Many online games, especially those that are free-to-play tend to have cheaters running rampant in multiplayer modes. VALORANT is no exception and in their latest anti-cheat update, Riot Games has said that cheat sellers are scamming players through “livestreams” on social media.
In VALORANT, the devs have continued to work on their Vanguard anti-cheat system in an attempt to keep cheaters out. However, the battle continues and there’s a long road ahead to eliminate hackers once and for all.
VALORANT anti-cheat update warns against “misleading” sellers
In a blog post, Matt “K3o” Paoletti, a member of the VALORANT anti-cheat team said “You may have come across content on social media, advertising or live-streaming “undetectable cheats” for VALORANT, boasting their ability to remain undetected despite egregious cheating behaviour. With Vanguard, it seems like such obvious behaviour should be detected, so why is it being actively streamed with seemingly no consequences?”
You may have seen VALORANT cheating clips on social media, including livestreams on platform such as TikTok. According to Riot Games, the explanation for this is “that the overwhelming majority of “livestreams” are pre-recorded content.”
Those advertising the cheats are “counting on views and misleading people on social media, to advertise their product,” it is claimed.
Paoletti continues, “while these cheats are banned swiftly, it’s enough gameplay time to record footage and recycle it as an advertising loop. Unsuspecting customers will take these videos at face value, buy the cheat, feel savvy for a moment, and then swiftly banned. The cheat developers get their sale regardless – oh – and no refunds.”
Riot Games continue to improve their anti-cheat and keep bans on a steady, preventative track. You can view all the latest VALORANT anti-cheat updates, here.
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