The University of Birmingham (UK) published a study on the market for cheats in video games, which generates between $12.8 million and $73.2 million for developers annually.
The researchers examined 80 websites where software for cheating in online games is sold. They analyzed the prices for cheats, operational methods, and the effectiveness of anti-cheat systems in popular online games.
“The prices for cheats are directly influenced by the technical sophistication of the anti-cheat programs they need to bypass. This relationship outweighs all other factors, including the popularity of the game itself,” noted the study's authors.
Among all the analyzed games, Valorant and Fortnite provided the best protection against cheaters. Following them in the rankings were Overwatch, Battlefield 2042, Rainbow 6 Siege, and Apex Legends.
Top Performers: Valorant (Rank 1.1) with Riot's Vanguard leads with comprehensive protections at both user and kernel levels, even loading at boot, making it the most secure.
Fortnite (Rank 1.2) also scores high with a kernel-level anti-cheat system, combining several proactive… pic.twitter.com/xSzCyN28lf
— Anti-Cheat Police Department 🕵️ (@AntiCheatPD) October 29, 2024
Ricochet, the anti-cheat system protecting players in Call of Duty: Warzone, ranked near the bottom of the list. The researchers found that despite its operation at the kernel level, it fails to detect certain types of cheating software. Moreover, Ricochet does not enforce a strict blocking system and does not even ban access based on unique hardware IDs.
Source: Dexerto
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