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Around 1.6 million accounts in PUBG mobile banned for cheating

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More than 1.6 million accounts in PUBG mobile have been banned permanently for cheating in the past few days. The fact was shared by the game’s developers on Twitter. The shooting game that is popular in various parts of the world also attracts a number of players in the game that use cheats and hacks to surpass competitors, get more kills and win matches in an unfair way. The incident follows PUBG Mobile’s last banning round that led to 18,13,787 accounts being permanently barred from the game.

The latest PUBG Ban Pan anti-cheat report shared by PUBG Mobile shows the different percentage of players that were banned and what tiers they belonged to. It was revealed that most of the banned cheaters belonged to the Bronze tier, which is the lowest tier in the game.

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The bans have affected players that use all kinds of unfair practices including auto-aiming that lets players easily lock onto moving enemies and see-through cheats that let players see through walls and other cover structures. Such methods have led to 1,691,949 accounts being banned from the game permanently.

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As per the report shared by PUBG Mobile, about 32% of the banned users were using some form of auto-aim and see-though cheats. Meanwhile, 12% of users were using speed hacks to move faster. 6% and 4% users were respectively using a modification of area damage and character model to take lesser damage. About 10% of players were using other kinds of hacks.

Pranchal Srivastava