When it comes to live-service games, publishers and developers are always trying to stay one step ahead of cheaters, often banning bad actors outright. However, when it comes to banned players in the massively popular extraction shooter Escape from Tarkov, contrary to popular belief, not everyone who's been banned was actually involved in cheating.
In fact, according to newly-released data from Battlestate Games, only 54 percent of banned players were cheaters. The rest? Well, the reasons vary.
As part of a larger anti-cheat update to coincide with the game's 1.0 release, Battlestate Games revealed that it will now "step away from posting the lists of the cheaters banned and instead will try answering most hot topics surrounding cheater combating as well as provide more in-depth statistics regarding the amount of bans issued within a certain time frame."
Still, that didn't stop the developer from offering a breakdown of its bans.
"Anti-cheat is always an ongoing effort as, with the development of the gaming industry, more companies enter the market with a clear goal to make money from cheating," Battlestate wrote.
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