Escape from Tarkov Shares Interesting Detail About Cheaters Hit in Recent Ban Wave

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Battlestate Games, the developer working on the infamously complex extraction shooter Escape from Tarkov, has announced that it's going to take a new measure against all detected cheaters, this time exposing them to the public. Though it's a niche title at its core, EFT has come to enjoy a substantial player base since its release, which brought with it an all-new set of problems.

Specifically, the hardcore nature of Escape from Tarkov means that every death is heavily disincentivized through a permanent loss of gear and progression. Combined with the game's janky net code and its reliance on the easily modifiable .json files, this approach to gameplay means that cheaters can relatively easily get the upper hand on regular players, and they have every incentive to do so.

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After a recent unofficial Escape from Tarkov cheating investigation revealed that 60% of total played matches end up having a cheater wreaking havoc, Battlestate Games reacted in an unusual and perhaps unconvincing manner. For example, the CEO Nikita Buyanov went on to claim that Battlestate bans «thousands» of cheaters every day, which the player base didn't find believable, considering the scale of the problem at hand. Now, the studio is taking things a step further by publicly disclosing the in-game names of all the discovered cheaters via a simple Google Docs spreadsheet.

This follow-up to the Escape from Tarkov devs' reaction to cheating isn't enough to get players back on Battlestate Games' side, however. Those who have chimed in on the issue remain hesitant to put much stock into the stunt, citing the fact that the spreadsheet in question is remarkably light on information and context. Many