Valve Tricked 40,000 Dota 2 Cheaters Into Exposing Themselves Then Banned Them

Valve has permanently banned over 40,000 Dota 2 accounts for using third-party software to cheat over the past few weeks. These players used software to examine internal Dota client data that is not normally visible during gameplay.

Valve’s priority was to fix the issues that allowed cheating in the first place. However, Valve has also taken additional steps to eliminate these players. “With that goal in mind, we released a patch as soon as we understood the methods these cheats were using.” Valve said in a statement.

The company continues: Each account banned today was read from this ‘secret’ area of ​​our client, giving us a very high degree of confidence that all bans are due. ”

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IGN’s review of Dota 2 said: A level playing field where skill and cooperation are paramount. ”

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