cheats | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Thu, 04 May 2023 15:35:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png cheats | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Bungie wins $12m in latest Destiny cheats lawsuit https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/matthew-wilson/bungie-wins-12m-in-latest-destiny-cheats-lawsuit/ https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/matthew-wilson/bungie-wins-12m-in-latest-destiny-cheats-lawsuit/#respond Thu, 04 May 2023 15:35:48 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=614127 In recent years, Bungie has been looking to hamper the Destiny 2 cheating scene by going after the creators and sellers of cheats directly. Bungie has already had a few successful cases, including a $13 million payout in 2022. Now, Bungie has won another case against a cheat maker, this time winning a $12 million …

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In recent years, Bungie has been looking to hamper the Destiny 2 cheating scene by going after the creators and sellers of cheats directly. Bungie has already had a few successful cases, including a $13 million payout in 2022. Now, Bungie has won another case against a cheat maker, this time winning a $12 million sum. 

As reported by TheGamePost, Bungie's lawsuit against Mihai Claudiu Florentin, the person Bungie claims is behind VeteranCheats, has been ordered to pay $12 million USD in damages to Bungie for producing and distributing cheat software.

The case, which was filed in a Washington District Court, had Bungie seeking just under $12 million in damages based on a figure of $2000 USD for each sale of the cheat. According to the case file, the VeteranCheats software was downloaded more than 5,800 times.

Bungie has already won several cases against cheaters. Recently, the company added another to the list, suing a company known as LeviCheats for $6.7 million over Destiny 2 cheating tools.

KitGuru Says: With major companies directly going after cheat makers all across the world, it is becoming more dangerous to produce or share cheats for various online games. Unfortunately, it hasn't made it any harder to find cheats, as the market for them still remains in place. 

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Bungie looks to crack down on XIM and Cronus use in Destiny https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/bungie-looks-to-crack-down-on-xim-and-cronus-use-in-destiny/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/bungie-looks-to-crack-down-on-xim-and-cronus-use-in-destiny/#respond Fri, 14 Apr 2023 15:25:59 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=611732 In recent months, the anti-cheat teams behind games like Rainbow Six Siege and Call of Duty have been cracking down on the use of XIM devices, allowing for mouse and keyboard controls on consoles, providing the benefit of swifter aiming with the aim assist traditionally reserved for controller users. Now, Bungie is looking to crack …

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In recent months, the anti-cheat teams behind games like Rainbow Six Siege and Call of Duty have been cracking down on the use of XIM devices, allowing for mouse and keyboard controls on consoles, providing the benefit of swifter aiming with the aim assist traditionally reserved for controller users. Now, Bungie is looking to crack down on the use of these devices as well. 

In a recent update, Bungie said that while it “embraces the use of external accessibility aids that enable an experience the game designers intended”, it will not allow players to “abuse these tools specifically to gain an advantage over other players”. The studio goes on to say that it will indeed be cracking down on the use of third-party peripherals that allow for cheating.

While Bungie wants to support accessibility aides, if a device allows the player to “mitigate challenges all players face, such as recoil or aim assist”, then it is bannable. Devices like XIM or Cronus would fall into this category.

“We will be monitoring for violations of the policy and issuing warnings, restrictions and/or bans appropriately. This has been a matter of extended conversations both internally and in the community, and we want to strike the right balance between Bungie’s goal of simultaneously enabling everyone to enjoy our games and protecting our community”, Bungie says.

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KitGuru Says: Bungie did not directly name devices like the XIM or Cronus in its blog post, but the description of the types of peripherals the company is targeting makes it quite clear. These devices have become increasingly popular in recent years, bypassing the usual protections consoles have when it comes to online cheaters versus the PC platform. 

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Cheats for PS2 classic Gran Turismo 4 discovered after nearly 20 years https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/mustafa-mahmoud/cheats-for-ps2-classic-gran-turismo-4-discovered-after-nearly-20-years/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/mustafa-mahmoud/cheats-for-ps2-classic-gran-turismo-4-discovered-after-nearly-20-years/#respond Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:00:50 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=597970 Video game cheats used to be a highly popular occurrence across games, so much so that entire physical guides were released in the past in order to collate them. The practice is unfortunately no longer commonplace, but that does not mean that new cheats aren’t being discovered. More than 18 years after its initial launch, …

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Video game cheats used to be a highly popular occurrence across games, so much so that entire physical guides were released in the past in order to collate them. The practice is unfortunately no longer commonplace, but that does not mean that new cheats aren’t being discovered. More than 18 years after its initial launch, multiple cheat codes have been found for the PlayStation 2 classic Gran Turismo 4.

As discovered by Gran Turismo enthusiast ‘Nenkai’ the 2004 classic PS2 racer Gran Turismo 4 included a whole host of secretive cheat codes – a first for the series. Though it may have taken nearly two-decades to find, 4 cheat codes in total have been discovered. After 365 days of in-game time has passed, users can input these button combinations for some pretty major skips:

  • 10.000.000 Cr: Select, Left, Right, Right, Down, Up, Up, Left, Down, Up, Right, Left, Down, L1, R1, Select
  • Pass a license: Select, R1, Select, R1, Select, L2, L2, R2, R2, L1, Select, Select
  • Gold a specific license test: Select, Select, R1, R2, L2, L2, Select, L1, R1, Select, R2, L1, Select
  • Gold Any Event (on the event course selection menu): Select, L1, Up, Up, Select, R1, Down, Down, Select, L2, Select, R2, Select

With these cheats, players are able to skip many of the game’s toughest tests, including the 24-hour long endurance race. While these cheats may have been highly useful almost 20 years ago, it is still exciting to see that there exists a number of gaming secrets from decades ago which likely have yet to be discovered.

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KitGuru says: Do you wish you knew these cheat codes back in 2004? What is your favourite video game cheat? Should more games nowadays feature such secrets? Let us know down below.

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Escape from Tarkov devs name and shame cheaters caught in recent ban wave https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/escape-from-tarkov-devs-name-and-shame-cheaters-caught-in-recent-ban-wave/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/escape-from-tarkov-devs-name-and-shame-cheaters-caught-in-recent-ban-wave/#respond Wed, 08 Mar 2023 10:44:31 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=595931 We regularly see the studios behind large competitive games announcing massive ban waves, but we rarely see them publicly outing cheaters by name. This week, the team behind Escape from Tarkov not only banned almost 7,000 players, but it also published a series of spreadsheets to publicly name and shame them.  Escape from Tarkov is …

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We regularly see the studios behind large competitive games announcing massive ban waves, but we rarely see them publicly outing cheaters by name. This week, the team behind Escape from Tarkov not only banned almost 7,000 players, but it also published a series of spreadsheets to publicly name and shame them. 

Escape from Tarkov is a competitive extraction game, which seems to be the hot new thing for first-person shooter developers across the industry, in large part due to the success of Battlestate Games, the team behind EFT. The developers behind Tarkov recently banned a wave of 6,700 players and then followed that up by publishing several spreadsheets that publicly reveal the online nicknames of all the banned cheaters. You can find the first of these lists in this Google doc.

