Elden Ring Player Account Banned After 200 Hours for Picking Up Hacked Item
With it winning multiple most anticipated game awards as well as rocketing to the number one spot on Steam's wishlist, Elden Ring's hype was nothing short of enormous. Post-launch, with many players having beaten the game at least once, Elden Ring continues to dominate, holding steady among some of Steam's most-played games.
However, it wasn't always so positive for the game, especially pre-launch. Back in January, FromSoftware titles, specifically Dark Souls 3, were threatened by an extremely dangerous hacking method that could be used to gain access to players' computers. Not only was the hack an issue for previous titles, but it was believed the Dark Souls 3 hack also affected Elden Ring.
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This led to FromSoftware turning to Easy Anti-Cheat for assistance, incorporating the system into the game to stop hackers from accessing online play. While this seemed to work as there have been no reports of that specific hack since the game's launch, hackers have still been able to tamper with the game. In more harmless cases, hackers used techniques to gain access to Elden Ring's empty colosseum area; however, recently a hacker managed to datamine an unobtainable item.
Normally, this would simply result in a ban for the player in question; however, the event led to the soft banning of Reddit user Ok-Communication7125, with the potential for a hard ban. What happened is that Ok-Communication7125 picked up an item that another player dropped for them; this is a feature in online play typically used to give new players a boost in levels or helpful gear. However, Bandai Namco Entertainment issued a surprise soft ban on Ok-Communication7125's account.
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