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Ubisoft axes 1,300 Rainbow Six: Siege players in one week over cheating News Jul 30th, 2018

Ubisoft axes 1,300 Rainbow Six: Siege players in one week over cheating

Follows patch to remove exploit from the game

Tencent and PUBG are not messing about with cheaters and hackers News Jul 12th, 2018

Tencent and PUBG are not messing about with cheaters and hackers

People arrested for making and selling hacks photographed by police

Ubisoft outlines further anti-cheat measures for Rainbow Six: Siege News Jul 9th, 2018

Ubisoft outlines further anti-cheat measures for Rainbow Six: Siege

Infrastructure being tested and new features added to make the game cleaner

Adware smuggled in a hack infects over 78,000 Fortnite cheaters News Jul 4th, 2018

Adware smuggled in a hack infects over 78,000 Fortnite cheaters

“If something is too good to be true, you’re probably going to need to reformat your PC”

Microsoft is trying to patent anti-cheat machine learning tech News Jul 3rd, 2018

Microsoft is trying to patent anti-cheat machine learning tech

Not yet granted, but the big M is the latest firm to employ AI to crack down on bad actors

South Korean hacker to spent a year in jail for Overwatch cheats News Jun 26th, 2018

South Korean hacker to spent a year in jail for Overwatch cheats

New national laws against online cheats have led to harsh punishments for offenders

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds puts personal item trading on hold News May 4th, 2018

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds puts personal item trading on hold

Third-party sales sites cited as reason for turning off trades

South Korean Overwatch hacker fined $9,300, another faces two years on probation News May 3rd, 2018

South Korean Overwatch hacker fined $9,300, another faces two years on probation

Just two of 13 arrested on suspicion of building hacks for the online shooter

15 arrested on suspicion of selling PUBG hacks News May 1st, 2018

15 arrested on suspicion of selling PUBG hacks

Fined $5.1m by Chinese law enforcement

Weapon skins come to Playerunknown's Battlegrounds News Mar 28th, 2018

Weapon skins come to Playerunknown's Battlegrounds

Some are free while the rest are paid - something that will surely encourage further cheating in the battle royale game

New PUBG content held up by developers having to deal with cheaters News Feb 21st, 2018

New PUBG content held up by developers having to deal with cheaters

In March, firm will outline its roadmap for the year

99 per cent of Playerunknown's Battlegrounds cheaters are from China News Feb 20th, 2018

99 per cent of Playerunknown's Battlegrounds cheaters are from China

Just under half of the battle royale behemoth's userbase is from the region

EA DICE is cracking down on Battlefield 1 cheating News Feb 6th, 2018

EA DICE is cracking down on Battlefield 1 cheating

Developer 'sanctioned' 8,500 accounts in October alone

PUBG Corp outlines anti-cheating strategy, establishes a team dedicated to the matter News Feb 2nd, 2018

PUBG Corp outlines anti-cheating strategy, establishes a team dedicated to the matter

"We would like to sincerely thank all players who have always played fair, respected other players, and enjoyed PUBG as part of a healthy community"

PUBG Corp testing anti-cheat solution to block third-party applications News Jan 31st, 2018

PUBG Corp testing anti-cheat solution to block third-party applications

Programmes that alter the game's visuals such as ReShade to be axed

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