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Palworld Developers Promise "External Anti-Cheat Solution" to Combat Cheating

Palworld developer Pocketpair has taken to social media to outline its plans for combating cheaters in future updates. In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), Pocketpair confirms that some …

February 16, 2024 | 09:07 EST

A group of players readying their weapons in Counter-Strike 2
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Valve Launches Wave of Counter-Strike 2 VAC Bans, Seemingly Hits Non-Cheaters [UPDATED]

Disgruntled Counter-Strike 2 players are reporting that a wave of VAC bans has been hitting them, even though they don't seem to have been cheating in the game. Right now, the multiplayer shooter's…

December 5, 2023 | 03:00 EST

A man with a mustache (I'm sorry, FIFA fans, I don't know who he is) looks incredulous standing on the pitch in FIFA 23. Perhaps he's complaining about the FIFA 23 anticheat solution.
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FIFA 23 Anticheat Leads To Steam Review Bomb

EA's FIFA 23 anti-cheat solution appears to be causing some consternation among PC players. The game is being review bombed on PC, with many players complaining of anti-cheat errors that are causing…

September 30, 2022 | 10:24 EDT

The Traveler staring at a device and trying to comprehend it in Genshin Impact
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Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat Vulnerability Discovered

A critical vulnerability has been discovered in a kernel-level Genshin Impact anti-cheat driver. The vulnerability potentially allows hackers to bypass players' antivirus protection, and you don't…

August 26, 2022 | 10:10 EDT