In a statement sent to TechCrunch, Battlestate Games' Dmitri Ogorodnikov said that the team wants “honest players to see the nicknames of cheaters to know that justice has been served and the cheater who killed them in a raid has been punished and banned”.

Exactly how effective this be remains to be seen. A certain portion of cheaters may use the same online name across games, but many likely use throwaway accounts in an effort to stay anonymous and not compromise their main accounts.

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KitGuru Says: This is rather unexpected news and as far as I can tell, a first in the modern age of online gaming. Do you agree with this approach, or do you see this as a step too far? 

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Bungie wins $4.3 million in lawsuit against Destiny cheat sellers https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/bungie-wins-4-3-million-in-lawsuit-against-destiny-cheat-sellers/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/bungie-wins-4-3-million-in-lawsuit-against-destiny-cheat-sellers/#respond Tue, 21 Feb 2023 16:33:15 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=594052 For a couple of years now, Bungie's legal team has been hard at work identifying cheat creators and serving them with lawsuits. One of the biggest cases was brought against AimJunkies, which tried and failed to counter-sue Bungie last year. Now, a judge has ultimately sided with Bungie on the case, ordering AimJunkies to pay …

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For a couple of years now, Bungie's legal team has been hard at work identifying cheat creators and serving them with lawsuits. One of the biggest cases was brought against AimJunkies, which tried and failed to counter-sue Bungie last year. Now, a judge has ultimately sided with Bungie on the case, ordering AimJunkies to pay over $4 million in damages. 

This lawsuit didn't go as smoothly as Bungie would have liked, as initially, a judge did dismiss the lawsuit, which opened the door for AimJunkies to counter-sue. The countersuit was also dismissed and Bungie refiled its own case. As reported by TorrentFreak, during arbitration, a judge sided with Bungie on the issue, ordering AimJunkies to pay $4.3 million USD in damages for supplying cheats for Destiny 2.

As reported by TorrentFreak, AimJunkies was found to have been in violation of the DMCA after using reverse engineering techniques to find holes in Bungie's security systems. In all, the total amount of damages works out to roughly $2,500 per each act of circumvention.

The legal filings indicate that around 1,361 copies of AimJunkies' Destiny 2 cheat tools were sold. While you would think that losing a case like this would force a cheat seller to shut down, AimJunkies unfortunately still remains active, although its Destiny cheats have been taken down.

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KitGuru Says: Bungie is building up a track record for winning these cases, which in turn should help discourage others from selling Destiny 2 cheat tools, which should also help shrink the market for cheats too. 

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Cheat maker’s lawsuit against Bungie has been dismissed https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/cheat-makers-lawsuit-against-bungie-has-been-dismissed/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/cheat-makers-lawsuit-against-bungie-has-been-dismissed/#respond Tue, 15 Nov 2022 17:44:03 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=582608 Recently, Bungie has been handing out lawsuits against cheat sellers and cheat creators, looking to stamp out cheating in Destiny 2. For the most part, Bungie is winning these cases, but it ran into a wall earlier this year when AimJunkies counter-sued the company.  Bungie has previously filed a lawsuit against AimJunkies for providing cheats …

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Recently, Bungie has been handing out lawsuits against cheat sellers and cheat creators, looking to stamp out cheating in Destiny 2. For the most part, Bungie is winning these cases, but it ran into a wall earlier this year when AimJunkies counter-sued the company. 

Bungie has previously filed a lawsuit against AimJunkies for providing cheats for Destiny 2. However, a judge dismissed the case and then, AimJunkies counter-sued. In its lawsuit, AimJunkies claimed that Bungie had illegally accessed their internal systems and surveilled private records. The lawsuit also claimed that Bungie violated the DMCA by breaking the DRM protection on its software.

Now just a couple of months later, there has been an update on this case. As reported by TorrentFreak, a judge has dismissed the claims made in the counter-suit, stating that AimJunkies did not provide enough evidence to support its claims of a DMCA violation, or unauthorised computer access. There was also lack of evidence that there was any DRM protection on cheat software for Bungie to circumvent.

Phoenix Digital, AimJunkies’ parent company, now has until the 21st of November to amend the complaint or to drop the case. If they do re-file the complaint, then Bungie will have to respond in December.

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KitGuru Says: It always seemed unlikely that Bungie had managed to hack into a cheat maker’s PC for surveillance, and it seems there was little evidence of that happening. Chances are, this will be the last we hear of this, as lawsuits are expensive to drag on. 

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Cheat seller countersues Bungie, claims company violated ToS and DMCA https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/cheat-seller-countersues-bungie-claims-company-violated-tos-and-dmca/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/cheat-seller-countersues-bungie-claims-company-violated-tos-and-dmca/#respond Wed, 21 Sep 2022 07:50:25 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=575258 Recently, Bungie has been handing out lawsuits against cheat sellers and cheat creators, looking to stamp out cheating in Destiny 2. For the most part, Bungie is winning these cases, but it ran into a wall earlier this year when a lawsuit against AimJunkies was dismissed by a judge. Now, the group behind the cheat …

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Recently, Bungie has been handing out lawsuits against cheat sellers and cheat creators, looking to stamp out cheating in Destiny 2. For the most part, Bungie is winning these cases, but it ran into a wall earlier this year when a lawsuit against AimJunkies was dismissed by a judge. Now, the group behind the cheat seller is suing Bungie back. 

We initially heard that AimJunkies was looking to file its own lawsuit against Bungie back in August. The lawsuit against them was dismissed, after a judge agreed that the cheats were “original software” and did not infringe on Bungie's copyright – the exact opposite outcome Bungie was hoping for. Now, armed with this ruling, AimJunkies is looking to throw a punch back at Bungie.

As reported by TorrentFreak, AimJunkies' parent company, Phoenix Digital, has filed its own complaint against Bungie, claiming that the company attempted to hack its systems. The complaint also goes on to claim that Bungie broke DMCA by trying to circumvent protections on AimJunkies software.

Other counterclaims thrown into the case include a breach of AimJunkies' own terms of service. Essentially, the company is trying to throw every allegation it faced right back at Bungie.

Bungie has not yet commented or filed a response to the claims made in the countersuit.

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KitGuru Says: With all of these allegations now flipped and turned on Bungie, it'll be interesting to see where things land. 

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Cheat maker wants to sue Bungie, claims cheats haven’t harmed Destiny 2 https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/cheat-maker-wants-to-sue-bungie-claims-cheats-havent-harmed-destiny-2/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/cheat-maker-wants-to-sue-bungie-claims-cheats-havent-harmed-destiny-2/#respond Fri, 12 Aug 2022 14:51:12 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=570730 Recently, Bungie has been handing out lawsuits against cheat sellers and cheat creators, looking to stamp out cheating in Destiny 2. For the most part, Bungie is winning these cases, but it ran into a wall earlier this year when a lawsuit against AimJunkies was dismissed by a judge. Now, the cheat seller wants to …

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Recently, Bungie has been handing out lawsuits against cheat sellers and cheat creators, looking to stamp out cheating in Destiny 2. For the most part, Bungie is winning these cases, but it ran into a wall earlier this year when a lawsuit against AimJunkies was dismissed by a judge. Now, the cheat seller wants to file its own complaint against Bungie. 

