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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AustraliansPosted:

-Tylaa- I hope I didn't get banned lol that would suck


Chances are you will get your money taken away, I'm defs gonna get banned, i did DNS modding ;(

ViIIainPosted:

This is the best thing that they have done to GTA online so far.

KaguraPosted:

Rodgers96
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.


are you retarded or actually that dumb??? you haven't got aimbot on ghosts so stop chatting sh*t hahahahahha pillock you are.

+ people still have all the best cars because R* announced everyone will keep items they own!


did he say Ghosts? he only said cod so he could of meant any cod.

CoffPosted:

Just need to wait to get home and check!

CoffPosted:

I hope I didn't get banned lol that would suck

Rodgers96Posted:

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.


are you retarded or actually that dumb??? you haven't got aimbot on ghosts so stop chatting sh*t hahahahahha pillock you are.

+ people still have all the best cars because R* announced everyone will keep items they own!

MerchandisePosted:

Craigyy
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.


Then why would they say it at all?

why did you need to comment on this ?

SwiftPosted:

Well it looks like many many people on this site will be in that lobby.

j8kePosted:

be a shame if they banned people who didnt intentionally get in modded lobbies

-Prospective-Posted:

I think it would be unfair to ban people, okay put them into a cheaters pool yeah but I think banning is a bit too far, we spend that money on a game and then decide to ban us because we want to have a little MORE fun? If they ban people then of course they're going to lose customerd and in furture games people eont buy because of what rockstar are doing.


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