EA and Respawn Entertainment are officially stopping Linux and Steam Deck players from accessing Apex Legends, citing cheating concerns.
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Any existing or upcoming Steam game with a kernel mode anti-cheat is now required by Valve to disclose it on the store page in a new section.
Valve has made it so that Deadlock cheaters can be turned into frogs before they are banned. This is done via a public vote during matches.
Nine years after its launch, Grand Theft Auto V has received an official anti-cheat solution. It is causing issues for Steam Deck and Linux users though.
Battlefield 2042 will receive a new anti-cheat solution with the launch of Season 6. EA is implementing its in-house developed kernel-mode anti-cheat and anti-tamper system EA AntiCheat.
Call of Duty's Ricochet Anti-Cheat team is now making cheaters see hallucinations that mimic a regular player but are only visible to the cheating software, flagging them in the system.
Electronic Arts (EA) is the latest publisher to introduce its own kernel-level anti-cheat driver in hopes to reduce PC cheating. The EA AntiCheat (EAAC) solution will debut with FIFA 23.
Call of Duty publisher Activision announced the all-new Ricochet anti-cheat solution for CoD games yesterday. The Ricochet driver, however, apparently has leaked out today onto online forums.
Similar to Valorant's approach, Activision is now bringing in a brand-new anti-cheat solution for its Call of Duty games that contains a kernel-level driver to catch any unauthorized injections.
The upcoming Steam Deck handheld of Valve won't be leaving behind popular multiplayer games, as Easy Anti-Cheat is now natively supported on Linux, macOS as well as Proton, and Wine.
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Riot Games' Valorant now requires TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot to run. That's because the game's Vanguard anti-cheat engine now carries these requirements on Windows 11 to ensure secured systems.
Infinity Ward has begun matching suspected cheaters together through a separate matchmaking pool. The developer is also further strengthening security on Modern Warfare and Warzone.
Microsoft's Dona Sarkar earlier took to Twitter to announce that the reason behind the lack of new builds in the Slow ring is because anti-cheat protections for certain games are causing a GSOD.
With widespread cheating having impacted the online gaming experience in Splatoon 2, it appears that Nintendo is readying its response after integrity checks were discovered within the game's code.
A new anti-cheat feature for games, dubbed 'TruePlay', was added by Microsoft in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. Developers will be able to use this tool to combat cheating in PC games.
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