PUBG’s latest ban wave is taking down pro players too

New anti-cheat software has gone live in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and it’s caused a major wave of new bans - and players affected appear to include well over a dozen pro players. Most of these reports remain unconfirmed, but the accounts have been very widespread. Players for Sans Domicile Fixe have admitted to cheating, and an official investigation from Pittsburgh Knights is underway over one of its players. “Honesty and integrity are core values within the Knights organisation,” the team writes on Twitter. “Cheating in any way shape or form not only undermines our team, but esports as a whole. We take this VAC ban regarding our player, TEXQS, very seriously. We fully respect and support PUBG Corp in this investigation. Currently, we are working with them and are awaiting notice of their findings.” Until that investigation is complete, the team has suspended Can ‘TEXQS’ Ozdemir from further games. While Knights notes a VAC ban in that statement, it doesn’t seem this is actually a Valve Anti-Cheat measure. Instead, it looks like all these bans are coming direct from PUBG. That hasn’t stopped people from referring to this ban wave, which comes in the wake of the game’s Vikendi update, VACendi.

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