Valorant dev makes players think its anti-cheat will brick their PCs, causing uproar

A new controversial post from Valorant studio Riot Games has sparked an uproar in the game's community, fueling a ...

Riot Games Says It 'Would Not and Cannot' Use Vanguard Anti-Cheat to Brick PCs After Rumors Spread

Riot Games has stepped in to squash rumors that it is using its Vanguard anti-cheat to "brick" the PCs of players who get ...
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Riot Games issues statement on Valorant Vanguard anti-cheat 'bricking' cheaters' PCs

Valorant developer Riot Games issued an explanation about its latest anti-cheat social media post. Riot Games has issued a ...

Riot responds to Vanguard "bricking" claims: "We would not, and cannot, impact your PC's functionality"

Riot's latest Vanguard update is bricking cheaters' PCs, to the point where they have to do full OS reinstalls, and it's not ...

Valorant’s anti-cheat just made some expensive cheat hardware useless

Riot has clarified how Vanguard’s latest update targets DMA-based cheat hardware by tightening hardware-level memory protections. The crackdown may stop advanced cheaters, but it is also raising ...
NewsBytes

League of Legends maker says it can't 'brick' your PC

Riot Games has denied allegations that its Vanguard anti-cheat system can brick PCs, clarifying the rumors stemmed from a ...
Kotaku

Anti-Cheat Programs Need To Relax

Wherever there are online video games, there will be people trying to cheat. It’s human nature, and as much as it annoys the rest of us, we’ll never be rid of it. So we should all expect, at some ...
PCGamesN

Elden Ring uses same anti-cheat as Fortnite on PC

Elden Ring will use Easy Anti-Cheat on PC to combat online hackers, according to the games EULA. The news follows a recent Dark Souls 3 PvP security exploit that prompted Bandai Namco to temporarily ...