Tag Archives: Cheating in video games

Titanfall Anti-Cheat System Activated

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Respawn Entertainment, the developer of Titanfall, has activated the anti-cheat countermeasures for their online-only multiplayer game, and has done so in a way that matches the punishment to...

Valve’s Social Engineering Campaign Against Cheaters is Out of Bounds

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The conflict between cheaters and fair-play advocates is an old one in game culture, mostly left to individual discretion in earlier days. Now that competitive online play has become a bigger part of...

Why ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Style ‘Eagle Vision’ Is Terrible Game Design And Needs To Stop

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In Assassin’s Creed games you can enter a super-sensory mode known as “Eagle Vision.” The primary reason for this mode is to tag enemies, items, or reveal hiding spots—a useful sixth sense. In...

Rockstar Promises Swift Justice For GTA Online Cheaters

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Some of the players in Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto Online, the multiplayer component of GTA 5, have pulled off an impressive heist. Unfortunately, it’s not the kind of heist that developer Rockstar...