anti-cheat
Arc Raiders Drops the Hammer: Permanent Bans Are Now the Default for Cheaters
Embark Studios is done apologizing for its soft touch. In an official anti-cheat policy update published on September 30, 2026, executive producer Aleksander Grøndal admitted the studio was "overly...
Activision Says Video Game Cheating Is an $8.5 Billion Industry - Here's Why That Number Deserves Scrutiny
Activision wants you to picture a shadow economy. A parallel industry, running quietly alongside the legitimate one, worth roughly £6.3 billion ($8.5 billion) every single year. That is the scale the...
Marvel Rivals Escalates Anti-Cheat War: Server Detection, Match-Throwing Crackdown, and a New Ban Wave
The March 2026 Detection Upgrade: A Server-Side Sentinel In March 2026, NetEase rolled out what it called an “active server-wide detection system” aimed at identifying “malicious idling” and other...
Marathon's Cheating Crisis: Can Bungie's "Zero-Tolerance" Policy Save Its Ranked Mode?
The launch of Marathon in March 2026 was meant to herald Bungie’s triumphant entry into the extraction shooter arena. With its sleek sci-fi aesthetic, deep tactical gear systems, and the pedigree of...
Bungie's Marathon Anti-Cheat Battle: How the Studio is Fighting to Save Its Extraction Shooter
The tension in the Cryo Archive is palpable. Your squad is one successful extraction away from a top-ten leaderboard placement, the loot secured, the exit in sight. Then, without warning, bullets rip...
Marathon's Zero-Tolerance Stance: How Bungie's Permanent Ban Policy Aims to Redefine Extraction Shooter Integrity
The extraction shooter genre thrives on high-risk tension, a thrill constantly undermined by cheating. Bungie's upcoming revival, Marathon , is confronting this head-on with a radical declaration. On...
Arc Raiders Exploit Crackdown: What Players Need to Know About Warnings, Suspensions, and the "Mountains of Ducks" Glitch
It was an image so bizarre it could only be born from a broken game system: the Buried City, a key location in Embark Studios’ cooperative shooter Arc Raiders , was littered not with the usual...
Arc Raiders' Three-Strike Ban System: A Lenient Approach to Cheating or a Necessary Safeguard?
In the unforgiving world of Arc Raiders , death carries a finality few other shooters dare to impose. As a PvPvE extraction shooter, a single defeat means watching your entire, painstakingly...
Pokémon GO's Shiny Cetoddle Controversy: Accidental Removal or Anti-Cheat Enforcement?
Trainers across the globe are logging into Pokémon GO to a chilling discovery this holiday season, one that has nothing to do with the in-game weather. Multiple reports are surfacing of a prized...