Rockstar cracking down on GTA Online cheaters

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Guilty players may be placed in isolated cheater pools or banned altogether

Rockstar has announced plans to crack down on Grand Theft Auto Online cheaters.

The studio is to penalise players who, in recent weeks, have exploited the free-roaming multiplayer component of Grand Theft Auto 5 by generating and distributing "game-breaking amounts of in-game cash". Guilty players may be placed in isolated cheater pools or banned from playing the game altogether.

On Monday, Rockstar released a GTA Online patch designed to boost anti-cheating measures and squash GTA$ and Reputation Points exploits.

GTA Online was then taken offline for maintenance starting January 15/16 at 9pm EST/2am GMT. Rockstar said on Thursday that the maintenance period, which is not expected to exceed 24 hours, will be used to remove counterfeit GTA$ from the game's economy.

"Anyone that innocently received GTA$ as a result of these exploits but did not engage in cheating to acquire it will not face any further action - the funds will just be removed , and you'll be able to keep any items you currently own," the studio said.

"Those who actively engaged in cheating and exploiting the game in this manner will, however, be subject to in-game penalties at our discretion. This may include being placed in isolated cheater pools or banned from GTA Online altogether.

"Should you ever encounter someone in GTA Online that appears to be taking advantage of exploits in your session, we ask that you alert us directly via the in-game reporting functionality. In the Pause menu, under the Online tab, select Players and scroll to the offending player. From there, select Report and choose Exploits from the violation options.

"We're grateful for the community's continued support in dealing with these issues and once again apologize to anyone that has had their Grand Theft Auto Online experience sullied by these exploits that broke the game's natural flow. Please stay tuned for lots more news about GTA Online in the weeks ahead."

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Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/445555/rockstar-cracking-down-on-gta-online-cheaters/

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CraigPosted:

Int Nice to see Rockstar doing this cheaters wreck the game..


I think they're just saying this to make everyone happy, but they won't.

IntPosted:

Nice to see Rockstar doing this cheaters wreck the game..

NJH-CVPosted:

I wonder how they are coming about on this...
Wouldn't it be hard to target those who cheated? lol


Thank God I sold that game

ItalianPosted:

UMF There's not a chance that they're going to be able to all the unlegit money and ban all the spreaders. How are they going to do this when I believe they say they couldn't even properly ban people...


I never heard they can't properly ban people? Someone probably trolled you. They can easily ban anyone they want from the game, and if they wanted report them to Microsoft and get their account banned. Easily.

GuffawPosted:

Whatever there goes the gta v fun

-Excite-Posted:

Versace2014 Im so happy now i may play this game again now everyone wont be driving adders and making that car worthless i was legit in that game. i am a modder with a jtag and i love modding but this game i wanted to stay legit and i did then everyone modded it and so i quit. Now i know why when i **** people up with aimbot on cod they tell me I've tooken the fun out of the game.


Yes but the people that have that car will keep that car.

Versace2014Posted:

Im so happy now i may play this game again now everyone wont be driving adders and making that car worthless i was legit in that game. i am a modder with a jtag and i love modding but this game i wanted to stay legit and i did then everyone modded it and so i quit. Now i know why when i **** people up with aimbot on cod they tell me I've tooken the fun out of the game.

AustraliansPosted:

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Australians Oh, does anyone know if they will be doing account bans?


Not account bans, just bans from GTA V Online.


Alright, thats good I guess, better that kind of ban then a proper account one.

xSTaTiCBLuExPosted:

They better not remove the move or i'll not touch that boring game ever again.l. Was the worst multiplayer experience of recent years until that money came about. Pathetic game.

MawderzPosted:

Hope I don't get banned, some random guy gave me 1 billion which I didn't want.


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