Bungie's lawsuit against AimJunkies was dismissed back in May when a Judge agreed that the cheats were ‘original software' and did not infringe on Bungie's copyright. Typically, copyright infringement is at the centre of these lawsuits against cheat sellers.

As reported by TorrentFreak and PCGamer, AimJunkies isn't content with having the lawsuit dismissed and is actively considering its own legal action against Bungie. The cheat maker is issuing subpoenas to companies like Valve and Google to seek information that could help it prove that its cheats did not harm Destiny 2 sales or player numbers.

AimJunkies also claims that its cheats are “just doing what Steam and countless others do with overlays”, and claims that it has “offered to work with Bungie” in the past too.

Bungie has not yet responded to the statements of AimJunkies and its parent company, Phoenix Digital Group.

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KitGuru Says: Bungie, Nintendo, Riot, Epic Games, Take-Two and other major games publishers all attempt to get cheating outlets shutdown with lawsuits. Usually, these companies win copyright infringement claims in these cases, so the AimJunkies' suit being dismissed is particularly interesting. 

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Bungie sues Destiny streamer for cheating, ban evading and threats against employees https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/bungie-sues-destiny-streamer-for-cheating-ban-evading-and-threats-against-employees/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/bungie-sues-destiny-streamer-for-cheating-ban-evading-and-threats-against-employees/#respond Tue, 19 Jul 2022 11:00:41 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=568484 A couple of weeks ago, we learned that Bungie is suing a Destiny YouTuber for violating ToS, sabotaging Bungie's business and harassing employees. Now, Bungie is suing another Destiny content creator, this time for repeated ban evasions and threats towards company staff.  Bungie has filed a lawsuit (via TGP) against the person behind Twitch channel, …

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A couple of weeks ago, we learned that Bungie is suing a Destiny YouTuber for violating ToS, sabotaging Bungie's business and harassing employees. Now, Bungie is suing another Destiny content creator, this time for repeated ban evasions and threats towards company staff. 

Bungie has filed a lawsuit (via TGP) against the person behind Twitch channel, Miffysworld. Over the years, the streamer has primarily focused on Destiny 2 content, but as it turns out, they have also repeatedly been cheating in-game and evading bans with new accounts. Bungie's lawsuit also claims that the streamer has made threats against Bungie and its employees. Another portion of the lawsuit claims that Miffysworld was also active on a forum where people buy and sell stolen accounts.

Over time, the streamer has “made thirteen separate accounts” in an attempt to evade bans. Due to all of this, Bungie is seeking $150,000 in statutory damages, as well as an additional $2,500 fee for each time the streamer used cheating software in-game. Bungie also wants a permanent injunction to ban the streamer from engaging with Bungie, its employees and Destiny 2 players.

Bungie has filed a spread of lawsuits in recent years, mainly targeting cheat makers and sellers. Just recently, one of those cases was settled, with a cheat selling outfit agreeing to pay a $13.5M settlement.

Typically, Bungie does not sue individual cheaters, but looking at the full lawsuit, it appears that Miffy was increasingly tweeting worrying statements against Bungie. At one point, he expressed a willingness to commit arson at Bungie HQ, and also claimed that a Destiny community manager would ‘not be safe', as Miffy was moving to a nearby area.

Currently, the streamer's Twitch account is still live, but Twitch will likely ban the account once it gets wind of the lawsuit.

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KitGuru Says: The cheating is just a small portion of this lawsuit. The fact is, Miffy also tweeted threats against Bungie and some of its individual employees, and also bought and sold stolen accounts on forums. At that point, it is hard to argue against Bungie bringing the hammer down. 

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You can cheat your way around KOTOR 2’s cutscene crash on Switch https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/you-can-cheat-your-way-around-kotor-2s-cutscene-crash-on-switch/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/you-can-cheat-your-way-around-kotor-2s-cutscene-crash-on-switch/#respond Thu, 23 Jun 2022 10:00:27 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=565467 Earlier this week, Aspyr confirmed that currently, there is a progression blocking bug roughly halfway through KOTOR 2 on the Nintendo Switch. At the time, it was believed that this made the game unfinishable on the console, but it turns out that Aspyr does have a workaround those affected can try.  Aspyr released KOTOR II …

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Earlier this week, Aspyr confirmed that currently, there is a progression blocking bug roughly halfway through KOTOR 2 on the Nintendo Switch. At the time, it was believed that this made the game unfinishable on the console, but it turns out that Aspyr does have a workaround those affected can try. 

Aspyr released KOTOR II on the Nintendo Switch earlier this month and in Q3 this year, the team will be releasing a Restored Content DLC, putting cut content back in the game for console players. However, before that, Aspyr is going to have to fix a major bug within KOTOR 2. Currently, when players reach the planet Onderon for the first time, a crash occurs during a cutscene.

There is a way to get around this though. As it turns out, KOTOR 2 on Switch ships with a cheat menu available in-game, which you can access by triple clicking the left thumbstick. From there, you can warp your character to a different section of Onderon, OND504 to be specific, and skip the cutscene causing the crash.

Also it turns out that the bug isn't impacting all players, so there is a specific string of events that have to take place in order to trigger it. This is likely why the issue didn't appear during testing. Aspyr will be fixing the crash in the next patch but there is no timeline for release just yet.

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KitGuru Says: It is great that there is a workaround here. Hopefully no other issues pop up to block progression further into the game. Now we've just got to wait for the real fix coming with the next patch. 

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Cheat makers agree to pay Bungie $13.5 million in Destiny 2 lawsuit settlement https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/cheat-makers-agree-to-pay-bungie-13-5-million-in-destiny-2-lawsuit-settlement/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/cheat-makers-agree-to-pay-bungie-13-5-million-in-destiny-2-lawsuit-settlement/#respond Mon, 20 Jun 2022 16:52:35 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=565014 Over the last few years, Bungie has been tackling Destiny 2  cheats with lawsuits, suing the developers and companies selling cheat tools to players. This week, Bungie actually settled with the people behind a few different cheating sites, with the sellers agreeing to pay $13.5 million USD in damages.  After filing a lawsuit against the …

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Over the last few years, Bungie has been tackling Destiny 2  cheats with lawsuits, suing the developers and companies selling cheat tools to players. This week, Bungie actually settled with the people behind a few different cheating sites, with the sellers agreeing to pay $13.5 million USD in damages. 

After filing a lawsuit against the operators of Verterancheats, LaviCheats and Elite Boss Tech, Bungie and the cheat sellers have reached a settlement agreement. The defendants will pay $2000 per violation, equating to a massive $13.5 million settlement total. Each unique download of the cheat tool counts as a violation, and with 6765 unique downloads, things added up quickly.

