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Valve Bans Modern Warfare Players By Mistake, Apologises With Free Left 4 Dead 2

Were you wrongfully accused of cheating and summarily banned from the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 recently? You weren’t the only one. Valve’s anti-cheat software goofed and they’re offering free copies of Left 4 Dead 2 as an apology.


July 22, 2010
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Rockstar Has Low-Down Dirty Red Dead Redemption Cheaters In Its Sights

Just because the Old West was full of no-good cheatin’ scoundrels doesn’t mean Red Dead Redemption’s online multiplayer has to be. Rockstar plans to roll out a title update that will end cheating and griefing once and for all.


May 27, 2010
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Don’t Cheat In Guild Wars, You Will Be Killed

Online role-playing game Guild Wars, like any other game played over the internet, has its fair share of cheaters. How Guild Wars deals with them, though, sets them apart.


May 21, 2010
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No One Has To Know You’re Using Strategy Guides On Steam

Steam and Prima have teamed up to free you from the shame of purchasing strategy guides at retail, with a selection of downloadable guides you can launch directly from Steam’s UI overlay.


May 18, 2010

Lessons Of The Mario Kart Cheaters

The more people play Mario Kart online with their friends, the less often they cheat – at least under their own name. That’s the finding of an expert on the psychology of games and the group tracking online Mario Kart.


March 23, 2010
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Accused Game Cheater Gets Knife Through Head And Survives

An argument between Counter-Strike players at a Chinese net café over suspected use of a ‘wallhack’ cheat led to a 17-year-old boy being stabbed through the head with a 0.3m knife – and living to tell the tale.


March 22, 2010
In Real Life

Cheating At Pokémon And Walking At The Same Time

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Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver both come packed with the Pokéwalker, a nifty little device that promotes good health through Pokémon mastery. Then this lazy yet inventive individual comes along…


December 6, 2009
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Infinity Ward Says Javelin Cheat Fix ‘In The Pipeline’ For PS3

Modern Warfare 2 update 1.05 has gone out for the PS3, but everyone will have to wait for patch 1.06 to fix the infamous Javelin glitch. Let’s hope Sony approves it fast, since they seem reluctant to police the cheaters.


November 30, 2009
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Modern Warfare 2 Cheaters Banned On PC

According to Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling, a large number of Modern Warfare 2 players on PC were banned over the weekend for using cheats in multiplayer matches.


September 3, 2009
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Team Fortress 2 Non-cheaters Get Halos

Valve and the Team Fortress 2 Announcer do not take kindly to unscrupulous behaviour. That’s why nefarious TF2 players who cheated their way toward securing unlockable hatwear will be stripped of those items. The good guys, however, will be rewarded.