Escape from Tarkov Has Banned Over 11,000 Cheaters in 2 Weeks

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Developer Battlestate Games gives players an update regarding BattlEye and how it deals with cheaters in Escape from Tarkov. The developer says that over 11,000 cheaters have been banned from Escape from Tarkov in just over two weeks.

Escape from Tarkov is one of the best known and most popular entries in the rapidly expanding «extraction shooter» genre. The gamecasts players as scavengers and armed operators infiltrating the hostile, lawless city of Tarkov. There they must contend with both NPC enemies and hostile players, escaping the zone with as much loot as they can manage to secure.Escape from Tarkov's focus on realism and high-stakes gameplay gives the game a brutal edge that is core to its appeal. However, that same competitiveness has made it very attractive to players willing to cheat, hack, and play dirty.

Battlestate Games isn't laying down on the job, though. Its latest round of bans on discovered cheaters has ensnared more than 11,000 players, according to a post on the official Escape from Tarkov Twitter account. The announcement itself said that the list and bans were issued «with the help of BattlEye anti-cheat.» BattlEye is an anti-cheat service provider that works with Escape from Tarkov's and is part of the suites of anti-cheat measures in games like Rainbow 6 Siege and PUBG.

The latest wave of Escape from Tarkov bans covers the period from December 27, 2023 to January 12, 2024. Like other ban waves, the update also linked to a spreadsheet containing all the users banned for cheating. Containing only usernames, however, the spreadsheet was light on specifics, and didn't give information about what cheats were detected or if Battlestate had found countermeasures to them. This vagueness has led some