Developer Gearbox has responded to fears that the recently released Borderlands 4 contains, er, spyware.
In a post on Steam, the company denied that its parent company, Take-Two, uses this technology in it games. This all stems from a claim on YouTube that Borderlands 4 would use kernel-level anti-cheat.
"We know there have been some concerns from fans about Take-Two’s Terms of Service. Maintaining transparency and confidence with the community here is always our goal, and we wanted to address some of these concerns," Gearbox wrote.
Borderlands 4 was released today (September 12th).
"Take-Two does not use spyware in its games. Take-Two’s Privacy Policy applies to all labels, studios, games, and services across all media and platform types such as console, PC, mobile app, and website. The Privacy Policy identifies the data activities that may be collected but this does not mean that every example is collected in each game or service."
Furthermore, there were also claims that Borderlands 4's terms of service would give Take-Two the ability to crack down on "abusive mods". This is also something Gearbox denies.
"Take-Two’s Terms of Service prohibit mods that allow users to gain an unfair advantage, negatively impact the ability of other users to enjoy the game as intended, or allow users to gain access to content that the user is not entitled to," the studio wrote.
"We do this to protect the integrity of the game experience for all users. Take-Two generally does not seek to take action against mods that are single-player only, non-commercial, and respect the intellectual property rights of its labels and third parties."