As reported by TorrentFreak, Bungie accused the defendants of breaching copyright law, fraud, money laundering and violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. These charges are fairly common in cases like this, where a person or group of people are profiting from cheat sales for online games. You also see similar charges for developers and sellers of piracy and circumvention tools for consoles.

Bungie's argument is that these sites profit by compromising the gameplay experience of their game. Other publishers, like Ubisoft, Riot Games, Blizzard and Epic Games, have also been known to take legal action against popular cheat sellers.

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KitGuru Says: You would think cases like this would force others to reconsider developing and selling cheats, but the market remains strong, especially with the rise of free to play gaming, which creates an endless market. 

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Call of Duty anti-cheat now completely disarms cheaters in online matches https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/call-of-duty-anti-cheat-now-completely-disarms-cheaters-in-online-matches/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/call-of-duty-anti-cheat-now-completely-disarms-cheaters-in-online-matches/#respond Mon, 20 Jun 2022 09:30:11 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=564855 Since introducing the Ricochet anti-cheat system, the Call of Duty anti-cheat team has been implementing new ways to mess with bad actors in online matches. Previously, cheaters have been unable deal damage to enemy players, have had their ability to see or hear the enemy removed and now, cheaters are having their weapons taken away …

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Since introducing the Ricochet anti-cheat system, the Call of Duty anti-cheat team has been implementing new ways to mess with bad actors in online matches. Previously, cheaters have been unable deal damage to enemy players, have had their ability to see or hear the enemy removed and now, cheaters are having their weapons taken away entirely. 

In its latest blog post, Activision developers revealed Call of Duty's latest cheat mitigation measure. The new method will spot cheaters and simply take their weapons away. They won't even be able to deal melee damage with their character's fists.

This new Disarm approach follows on from other methods Activision has tested, including Damage Shield, which makes legitimate players invulnerable to a cheater's bullets, and Cloaking, which makes legitimate players invisible to cheaters.

So why does Activision allow cheaters to remain in games rather than giving them a swift boot from the matchmaking pool? Well, this way, caught cheaters will remain in games, giving developers time to analyse their data, while hampering their ability to have an impact on the outcome of a game.

That's not to say large ban waves don't happen. Since April, Activision has issued over 180,000 bans across Warzone and Vanguard, Of course, a permanent ban nowadays will boot your account from past, present and future Call of Duty games.

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KitGuru Says: The Call of Duty team seems to be finding a new way to mess with cheaters every few months. The constant switch-ups are bound to keep cheat creators on their toes too. 

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Call of Duty anti-cheat now makes cheaters blind and deaf https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/call-of-duty-anti-cheat-now-makes-cheaters-blind-and-deaf/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/call-of-duty-anti-cheat-now-makes-cheaters-blind-and-deaf/#respond Mon, 02 May 2022 11:08:57 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=558985 With the launch of Call of Duty: Vanguard, the development team also revamped its anti-cheat efforts, with a new system called Ricochet. Using this new system, over 50,000 cheaters have already been banned from this year's Warzone update, as well as Vanguard multiplayer, and the developers are continuing to find new ways to mess with …

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With the launch of Call of Duty: Vanguard, the development team also revamped its anti-cheat efforts, with a new system called Ricochet. Using this new system, over 50,000 cheaters have already been banned from this year's Warzone update, as well as Vanguard multiplayer, and the developers are continuing to find new ways to mess with those caught cheating. 

Developers have come up with plenty of creative ways to punish cheaters in online games over the years. We've seen some titles group cheaters together in their own matchmaking pool. More recently, Call of Duty used its anti-cheat system to stop cheaters from dealing damage to legitimate players in any lobby. Now, the team is taking it a step further by making legitimate players completely invisible to cheaters.

As pointed out by the Ricochet anti-cheat team last week, there is now a new system in place to combat cheaters. Once the anti-cheat system catches out a cheater, they will find themselves unable to see or hear other players, or even weapon fire. Meanwhile, everyone else in the lobby can see and hear you, putting you at a major disadvantage and rendering the game unplayable.

At this point, the team has banned over 90,000 accounts for cheating since Vanguard launched through ban waves. Under the new rules, those players will also have their accounts banned for past, present and future Call of Duty titles.

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KitGuru Says: The early days of Warzone were riddled with cheaters, but the anti-cheat team seems to have a much better handle on the situation right now. However, Call of Duty is facing issues in other areas instead, as fewer players made the move over to Vanguard, leading to a 50 million active user drop for the series. 

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Call of Duty Warzone anti-cheat now gives ‘god mode’ to non cheaters https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/call-of-duty-warzone-anti-cheat-now-gives-god-mode-to-non-cheaters/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/call-of-duty-warzone-anti-cheat-now-gives-god-mode-to-non-cheaters/#respond Mon, 21 Feb 2022 11:58:29 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=550939 Cheating is a tough problem for any studio to combat when creating a competitive shooter. In 2021, the Call of Duty Warzone team revamped its efforts in this area with a new anti-cheat system, known as Ricochet. Rather than grouping suspected cheaters together in their own lobbies, as we've seen in other games, Ricochet handles …

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Cheating is a tough problem for any studio to combat when creating a competitive shooter. In 2021, the Call of Duty Warzone team revamped its efforts in this area with a new anti-cheat system, known as Ricochet. Rather than grouping suspected cheaters together in their own lobbies, as we've seen in other games, Ricochet handles cheaters a little differently. 

Recently, Call of Duty: Warzone players have discovered a new side effect to cheating. Those tagged as cheaters online will suddenly lose the ability to deal damage to enemy players, essentially giving normal players a ‘god mode' effect when they come across someone with cheats enabled.

In a blog post, the Ricochet anti-cheat team explained this a bit further, saying: “One mitigation technique we’ve been testing is something we call Damage Shield. When the server detects a cheater is tampering with the game in real-time, it disables the cheater’s ability to inflict critical damage on other players. This mitigation leaves the cheater vulnerable to real players and allows #TeamRICOCHET to collect information about a cheater’s system.”

Encounters like this are tracked by the anti-cheat system to ensure damage shields aren't being applied to players by mistake. While this initially started off as a small test, this cheat mitigation technique is now deployed for all Warzone servers worldwide. However, the Ricochet team claims this is just “one of many” techniques in play, so we may see other punishments rolled out to cheaters in the future too, including in-game effects and not just temporary or permanent bans.

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KitGuru Says: With this system in place, assuming it can remain working long-term, should do a lot to combat cheating. It is no longer just a ban hammer that cheaters need to worry about, as there are also in-game punishments in place that can activate at a moments notice. We'll just have to hope that no legitimate players get caught in the crossfire with a system like this. 

