weighing 57 GB on PC.
video games
Milosz Szubert
September 30, 2020
Coach Bug in CS:GO Continues to Haunt as New Bans Drop
Today, the ESIC committee informed of several other professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive trainers, who over the past few years have used the bug to observe the map. The full list of accused trainers is expected to appear at the end of October, as so far, only 20% of available match recordings have been checked.
video games
Paul Wozniak
September 28, 2020
Activision Blizzard Continues Its Battle Against Cheaters
Activision Blizzard's lawyers contacted the GatorCheats team, making cheats for, e.g. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone, and demanded that they cease their activities. This is another chapter in the company's fight against cheaters.
video games
Milosz Szubert
September 15, 2020
Cheater Islands in Fall Guys - A Cheater Battle Story
The creators of Fall Guys revealed that for some time they secretly sent cheating players to cheater islands, where they had to spend time in the company of similar users, instead of poisoning the lives of the rest of the community.
video games
Adrian Werner
September 15, 2020
CS:GO Scandal Continues; More Coach Bans Possible
The recent scandal caused by the use of an exploit by professional coaches of CS teams is not yet over. Yesterday there were reports that more people may be involved in the whole matter.
video games
Paul Wozniak
September 11, 2020
Cheater Scourge in Fall Guys; Devs Declare War
Developers at Mediatonic have announced that Fall Guys will see improvements in the anti-cheater system this week. The developers are also planning further steps to protect honest players from cheaters.
video games
Bart Swiatek
September 7, 2020
Bots Crack Down on Cheaters in Team Fortress 2
For some time now, Team Fortress 2 players have been battling cheaters with specially programmed bots.
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Paul Wozniak
September 4, 2020
CS:GO Judges Appreciated for Their Help in Detecting Fraud
Michal Slowinski and Steve Dudenhoeffer were appreciated for their work on detecting unfair practices of three professional CS:GO team coaches. They received $1,500 reward from the organizers of the Flashpoint tournament series. In addition, GoFundMe is currently collecting money for them.
video games
Milosz Szubert
September 4, 2020
CS:GO Scandal; Bans for Coaches Using an Exploit
Three CS:GO coaches have committed fraud by using a bug in the game to view the position of opponents on the map. ESL punished the coaches with a long-term ban.
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Karol Laska
September 1, 2020
Activision's Lawsuit Scared Cheaters Into Apologizing
Cheat maker and retailer group CXCheats.net has suspended support for their Call of Duty products and apologized for the „pain they caused players”. Reason? A lawsuit from Activision, which apparently decided to get rid of the problem at source.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 31, 2020
GTA Online - Rockstar Resets Accounts of Cheaters Who Used „Garage Glitch”
The accounts of players who have used a glitch in GTA Online to quickly get a lot of cash were completely reset, which is quite unusual practice from the devs at Rockstar Games.
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Paul Wozniak
August 28, 2020
Reddit Users Banned in Spades for Hate Speech
Reddit's authorities have started banning users who promote hate speech. Since the change of content rules, 7 thousand accounts that violated the new rules have been removed.
Tech
Karol Laska
August 20, 2020
When God Mode Doesn't Cut It - Player Harasses Cheater in GTA Online
One GTA Online player has decided to take revenge on a cheater using god mode by constantly ramming him with his vehicle.
video games
Bart Swiatek
August 20, 2020
Cheaters Banning Innocent CS:GO Players Caught Valve's Attention
Valve's John McDonald announced a solution to the problem of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive hackers using bots to abuse the Overwatch system. The victory was short-lived, but apparently the company took the complains of the players to heart.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 20, 2020
Cheater Ring in CS:GO Kept Itself Safe for Years While Banning Others
A few days ago, popular youtuber known as Sparkles released a video, in which a hacker told about how the cheater community in CS:GO protects itself through a so-called Overwatch system. It also enables them to report and ban other players.
video games
Paul Wozniak
August 17, 2020
Cheater Fails to Win in Fall Guys Even When Cheating
The popularity of Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout has already made cheaters interested in the game. However, it soon came to light that some cheaters couldn't handle the game even when using unfair advantages, as in the case encountered by a certain streamer.
video games
Paul Wozniak
August 12, 2020