Escape From Tarkov Names And Shames 6,700 Cheaters Amid Community Issues
Hardcore online shooter Escape From Tarkov is well-known for its brutal consequences for death, and its developer Battlestate Games is taking a similar tack with those who get caught cheating. The studio recently released 6,700 names of banned cheaters in a public Google Sheet simply titled: «List of banned players.»
Battlestate told TechCrunch that the measure is intended to punish cheaters beyond the traditional banning, and to confirm to everyday players that their reports are being heard. «We want honest players to see the nicknames of cheaters to know that justice has been served and the cheater who killed them in a raid has been punished and banned,” spokesperson Dmitri Ogorodnikov told the outlet.
You need a javascript enabled browser to watch videos.
Want us to remember this setting for all your devices?
Sign up or Sign in now!
By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
Now Playing: Firearms Expert Reacts To Escape From Tarkov’s Guns PART 5
We have decided to resume the practice of sharing the information about large ban waves done with the support of BattleEye anticheat. Throughout the weekend over 4,000 cheaters were banned in Escape from Tarkov. https://t.co/c3hp3QGGPd
As TechCrunch notes in the report, this measure is unusual in the video game industry, with high-profile shooter publishers like Activision opting to report the number of cheaters purged in its ban waves, and nothing more. It appears that Battlestate has opted to pursue this practice in the past, as the above tweet mentions that the studio is „resuming“ it. An unnamed employee at the anti-cheat department of a video game company told the outlet that they wish that their studio named and shamed the cheaters,
Read more on gamespot.com