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PUBG Mobile lawsuit will see cheat makers pay up $10 million https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/pubg-mobile-lawsuit-will-see-cheat-makers-pay-up-10-million/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/pubg-mobile-lawsuit-will-see-cheat-makers-pay-up-10-million/#respond Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:29:19 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=545666 PUBG Mobile has now won a major lawsuit targeting a group of cheat creators caught distributing and selling cheat tools for the game. The previously prolific group of hackers will now have to pay $10 million in damages, which will be re-invested in improving anti-cheat tools for the game.  Federal Courts in the United States …

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PUBG Mobile has now won a major lawsuit targeting a group of cheat creators caught distributing and selling cheat tools for the game. The previously prolific group of hackers will now have to pay $10 million in damages, which will be re-invested in improving anti-cheat tools for the game. 

Federal Courts in the United States and Germany have ruled in favour of Tencent Games and KRAFTON, Inc. in their cases against members of a hacking group. The defendants are ordered to pay Tencent Games and KRAFTON around $10 million USD in damages, and they must cease game cheating and cheat development, as well as provide details about their cheats, how they operate and any collaborators that may have been involved. 

“This legal victory bolsters our collective commitment to fiercely protect our games, PUBG IP and global community,” said Minu Lee, Head of PUBGM Product Management at KRAFTON, Inc. “Fun and fairness is the bedrock of the PUBG MOBILE experience and cheating in any form will not be tolerated. As such, we will continue enforcing our IP rights with unwavering resolve against any who seek to tarnish or misuse them.”

This lawsuit win follows on from the closure of the world's largest cheating operation in China last year. With continued legal wins, other cheat providers have begun abandoning cheats for certain games, like PUBG Mobile. Krafton is using this opportunity to continue investing in anti-cheat technology, including replay screening, isolated matchmaking for those caught cheating and improvements to the in-game report player function.

KitGuru Says: The gaming industry continues to make strides pushing back against cheats and those who sell them. The issue will never entirely go away but moves like this can lead to thousands of cheaters getting caught and banned. 

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New COD anti-cheat will ban cheaters from ‘past, present and future’ games in the series https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/new-cod-anti-cheat-will-ban-cheaters-from-past-present-and-future-games-in-the-series/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/new-cod-anti-cheat-will-ban-cheaters-from-past-present-and-future-games-in-the-series/#respond Tue, 16 Nov 2021 12:39:08 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=539788 With the release of Call of Duty: Vanguard, Activision is also introducing a new anti-cheat system, as well as harsher punishments for those caught cheating. As details in the updated security enforcement policy for Vanguard, those caught cheating will lead to permanent bans in all Call of Duty titles.  The team behind the Ricochet anti-cheat …

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With the release of Call of Duty: Vanguard, Activision is also introducing a new anti-cheat system, as well as harsher punishments for those caught cheating. As details in the updated security enforcement policy for Vanguard, those caught cheating will lead to permanent bans in all Call of Duty titles. 

The team behind the Ricochet anti-cheat system updated the security enforcement policy this week, noting that “extreme cases of cheating” will lead to permanent suspensions that apply across the entire Call of Duty series, including “past, present or future titles” in the franchise.

Such a measure will be taken in “extreme cases” of cheating, or for “repeated violations of the security policy, such as in-game cheating”. You will also now be found in violation of the security policy if you “attempt to hide, disguise, or obfuscate” your hardware ID, which is often used to ban specific PCs from accessing the game, and avoid repeated account creations.

Richochet Anti-Cheat is debuting with Call of Duty: Vanguard's Warzone refresh, which is due to roll out before the end of this year. The system is only present in the PC version of the game, which should help clear up the number of cheaters in the crossplay matchmaking pool for console users.

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KitGuru Says: Riot has had success with its own kernel-level anti-cheat system in Valorant, so hopefully Call of Duty's new Ricochet anti-cheat will follow a similar path. 

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Bungie targets three more cheat sellers with lawsuits https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/bungie-targets-three-more-cheat-sellers-with-lawsuits/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/bungie-targets-three-more-cheat-sellers-with-lawsuits/#respond Fri, 20 Aug 2021 15:00:18 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=528381 Just recently, Bungie teamed up with Ubisoft to go after one of the larger Destiny 2 and Rainbow Six Siege cheat providers. Now, shortly after confirming that BattleEye will be implemented into Destiny 2, Bungie has filed three more lawsuits targeting cheat sellers for copyright infringement.  As reported by TorrentFreak, Bungie is now also suing …

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Just recently, Bungie teamed up with Ubisoft to go after one of the larger Destiny 2 and Rainbow Six Siege cheat providers. Now, shortly after confirming that BattleEye will be implemented into Destiny 2, Bungie has filed three more lawsuits targeting cheat sellers for copyright infringement. 

As reported by TorrentFreak, Bungie is now also suing three more cheat sites, naming the developers thought to be behind creating cheats for Destiny 2. One of the businesses is based in Canada, and is also accused as being used as a front for money laundering. The second site is a popular cheat provider that sells hacks for not just Destiny 2, but other titles like Overwatch, Apex Legends, Rainbow Six Siege, Fortnite and more. The third lawsuit names three defendants and a number of John Does, all accused of developing, selling and distributing aimbot software for Destiny 2.

In all three cases, Bungie is seeking millions of dollars in damages, injunctions and the deletion of all technology involved in the breach of the DMCA. In all three cases, each site used Bungie's Destiny 2 artwork to advertise cheats.

This news comes as Bungie looks to revamp Destiny 2 PvP on PC, which has had a cheating problem for quite some time now. To combat this, Bungie is not only using legal means to go after cheat sellers, but it is also working on implementing new anti-cheat technology, such as BattlEye, which will be in place at the start of the next season of Destiny 2.

KitGuru Says: While this won't stop cheats completely, but as more sites go down, it should hopefully discourage others from building businesses around public cheat development and sales. Private cheats are another story. 

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Ubisoft and Bungie team up to sue cheat selling site https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/ubisoft-and-bungie-team-up-to-sue-cheat-selling-site/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/ubisoft-and-bungie-team-up-to-sue-cheat-selling-site/#respond Mon, 02 Aug 2021 13:37:38 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=525591 We've seen publishers launch lawsuits against cheat makers and cheat selling sites plenty of times in the past, although it is rare to see two publishers going after the same site at once. This week, it emerged that both Ubisoft and Bungie are suing a cheat site, which sells ESP and aimbot tools for Rainbow …

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We've seen publishers launch lawsuits against cheat makers and cheat selling sites plenty of times in the past, although it is rare to see two publishers going after the same site at once. This week, it emerged that both Ubisoft and Bungie are suing a cheat site, which sells ESP and aimbot tools for Rainbow Six Siege and Destiny 2.

The site in question sells cheats via an expensive subscription model, charging anywhere from €25 to €75 per week for access to ESP, aimbot and other hacks to spoof hardware IDs to avoid detection. Its not just Rainbow Six Siege and Destiny 2 targeted either, other popular titles include Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Rust and Dead by Daylight.

