Latest PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds patch tackles cheating

"Tackling cheaters is a constant battle."
Text: Sam Bishop
Published 2017-04-13

It's safe to say that PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has been pretty popular, with one million copies already sold, but there still remains the issue of cheaters, one that has been addressed (at least in part) by the game's latest patch.

"Before we [talk about] what has changed in this week's two patches, I want to briefly talk about the reports of cheating within our game," an update on the Steam forums reads. "Before we moved to early access, our core focus was on adding all the needed systems into the game. Now that this is mostly complete, we are focused on optimising performance, and increasing security to ensure everyone plays fair. "

"This is not a simple task, as tackling cheaters is a constant battle, but we are confident that over the coming weeks and months we can implement new measures to make it harder to cheat in the game. This week alone we closed two major holes that allowed current cheats access to the game, and as we move further through Early Access we will continue to track down and further secure the game from those that don't want to play fair."

"As with all games, talk of cheating is discouraged and will be removed from our public facing community forums, not to try to hide it from players, but rather to ensure that those that cheat get no exposure to the public, which is something most of them desire! We hope you understand this point, and bear with us as we work to clean up the game."

Hopefully their measures will stop cheaters in the game, and for the rest of the patch notes you can check the Steam forums. How else can they tackle cheaters?

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