Deadlock's anti-cheat leaves hackers frog-legged and banned
The only thing hacking Deadlock will do is get you a fine backhand from Miss Piggy.
27th Sep 2024 16:20
Image via Valve | Lipton
Deadlock's anti-cheat leaves hackers frog-legged and banned
The only thing hacking Deadlock will do is get you a fine backhand from Miss Piggy.
27th Sep 2024 16:20
Image via Valve | Lipton
Deadlock's playtest stage has been a resounding success for Valve as it looks poised to conquer the PC world in yet another genre.
Consistently staying above 100,000 players in peak US times, and above 50,000 in the depths of night, Deadlock's future is rock-solid. For now, it seems only hackers and cheaters pose a real threat to this title's legacy.
However, Valve has now deployed a new update with its preliminary anti-cheat software, and it's leaving those sus players a little green in the face - and in the belly, legs, and webbed toes.
Deadlock turns hackers into frogs
The latest Deadlock patch has rolled out a string of new features, including the new hero Mirage. But the biggest addition was the long-awaited anti-cheat software, which comes in at a crucial time when hackers have been on the rise.
This isn't just ban-and-go software, though. It will have a lot of fun with those players who have hoodwinked the system and will allow enemies that they have bamboozled to inflict some just revenge.
If a cheater has been detected in a lobby, the opposing team will have the option to ban them and remove them from the lobby and game immediately. Or, they can have some fun and turn them into a frog, jumping around the map with no abilities or power, then leaving them to be banned when the game ends.
The trolling anti-cheat is being rolled out with a soft launch, as it aims to wipe the most obvious hackers out while avoiding any false positives.
These types of jokes are typically used by anti-cheat software and can have a slight adverse effect as the memeing hackers get a kick out of sharing these trolls on social media platforms. Call of Duty's anti-cheat used to remove the damage output from weapons, and hackers would upload the clips for impressions claiming that their guns were broken.
Still, Deadlock does seem a more serious title, and if Valve can keep a lid on these tadpoles, there's no reason that the sneaky spawn of cheaters can't be eliminated before they leap out of the kiddie pond.
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Jack Marsh
Jack is an Esports Journalist at GGRecon. Graduating from the University of Chester, with a BA Honours degree in Journalism, Jack is an avid esports enthusiast and specialises in Rocket League, Call of Duty, VALORANT, and trending gaming news.