As reported by TorrentFreak, both Bungie and Ubisoft are suing the cheat site in California, naming several individuals believed to be behind the business. The lawsuit argues that these products “impair and destroy” the game experience. Copyright and trademark infringement are amongst the allegations included, as key art from games like Destiny 2 and Rainbow Six Siege are used to advertise and sell these cheats.

There is no specific monetary amount that the publishers are seeking, but as we've seen in the past, lawsuits like this can bring hefty fines down upon cheat makers. In this case, damages could amount to millions of dollars due to the popularity of these cheats and their high price tag.

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KitGuru Says: Currently, the site selling these cheats is still live and active, so we won't be linking to it or directly naming it here. We would expect to see it taken down soon, however, in order to avoid further legal and financial issues.

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AI-assisted Call of Duty cheat for PC and console targeted by Activision https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/ai-assisted-call-of-duty-cheat-for-pc-and-console-targeted-by-activision/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/ai-assisted-call-of-duty-cheat-for-pc-and-console-targeted-by-activision/#respond Mon, 12 Jul 2021 16:52:52 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=523192 Activision is no stranger to cheaters in its games, with Call of Duty being a target of cheat makers each year due to its popularity. Recently, a new kind of cheat was discovered, using machine learning and automatic input commands to allow aimbot on consoles. As you would expect, Activision is already trying to crack …

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Activision is no stranger to cheaters in its games, with Call of Duty being a target of cheat makers each year due to its popularity. Recently, a new kind of cheat was discovered, using machine learning and automatic input commands to allow aimbot on consoles. As you would expect, Activision is already trying to crack down on this new form of cheat.

The cheat was made public by channels on YouTube, some of which were promoting the cheat, as well as the Anti-Cheat Police Department twitter account. The cheat itself runs on a PC, relying on a capture card to monitor the video feed coming from a console, alternatively, the cheat could also be used playing the PC version of a game.

Using machine learning, the cheat sends an input to the controller whenever it sees a valid target, so you could theoretically just run around in Call of Duty multiplayer and the cheat will do all the shooting and aiming for you. Given that the cheat could bypass console security in this way, it is a top priority for Activision to get on top of.

Activision has now begun issuing DMCA takedown notices for promotional videos advertising the cheat and will be looking to get the site issuing the cheats shut down too.

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KitGuru Says: It is good that Activision is already aware of this. Warzone can already be bad enough at times. 

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Half a million Call of Duty: Warzone cheaters have been banned https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/half-a-million-call-of-duty-warzone-cheaters-have-been-banned/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/half-a-million-call-of-duty-warzone-cheaters-have-been-banned/#respond Tue, 18 May 2021 13:13:05 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=515737 One of the toughest parts of making a competitive online game is keeping cheaters at bay. Developers are constantly battling against cheaters in Call of Duty: Warzone, and so far, Raven Software has managed to catch and ban over 500,000 cheaters. This follows on from a story in April, where the Call of Duty team …

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One of the toughest parts of making a competitive online game is keeping cheaters at bay. Developers are constantly battling against cheaters in Call of Duty: Warzone, and so far, Raven Software has managed to catch and ban over 500,000 cheaters.

This follows on from a story in April, where the Call of Duty team confirmed that it has been issuing the ban hammer more frequently since February 2021, bringing the total number of banned accounts up to 475,000. Earlier this month, Raven Software, the studio responsible for maintaining Warzone, revealed that an additional 30,000 cheaters have been banned in May 2021.

This brings the total number of cheat accounts to over half a million, presumably across all active platforms that the game is available on. The vast majority of cheaters are likely using the PC platform, simply due to its more open nature compared to consoles, where security measures are harder to bypass.

Of course, anti-cheat and banning accounts is just one part of the battle. There are cheat developers that make a good living off of finding exploits and Activision's legal team does make efforts to shut down these companies, which often sell high-priced subscriptions for updated cheats for multiple games.

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KitGuru Says: Call of Duty: Warzone is a massive game, so there are bound to be cheaters floating around. Have you ever encountered a cheater in a game of Warzone?

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Chinese police raid ‘world’s largest’ video game cheats operation https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/chinese-police-raid-worlds-largest-video-game-cheats-operation/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/chinese-police-raid-worlds-largest-video-game-cheats-operation/#respond Thu, 01 Apr 2021 16:09:24 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=510306 The video game cheats business is huge, with some companies raking in millions by selling subscriptions to consistently updated cheats for different games. Perhaps the largest video game cheating operation was recently shut down, after a crackdown by police in China.  According to The BBC, Chinese police in the city of Kunshan have shut down …

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The video game cheats business is huge, with some companies raking in millions by selling subscriptions to consistently updated cheats for different games. Perhaps the largest video game cheating operation was recently shut down, after a crackdown by police in China. 

According to The BBC, Chinese police in the city of Kunshan have shut down a gaming cheats provider known as “Operation Chicken Drumstick”. The cheat makers in question are said to have amassed $76 million USD in revenue by selling cheats for Overwatch and Call of Duty Mobile, with subscriptions costing $10 per day or a whopping $200 per month.

The police collaborated with Tencent to gather information and organise a raid on the operation. The police then seized $46 million in assets, including luxury sports cars.

This isn't the first time Chinese police have cracked down on a video game cheating operation, WoW gold farms for instance have faced similar raids in the past.

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KitGuru Says: This may have been the world's biggest cheating operation in terms of revenue, but there are still plenty of smaller ones flying under the radar. 

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GTA Online cheat seller closes down after ‘discussions’ with Take-Two https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/gta-online-cheat-seller-closes-down-after-discussions-with-take-two/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/gta-online-cheat-seller-closes-down-after-discussions-with-take-two/#respond Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:00:39 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=502315 Grand Theft Auto Online and more recently, Red Dead Online, have had issues with cheaters and hackers on PC since their respective launches. As part of an effort to crack down on cheating, Take-Two has recently been targeting cheat makers and sellers, with one popular cheat website now shutting down.  LunaCheats, a site that sold …

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Grand Theft Auto Online and more recently, Red Dead Online, have had issues with cheaters and hackers on PC since their respective launches. As part of an effort to crack down on cheating, Take-Two has recently been targeting cheat makers and sellers, with one popular cheat website now shutting down. 

LunaCheats, a site that sold GTA Online hacks, has closed down this week after “discussions” with Take-Two, the parent company of Rockstar. The site is no longer selling cheats after being contacted by Take-Two's legal team, instead, the site just displays the following message:

“After discussions with Take-Two Interactive, we are immediately ceasing all maintenance, development and distribution of our cheat menu services. We will also be donating our proceeds to a charity designated by Take-Two”.

The message ends with an apology: “we apologise for any and all problems our software has caused to the Grand Theft Auto Online community”.

Judging by the message, it would seem that the former cheat sellers came to an agreement with Take-Two to avoid any further legal troubles.

KitGuru Says: There are still plenty of other GTA Online cheats floating around, but hopefully this will help dilute the number of cheaters in-game for a while. How many of you still play GTA Online? Is cheating still a rampant issue? 

