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Blizzard is changing Battle.net accounts in Korea to combat Overwatch cheating
The business model for Overwatch in Korea is very different than it is here in the USA, which means that there will be at...
Black Desert players claim to have dug up a massive infinite-gathering exploit
Over the weekend, Daum disabled shovels and empty bottles in Black Desert. Why? The "team discovered a bug with the current implementation" -- that's the...
Riot Games sues the makers of League of Legends hacks
Blizzard has quite happily gone after cheat-makers in court before, but now Riot Games is getting in on the act by suing the biggest...
The Division subtracts 30,000 cheaters from its playerbase
Cheaters are not wanted in The Division. They're not wanted in any game, really, but Ubisoft is taking a harder line against cheaters by...
Overwatch racks up 7M players, bans 1500 of them
It's been a little over a week since Overwatch launched, and in that short time Blizzard's new team shooter has become a bonafide success...
Elder Scrolls Online permabans scores of cheaters
There are few things more aggravating in online games than to clearly see people use hacks to cheat their way into riches and power,...
The MOP Up: The future of skins in Paragon (May 29, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Guild Wars 2 hacking post sheds light on 300 cheaters caught last April
If I had a dollar for every time someone wrote us a letter or comment about how he'd been unfairly banned from an MMORPG,...
Black Desert turns to its playerbase to hunt down cheaters for prizes
Daum EU is asking for help cracking down on cheating in Black Desert -- from you.
"We invite each of you to join us in...
Black Desert: Business model research, Daum addresses hacking complaints
Red Fox Insights analyst Jake Parmley has a piece on Gamasutra today about Black Desert's business model that confirms what you might already suspect:...
CS:GO grey hat hacker tricks thousands of cheaters into bans
Tired of cheaters in your online games? One Counter Strike: Global Offensive player took justice into his own hands.
Redditor AndroidL says he released fake...
Endemic cheating in CS:GO prompts record number of bans
In every competitive online game, there will always be people who are willing to cheat to get an advantage over other players and companies willing to...
Dark Age of Camelot is coming down hard on cheating
If you're going to play Dark Age of Camelot, here's a bit of friendly advice: Don't cheat. We're not talking about relationships (you shouldn't...
Popular Guild Wars 2 YouTuber team banned for cheating
Protip: Don't cheat in video games, especially always-online MMORPGs where the devs are actively seeking out cheaters and have a reputation for humiliating them...
Not So Massively: For the King’s Kickstarter, Hearthstone’s match controversy
Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don't really...
Dark Age of Camelot shuts down radar cheaters
With the three factions of Dark Age of Camelot locked in a perpetual state of war with one another, widespread cheating has a seriously...
Not So Massively: HoN Tour season four; cheating in Hearthstone and League of Legends
It's been a busy week for online gaming, with Star Citizen releasing alpha patch 1.15 and delving into the details of its new audio...
Leaderboard: Would you pay for good anti-cheat measures in an MMO?
Today's Leaderboard comes to us from MOP reader Hagu, who asks how much you value anti-cheat measures in MMOs.
Players say they want great PvP,...
The Daily Grind: Why is quashing MMO cheating so damn hard?
Massively OP Kickstarter donor Daveha is not amused with an MMO industry that seems content to let cheaters get away with their nefarious deeds....
Bungie promises to ban cheaters in Destiny
It's not exactly a drastic reach to say that people shouldn't cheat when playing an online game. People should definitely not be cheating during...
