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Apex Legends devs dole out nearly 6,000 hardware bans in anti-cheat crackdown on "malicious bad actors"

Respawn Entertainment has shared another update from Apex Legends' anti-cheat team, stating that since the end of April, "nearly 6,000 hardware bans across PC and console" have been issued in the shooter game. This follows on from their previous announcement in May of 139,697 bans across all platforms Apex Legends is p...

Respawn Entertainment has shared another update from Apex Legends' anti-cheat team, stating that since the end of April, "nearly 6,000 hardware bans across PC and console" have been issued in the shooter game. This follows on from their previous announcement in May of 139,697 bans across all platforms Apex Legends is playable on, covering a [...]

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