'PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' Gameplay News: Anti-Cheat System Helped Ban 322,000 Players

By Jessica Ferrera, Christian Post Contributor Wednesday, October 18, 2017

"PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" has developed an anti-cheat system which bans players trying to trick their way into the game. So far, it has reportedly sanctioned 322,000 of them.

"PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds," which is also referred to as "PUBG," is an upcoming multiplayer online battle royale video game. It is slated to be released later this year but is currently accessible via Steam's Early Access program.

The game's developer, PUBG Corp. of Bluehole, has yet to confirm the news. However, the numbers were provided by the anti-cheat tool and platform known as the BattlEye, which watches over the game servers and keep cheaters at bay.

According to BattlEye's recent Twitter updates: "Over 322,000 cheaters have been banned from PUBG so far, more than twice as many as posted by @PLAYERUNKNOWN just a month ago."

In another social media post, BattlEye added: "We are currently banning at a rate of 6K-13K per day, nearly 20K within the last 24 hours alone. The vast majority is from China."

Meanwhile, back in September, the developers previously confirmed that "over 150,000 cheaters" have already been banned by BattlEye at the time. This means that the number of unfair gamers was maintained within a month despite BattlEye's active work to remove them from the game.

In other news, "PUBG" is continuously breaking records, especially in the number of concurrent players on Steam. It has solidified its top 1 spot at Steam's all-time highest number of concurrents when it peaked at 2,279,084 players last week.

"PUBG's" new record established a commanding lead against all-time favorite Steam games such as "DOTA 2" and "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" in terms of having the most number of concurrent players in Steam's history.

Meanwhile, on Steam alone, "PUBG" has been purchased (for $29.99) by over 16 million users. The numbers are expected to rise once the game launches during the holidays for Xbox One players.