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Bungie takes aim at Destiny 2 cheat seller https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/bungie-takes-aim-at-destiny-2-cheat-seller/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/bungie-takes-aim-at-destiny-2-cheat-seller/#respond Mon, 19 Oct 2020 11:40:04 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=490444 Bungie is beginning to crack down on Destiny 2 cheat sellers ahead of the release of the game's next expansion. This time around, a cheat group specialising in ESP and aimbots was targeted.  Perfect Aim is known for selling cheats for a number of online shooters, including Counter-Strike and Battlefield. Over the weekend, the site's …

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Bungie is beginning to crack down on Destiny 2 cheat sellers ahead of the release of the game's next expansion. This time around, a cheat group specialising in ESP and aimbots was targeted. 

Perfect Aim is known for selling cheats for a number of online shooters, including Counter-Strike and Battlefield. Over the weekend, the site's Destiny 2 cheats were taken down, citing a cease and desist notice from Bungie.

The bundle previously offered aimbot, wallhack, teleport and other cheat tools. As part of Bungie's cease and desist, it noted that use of these cheats is against the game's terms of service agreement.

There is no word on a ban wave going alongside this but chances are, anyone that was using these tools previously will now be targeted by Destiny 2's anti-cheat system.

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KitGuru Says: Have many of you had issues with Destiny 2 cheaters before? Have you noticed a dip in those encounters recently? 

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Among Us will be getting anti-cheat soon https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/among-us-will-be-getting-anti-cheat-soon/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/among-us-will-be-getting-anti-cheat-soon/#respond Tue, 06 Oct 2020 15:30:25 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=488867 If you've been playing a lot of Among Us on public servers over the last few weeks, then you have likely encountered a cheater somewhere along the way. Among Us currently has no anti-cheat system in place, leaving server owners to kick or ban ill-doers at their own discretion. Fortunately, a proper anti-cheat solution is …

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If you've been playing a lot of Among Us on public servers over the last few weeks, then you have likely encountered a cheater somewhere along the way. Among Us currently has no anti-cheat system in place, leaving server owners to kick or ban ill-doers at their own discretion. Fortunately, a proper anti-cheat solution is coming soon. 

There are cheats available for Among Us on both Android and PC, allowing non-imposters to use vents, forcing a voting round to end early, unlimited kills as an imposter, ESP and other unfair advantages.

To combat this, Among Us is working on an account-based system, as well as server-side and client-side hack prevention. Speaking with Kotaku, Among Us programmer, Forest Willard, confirmed this, saying: “I'm sort of scrambling to get all the right people in place, but I’m attacking it from multiple angles so it can get better in many ways hopefully all at once”.

Among Us originally released in 2018 and until very recently, it was just a small, niche party game. Since then, it has turned into one of the biggest multiplayer titles of 2020, so the need for anti-cheat has grown considerably.

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KitGuru Says: I've had games where voting rounds get completely skipped, or where innocent people are seen using vents and end up being voted off. For now, Among Us is best played in a closed group of friends but hopefully soon, that will change with better communication tools and anti-cheat. 

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Thousands of Call of Duty cheaters banned https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/thousands-of-call-of-duty-cheaters-banned/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/thousands-of-call-of-duty-cheaters-banned/#respond Wed, 30 Sep 2020 09:33:29 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=488146 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has had its share of cheaters since launch, especially in the free to play Warzone mode. Fortunately, Infinity Ward is catching up to them, with 20,000 accounts banned for using paid cheat software ahead of the Season Six launch yesterday.  A well known cheat subscription service has a lot of …

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has had its share of cheaters since launch, especially in the free to play Warzone mode. Fortunately, Infinity Ward is catching up to them, with 20,000 accounts banned for using paid cheat software ahead of the Season Six launch yesterday. 

A well known cheat subscription service has a lot of unhappy customers this week, as their software is now listed as detected and many paid subscribers have found themselves banned, as confirmed by forum posts, via Vice.

This particular cheat maker has been around since 2014, creating hacks for a slew of Call of Duty games, Battlefield and Star Wars Battlefront. These cheats often include ESP, aimbot, triggerbot and tools to make it more difficult to differentiate between legitimate shooting and bot-usage.

Activision has also begun taking legal action against cheat software creators. Following this latest ban wave, we may see more cheat services served with legal complaints.

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KitGuru Says: These cheat makers usually find a workaround sooner rather than later. For now at least though, the beginning of Modern Warfare's sixth season should be well protected. Have many of you encountered issues with cheaters in Modern Warfare recently? 

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Bungie acknowledges rise in Destiny 2 cheaters, makes plans to toughen anti-cheat https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/bungie-acknowledges-rise-in-destiny-2-cheaters-makes-plans-to-toughen-anti-cheat/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/bungie-acknowledges-rise-in-destiny-2-cheaters-makes-plans-to-toughen-anti-cheat/#respond Sat, 25 Apr 2020 17:00:52 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=463954 While Destiny 2 was relatively safe from cheaters on PC at launch, over time cheat creators have found ways to circumvent Bungie's protections. As part of a weekly update blog this week, Bungie admitted that cheating in Destiny 2 has risen by about 50% since January.  At this point, Bungie is banning 2,133 accounts per …

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While Destiny 2 was relatively safe from cheaters on PC at launch, over time cheat creators have found ways to circumvent Bungie's protections. As part of a weekly update blog this week, Bungie admitted that cheating in Destiny 2 has risen by about 50% since January. 

At this point, Bungie is banning 2,133 accounts per week on average, with the majority of cheaters coming from the PC platform. Some examples of cheats include infinite ammo and infinite energy, which would be a big advantage in both PvE and PvP modes. Then you've got your classic cheats like aimbots, wallhacks and lag switching.

So Bungie has acknowledged the growing number of cheaters in Destiny 2, now we can dig in to what the studio plans to do about it. For starters, Bungie is going to be hiring more people for the anti-cheat team, with the extra reinforcements, the group should be able to analyse reports of cheating and issue bans quicker, while also testing ban policies to figure out what works best for the player base.

Players who give their account details to a third-party carry/boost service can be banned. Those who use the ‘Looking for Group' function can also be banned if they end up in a group with a cheater and don't leave. So essentially, don't do business with, or associate with players that are blatantly cheating.

Finally, Bungie is also raising the requirements for accessing the Trials mode. Those looking to play Trials will need 100 hours of play on an account. This will reduce the number of cheaters that get access to Trials as they can't continue to make new accounts and jump right back in.

KitGuru Says: We'll likely hear another update on this in the next couple of weeks as Bungie starts to make progress. Although it might be somewhat challenging at the moment with so many people working from home. Either way, hopefully these new changes help to reduce the issue. Have any of you encountered a cheater in Destiny 2? 

