A few weeks ago, "PUBG Mobile" launched a new update that strengthened the extensive anti-cheat measures of the hit battle royale game, and just before September ends, the devs shared that over 2.3 million accounts were permanently suspended from accessing the game.
The fresh wave of anti-cheat measures intends to eliminate known exploits players deliberately use to get an unfair advantage in
PUBG Mobile." These cheats include plug-ins that enable the players to kill opponents right after parachuting. The game's latest anti-cheat update enacted hacks that provide players visual advantage, auto-aim and many more cheats. Players caught using cheats could get a 10-year ban on their account.
The official Twitter account of "PUBG Mobile" recently shared that between September 18 and 24, it has permanently suspended 2,376,017 accounts from accessing the game. Most of these suspended accounts, or around 36%, were caught using X-ray Vision. The second reason for the suspension, which comprises around 28% of the banned accounts, were caught utilizing auto-aim cheats while playing.
Other suspended players, which make up 19% of the total number of banned accounts were caught using speed cheats. Meanwhile, 1% of users were caught using modification of area damage. This cheat allows players to kill opponents instantly with increased bullet damage.
Another 1% were suspended for using modification of character model hack to have an unfair advantage using third-party plug-ins. The remaining 15% was banned because of unspecified reasons. Of these 2,376,017 permanently suspended accounts, 27% are Bronze rank or roughly 641,524.59 players.
"PUBG Mobile" banned around 427,683 or 18% players with Platinum rank and 356,402 players with Gold rank. Aside from those, "PUBG Mobile" permanently suspended 332,642.38 Diamond accounts from accessing the game. There are 213,841.53 Crown accounts that received the permanent suspension, 166,321.19 Ace accounts and 237,601 Conqueror accounts.
From September 18th to September 24th, 2,376,017 accounts have been permanently suspended from accessing our game, out of which these are the reasons:
36%: X-Ray Vision
28%: Auto-Aim Cheats
19%: Speed Cheats
17%: Other pic.twitter.com/cbSzvChwCV — PUBG MOBILE (@PUBGMOBILE) September 29, 2020
"PUBG Mobile" shared its first Anti-Cheat report on August 29, where it suspended 2,273,152 accounts. The second report caught 1,838,223 accounts cheating and the third restricted 2,080,812 accounts. The devs intend to offer a fair gameplay environment for each player and recently introduced the anti-cheat feature called Video Review Station.
Using this system, players get the chance to decide if the reported gamer shown in the video is using a cheat or not. If most responses find the player guilty, officials will review the footage again for further verification.
