Cheater in, match over? Dataminers claim to have already figured out how Valve deals with cheaters in Counter-Strike 2
Cheaters are pretty much always a nuisance in multiplayer games. So after the announcement of the hotly anticipated shooter sequel, the plague naturally arises: How does Counter-Strike 2 deal with it? We may already know the answer to that: Quite radically – as dataminers claim to have found out.
Anti-cheat pulls the match plug?
Valve might take a radical step with Counter-Strike 2: The established dataminer (Aquarius) has already unearthed one or two pieces of info on Counter-Strike 2 before the official announcement – now he”s going one better.
So Aquarius wants to have found a clear hint on how the anti-cheat measures are supposed to work in Counter-Strike 2. This can be summarised very briefly and succinctly as follows:
- If the cheat protection detects a cheater, the match is cancelled.
Looks like some sort of new anti-cheat measure is in the works for Counter-Strike 2 called “VAC Live”.
If a cheater gets detected during a match, the match will be cancelled! pic.twitter.com/PQY88sBlMl
– Aquarius (@aquaismissing) March 23, 2023
According to the information from Aquarius, this measure is called VAC Live. Valve seems to be following the example of Valorant”s quite effective anti-cheat, which works in a similar way: Vanguard. It is even so efficient that Vanguard can help fight cheaters in completely different shooters – such as Escape from Tarkov.
According to this, Valve wants to spare Counter-Strike 2 players from having to deal with cheaters in matches in the first place. Should the potential indications of CS2”s anti-cheat prove to be true, it will of course be exciting to see how well the alleged measures work in practice.
What else you should know about Counter-Strike 2
Counter-Strike 2 is scheduled for release in the summer of 2023 – there is currently no concrete release date. A test phase has already started, More information Can be found on here!
What do you think of the potential hints of Counter-Strike 2”s cheat protection, which apparently goes by the name VAC Live? Which multiplayer game do you think offers the best cheat protection? What are your hopes and expectations for the shooter sequel in general? Let us know in the comments!