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Infinity Ward details plan to combat Call of Duty: Modern Warfare cheaters https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/infinity-ward-details-plan-to-combat-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-cheaters/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/infinity-ward-details-plan-to-combat-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-cheaters/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2020 14:08:26 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=463702 Recently, there has been a surge in complaints about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Warzone and the issue of cheaters. Many console owners playing via cross-play have spoken out about the number of cheaters entering the matchmaking pool. Since then, Infinity Ward has responded, detailing a few measures to help alleviate the problem. In a …

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Recently, there has been a surge in complaints about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Warzone and the issue of cheaters. Many console owners playing via cross-play have spoken out about the number of cheaters entering the matchmaking pool. Since then, Infinity Ward has responded, detailing a few measures to help alleviate the problem.

In a tweet earlier this week, the studio announced that players in Warzone and other Modern Warfare multiplayer modes will receive an in-game confirmation when a reported player is banned. The game has also had new security updates and additional resources dedicated to backend tech and enforcement teams.

Importantly, suspected cheaters will also be placed into their own matchmaking pool. Similarly to Apex Legends, reported cheaters should be matched against each other, keeping them out of the main matchmaking pool.

In the weeks to come, players will also be able to report players based on killcam and spectator mode footage.

KitGuru Says: With Warzone being so successful, Infinity Ward will want to contain any cheating issues as quickly as possible. Hopefully, the new updates rolled out this week will begin to fix the issue. Have many of you run into cheaters in Modern Warfare?

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Call of Duty Warzone players want crossplay to be disabled due to PC cheaters https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/call-of-duty-warzone-players-want-crossplay-to-be-disabled-due-to-pc-cheaters/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/call-of-duty-warzone-players-want-crossplay-to-be-disabled-due-to-pc-cheaters/#respond Mon, 20 Apr 2020 16:00:39 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=462993 We are still in the early days of crossplay between PC and console platforms in Call of Duty and while there wasn't as much of a cheating problem when the game was full price, the free-to-play Warzone mode has changed that. While 70,000 cheaters were banned worldwide just last week, this still seems to be …

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We are still in the early days of crossplay between PC and console platforms in Call of Duty and while there wasn't as much of a cheating problem when the game was full price, the free-to-play Warzone mode has changed that. While 70,000 cheaters were banned worldwide just last week, this still seems to be a huge problem. 

There is already a bit of an advantage on a mouse/keyboard versus a gamepad while playing Warzone against console players. In the instances shared by Eurogamer though, there is clearly aim-botting going on, with people sniping well across the map, to others rapidly switching between and locking on to targets for swift, easy kills.

Another Day, Another Game with Cheaters. IW, You NEED to disable cross-play with PC until you fix this. from CODWarzone

The CODWarzone and Modernwarfare subreddits have been filled with examples like this recently and it appears to be turning some console players away from crossplay, which can be freely enabled and disabled in the game's settings.

The downside to this is that non-crossplay matchmaking is taking significantly longer than the alternative. Although that could change if console players start disabling the feature en-mass.

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KitGuru Says: Infinity Ward certainly needs to do something about this. Perhaps even enabling a cross-console matchmaking pool would be a good idea to speed up queue times. Aside from that, when you launch a free to play game, your anti-cheat needs to be rock solid, as it is so easy to just make a new account and jump right back in, even after being banned.  

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Respawn’s latest crackdown sees 770K Apex Legends cheaters banned https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/respawns-latest-crackdown-sees-770k-apex-legends-cheaters-banned/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/respawns-latest-crackdown-sees-770k-apex-legends-cheaters-banned/#respond Tue, 07 May 2019 11:45:43 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=412447 Apex Legends has been out since February and during that time, tens of millions of players have downloaded the game. Of course, as with any fast-rising, free to play multiplayer game, cheaters did flock in. In March, Respawn banned over 350K cheaters but new workarounds were eventually found. Now this past month, Respawn has cracked …

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Apex Legends has been out since February and during that time, tens of millions of players have downloaded the game. Of course, as with any fast-rising, free to play multiplayer game, cheaters did flock in. In March, Respawn banned over 350K cheaters but new workarounds were eventually found. Now this past month, Respawn has cracked down on over 770,000 cheaters.

Last week, Respawn announced that 770,000 players have been banned and 300,000 new account creations were blocked. In addition, 4,000 accounts were banned for attempting to sell cheats to others in-game.

Respawn Entertainment did make a commitment to improve cheat detection and security for Apex Legends and this latest ban wave appears to be a direct result of that. Respawn “can't share details” on exactly what its doing as then cheat creators could find workarounds quicker.

However, Respawn did say that it is continuing to tackle the issue of cheating “from every angle”, including improvements to cheat detection tools adding additional people to the anti-cheat team and making changes to in-game reporting and review processes.

Of course, eradicating cheaters is never going to be 100% successful but as long as Respawn can keep at it, the vast majority of players should be able to enjoy the game as intended, while cheaters won't be allowed to roam free for very long.

KitGuru Says: PUBG's reputation was hurt for quite some time due to the number of cheaters and slow reactions from anti-cheat. I began to see similar complaints about Apex from readers in the last few weeks. Now that this ban wave has occurred, hopefully things will start to improve. Do many of you still play Apex Legends? Have you had any issues with cheaters in the last week or so?

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Hundreds of Fortnite players forced to forfeit World Cup prize money due to cheating https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/hundreds-of-fortnite-players-forced-to-forfeit-world-cup-prize-money-due-to-cheating/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/hundreds-of-fortnite-players-forced-to-forfeit-world-cup-prize-money-due-to-cheating/#respond Sat, 20 Apr 2019 12:18:47 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=410838 Cheating is always something that plagues online multiplayer games but the situation gets seedier when there is real-world money to be won through tournaments. This week, Epic addressed the first week of Fortnite World Cup Qualifier matches, with hundreds of players having to forfeit their earnings due to cheating. Cheating in a tournament setting can …

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Cheating is always something that plagues online multiplayer games but the situation gets seedier when there is real-world money to be won through tournaments. This week, Epic addressed the first week of Fortnite World Cup Qualifier matches, with hundreds of players having to forfeit their earnings due to cheating.

Cheating in a tournament setting can take many forms. Beyond ESP or aimbot hacks, you also get player ghosting, teaming, account sharing and even region lock avoidance. In total, 1163 Fortnite accounts were banned for two weeks for side-stepping region locks. These players did this to have multiple attempts at qualifying for the World Cup. Due to this, 196 players won't be receiving their prize money.

An additional 48 accounts were banned for seven days due to account sharing. A process in which you hand your account over to a more skilled player to have a better chance of winning. An additional eight accounts were banned for ‘teaming', a process in which two or more players group up in a solo lobby for a better chance of winning.

One person was banned for 72 hours for disconnecting from the live match to avoid giving points to another player. Finally, just one account was banned permanently for using cheat software.

KitGuru Says: The Fortnite World Cup has a $100 million prize pool associated with it, spreading across the weekly qualifier matches and leading up to the big finale. With so much money on the line, Epic Games is going to need to continue being diligent with cheat detection in all forms in order to keep the competition fair. 

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