New anti-cheat system bans 1,674,772 accounts this week

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds mobile version Tencent Games has always been a trend-setting game. The battle royale game launched in 2018 was an instant hit. It will generate an average of 7.4 million U.S. dollars in player spending per day in 2020, which is a result that no one can predict.

Tencent also supports enthusiastic communities by organizing events, collaborating with big brands, and developing its e-sports structure. The company announced yesterday that 2021 PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC 2021) has a prize pool of 6 million USD, which is the second largest prize pool in the history of mobile e-sports.

Despite the increasing popularity of the game, there are still some people who try to use third-party programs to gain an unfair advantage.

Developers added an anti-cheat system to automatically prevent cheaters from playing games, thereby counteracting this.

The PUBG Mobile team publishes a weekly report to inform the public about the different types of cheating methods used and the number of banned accounts.

In the past week, from July 16 to July 22, 1,674,772 accounts were permanently banned, an increase of 200% from last week.

PUBG Mobile accounts are banned at different levels by percentage

• 2% of Conqueror level account
• 15% of Ace accounts
• 22% of Crown accounts
• 20% of diamond accounts
• 12% of platinum account
• 7% of gold accounts
• 6% of silver accounts
• 16% of Bronze accounts

The first three tiers accounted for 39% of banned accounts, showing that a new type of hacker is being used. game The developers cleaned up the vulnerabilities through regular updates, which led to the banning of cheaters.

Types of cheats used

• 12% of cheaters are banned for using automatic aiming techniques, which can improve their aiming ability when shooting.
• About 11% of cheaters use the X-Ray Vision hack to view their opponents through bunkers and walls.
• 17% of cheaters unfairly use the mobile advantage provided by speed hackers to gain an advantage over their opponents.
• Modifying the area to harm the use of hackers resulted in 14% of hackers being suspended.
• A total of 22% of hackers were suspended for modifying their role models.
• 24% were banned for reasons not officially stated.