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Ubisoft's FOR HONOR will block SteamOS / Linux players starting September 10 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-01 | by Liam Squires-Hand | get Steam Deck OLED 512GB → | tags: ubisoft, for honor, steam deck

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Activision posts video showing Call of Duty cheat seller getting served at his home (techspot.com)

2026-08-31 | by Rob Thubron | get Call of Duty Black Ops 6 PS5 → | tags: call of duty, activision, cheat seller

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A cracked version of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls runs better than the original game, and players are fuming (techspot.com)

2026-08-22 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: marvel tokon, sony interactive entertainment, theia drm

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AI agents lie, cheat and steal. That is putting off users (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: ai agents, lie, cheat

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Unearthing a 31 year old Easter egg in Ecco the Dolphin (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: ecco the dolphin, sega, debug mode

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Riot's always-on anti-cheat is finally getting an off switch (techspot.com)

2026-06-28 | get Riot Vanguard Gaming Keyboard → | tags: riot games, vanguard, anti-cheat

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Riot Vanguard finally drops its controversial always-on requirement for anti-cheat — new on-demand mode requires a strict Windows 11 security stack (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-25 | by Luke James | get Windows 11 Security Stack → | tags: riot vanguard, anti-cheat, windows 11

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Grand Theft Auto V cheat service gets hacked, exposing thousands of gamers (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-01 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get GTA V Cheat Code Guide → | tags: grand theft auto v, atlas menu, have i been pwned

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Riot Games Denies Using Anti-Cheat Software That Bricks Hackers’ Computers (futurism.com)

2026-05-25 | by Frank Landymore | get Riot Games Anti-Cheat Software → | tags: riot games, vanguard, valorant

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Valorant anti-cheat update soft-bricks $6,000 cheating hardware, company then trolls cheaters on social media — studio tweets 'congrats to the owners of a brand new $6k paperweight' (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-23 | by Zhiye Liu | get Valorant Hardware Blocker → | tags: valorant, riot games, vanguard

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All Linux gamers should take the latest Bazzite release seriously - here's why (zdnet.com)

2026-05-06 | by Jack Wallen | get Linux Gaming Keyboard → | tags: bazzite, linux gaming, steam

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Super ZSNES is a GPU-powered SNES emulator that supports per-game enhancements (techspot.com)

2026-04-27 | get SNES Emulator Controller → | tags: super zsnes, gpu-powered ppu, snes emulator

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A Roblox cheat and one AI tool brought down Vercel's platform (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-21 | get Vercel Cloud Platform Monitoring → | tags: roblox, vercel, ai tool

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Steam files suggest Valve is developing internal'SteamGPT' AI bot — aimed at tackling customer support tickets and CS2 anti-cheat (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-09 | by Aaron Klotz | get SteamGPT AI Support Bot → | tags: steamgpt, valve, cs2

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Anthropic’s New Model Is So Scarily Powerful It Won’t Be Released, Anthropic Says (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-08 | get AI Safety and Control Kit → | tags: anthropic, new model, system card

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How kernel anti-cheats work (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-15 | get Kernel Anti-Cheat Software → | tags: kernel anti-cheat, battleye, vanguard

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How Kernel Anti-Cheats Work (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-15 | tags: kernel anti-cheat, battleye, vanguard

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Epic Games brings Secure Boot and TPM to competitive Fortnite — most players unaffected by new measures (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-12 | by Zak Killian | get Secure Boot TPM → | tags: cheat, epic, fortnite

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Fortnite escalates anti-cheat by mandating Secure Boot, TPM, and IOMMU (techspot.com)

2026-02-11 | get Secure Boot TPM IOMMU → | tags: activate, activate secure, anti

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An explanation of cheating in Doom2 Deathmatch (1999) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-17 | tags: abilities, cheat, cheating

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Riot Games Is Making an Anti-Cheat Change That Could Be Rough On Older PCs (slashdot.org)

2025-12-19 | get E-sports PC → | tags: anti, anti cheat, bios

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Riot Games is making an anti-cheat change that could be rough on older PCs (arstechnica.com)

2025-12-19 | get E-sports PC → | tags: anti, anti cheat, boot

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Qualcomm refines Windows on Arm gaming with broad feature release — platform gets Snapdragon Control Panel, AVX2 emulation, improved anti-cheat support (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-21 | by Aaron Klotz | get Qualcomm Snapdragon → | tags: anti, anti cheat, cheat

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Qualcomm promises better gaming performance with latest Windows on Snapdragon update (engadget.com)

2025-11-20 | get Windows → | tags: anti, anti cheat, cheat

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Microsoft's new gaming anti-cheat could ping your PC to the cloud every time you boot (techspot.com)

2025-11-18 | by Daniel Sims | get Cloud Gaming → | tags: anti, anti cheat, boot

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It’s time for game developers to bring back the cheat code (arstechnica.com)

2025-10-31 | get Xbox → | tags: cheat, codes, games

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Battlefield 6 dev apologizes for requiring Secure Boot to power anti-cheat tools (arstechnica.com)

2025-10-31 | get Emotional Intelligence book → | tags: boot, cheat, cheating

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The issue of anti-cheat on Linux (2024) (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get Meta Quest → | tags: anti, cheat, game

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The issue of anti-cheat on Linux (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get Meta Quest → | tags: anti, cheat, game

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Electronic Arts blocks more than 300,000 attempts to cheat after launching Battlefield 6 beta (techcrunch.com)

2025-10-31 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get computer monitor → | tags: anti, cheat, cheaters