Tencent Helped Chinese Police Arrest PUBG Cheaters
As last-man-standing shooter PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds takes over the border of China to expand its global reach, the current top-selling video game of the world is not free of cheating problem just yet. Game’s distributor in China and the biggest gaming company on earth, Tencent Holdings Ltd. is currently going all out at war against those who attempts to cheat in-game and disrupts the environment of fair play for other players.
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According to analytics from Steam, multiplayer online battle royale PUBG has currently has 27 million users worldwide and almost 10 million of them belong to China. Roughly 8 million players of the game are from United States and the rest is from various other countries of the world. Because of its massive consumer base, Tencent had to make sure that players who bought this game has the experience they seek from the game and not some cheat gets to rob them off that.
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So, they enlisted help from the Chinese police to dig up and drag out those underground groups that are responsible for creating bots to manipulate the game environment. As part of this initiative, already 30 cases have been filed and 120 are arrested for involvement with the cheat. The cheat-software makers were helping people mostly with aimbots and wallhacks, which made it near impossible for the general players to win.
RELATED: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds PC 1.0 Update #2
The main reason for this online battle royale game to find the attraction of the cheat-software makers is the insane amount of popularity it has in the market. Ever since the game is launched, people have been losing their mind over it and that massive hype has been increasing every day. An in-game automated banning system is recently introduced to the game through an update that has helped clear out hackers from the game to an estimated 67.5 percent.
RELATED: PUBG May Come to PlayStation 4
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is a multiplayer online shooter from PUBG Corporation, released for PC and Xbox One worldwide. The game holds the potential of becoming a popular eSport any day soon as within the one year of its release, it has already ran a few small but successful tournaments and managed to draw attention from people.
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| Tencent Helped Chinese Police Arrest PUBG Cheaters |
RELATED: PUBG Will Be Changed in China
According to analytics from Steam, multiplayer online battle royale PUBG has currently has 27 million users worldwide and almost 10 million of them belong to China. Roughly 8 million players of the game are from United States and the rest is from various other countries of the world. Because of its massive consumer base, Tencent had to make sure that players who bought this game has the experience they seek from the game and not some cheat gets to rob them off that.
RELATED: PUBG Crosses 3 Million Concurrent Players
So, they enlisted help from the Chinese police to dig up and drag out those underground groups that are responsible for creating bots to manipulate the game environment. As part of this initiative, already 30 cases have been filed and 120 are arrested for involvement with the cheat. The cheat-software makers were helping people mostly with aimbots and wallhacks, which made it near impossible for the general players to win.
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| Cheaters Drive Away Players from PUBG |
RELATED: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds PC 1.0 Update #2
The main reason for this online battle royale game to find the attraction of the cheat-software makers is the insane amount of popularity it has in the market. Ever since the game is launched, people have been losing their mind over it and that massive hype has been increasing every day. An in-game automated banning system is recently introduced to the game through an update that has helped clear out hackers from the game to an estimated 67.5 percent.
RELATED: PUBG May Come to PlayStation 4
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is a multiplayer online shooter from PUBG Corporation, released for PC and Xbox One worldwide. The game holds the potential of becoming a popular eSport any day soon as within the one year of its release, it has already ran a few small but successful tournaments and managed to draw attention from people.
