PUBG Mobile revealed a big progress in their anti-cheat program. The officials have revealed that they have banned over 2.2 million accounts in the period of seven days. The massive banwave includes over 1.4 million devices getting banned for cheating.
PUBG Mobile made the anti-cheating announcement on several social media platforms and the numbers are huge for the timeframe of seven days. From 20th August to 27th August, PUBG Mobile has banned a total of 2,273,152 accounts and 1,424,854 devices for cheating with various methods.
The bans are distributed into several categories as follows:
- X-Ray Vision – Cheaters who used stuff like wall-hack or any other cheat that allows them to spot enemies from a long distance. 32% were banned for using this.
- Auto-Aim Hacks – The name says it all. The infamous hack was used by 27% of total banned players.
- Speed Hacks – If you have ever spotted a Flash in-game, they were one of the speedhackers. 12% were banned for using this hack.
- Modification of Parameters: Area Damage modifications led to 4% bans and modified character models led to 3% of bans.
- Others – Exploiting the game in any other way possible. 22% were banned for using this.
PUBG Mobile has been striving to create a better platform of fair-play since a long time and introduced several programme since the last year. The game is set to launch their big update on 8th September which is going to be a New Era for them. Along with various enhancements and new additions like Erangel 2.0, the anti-cheating measures are picking up the pace as well.
PUBG Mobile recently upgraded their anti-cheat system by introducing a “peer-review mechanism” that enhanced their ability to stop hackers from exploiting the spectator system. The game is also going to include a “Safety Observation Period” to further reduce the hacking cases.
