Valve continues its great tradition of interfering with people who feel the need to cheat in multiplayer games. In the latest update to Deadlock, the company’s hugely popular new hero shooter, which is currently invite-only, Valve has added an anti-cheat system, a first for the game.
When the system detects a cheater, Deadlock presents options to the opposing team. Violators of the rules can be immediately banned and the match can be ended immediately. Beyond the second door is an option to turn the impostor into a frog for the rest of the game. Valve plans to ban them afterwards. Valve plans to roll out this approach to the ban over the next day or so. The results of the affected matches do not count against other players in the lobby.
This is a very interesting approach to tackling an all too common problem. Activision has also tried various approaches to embarrass Call of Duty cheaters, including finding offenders who fall into Warzone and cutting off their parachutes and taking away their guns. Banning cheaters is important, but why not have some fun at their expense first?
