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Apex Legends developers, Respawn Entertainment have outlined their anti-cheat plans following an increase in cheating reports in the last few weeks. The devs said that they are using machine learning to detect and auto-ban cheaters.
JULY 15
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled has received a patch that introduces improved loading times on all platforms, including Switch in its Boost Mode. The patch also brings some stability fixes for online play and fixes for track lap exploits.
JULY 15
PUBG. Corp have shared a new video in which they reveal how exactly PUBG's Anti-cheat team are tackling hackers and various in-game exploits. The team use machine learning for algorithms to further improve the anti-cheat measures.
JULY 15
Destiny is officially leaving Battle.net after five years and it's launching on Steam as a free-to-play title. Today, Bungie have shared a couple of details about the migration and what exactly can players expect from the process.
JULY 15
AMD have confirmed that they have identified the root cause and implemented a BIOS fix for Destiny 2 issue which prevented some Ryzen 3000 owners from playing the game. The new BIOS version should arrive in the upcoming days, say AMD.
JULY 12
Treyarch have added Captain Price as a playable character to Call of Duty Black Ops 4's battle royale mode Blackout. However, there's a catch, in order to unlock Price, you'll need to pre-order the upcoming Call of Duty Modern Warfare.
JULY 12
G2A have proposed a key-blocking tool for developers as a solution to fraudulent keys. Apparently, the biggest issue is with the review and giveaway keys and the tool will allow devs to block the keys they don't want selling on G2A.
JULY 12
New Mortal Kombat film is R-rated it's been officially confirmed by the film writer Greg Russo. He also said that for the first time ever on the big screen, Mortal Kombat film will feature fatalities, though, he did not reveal which ones.
JULY 12
Marvel are hosting a games panel at this years' San Diego Comic Con and according to their own schedule, Marvel's Avengers will get a special presentation with the first public gameplay reveal. Marvel's panel kicks off on 18 July 2019.
JULY 12
Activision and Infinity Ward have revealed a brand new multiplayer mode that will be introduced in the upcoming Call of Duty Modern Warfare. Named Gunfight, it's a four-player, two-versus-two mode set on a series of custom made maps.
JULY 11
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has been banned in Jordan by Telecommunications Regulatory Commission due to having a negative effect on players. PUBG ban is only the start of the huge battle royale ban wave that's will also affect Fortnite.
JULY 11
Square Enix officially confirmed that Final Fantasy 7 Remake will only release on Sony's PlayStation 4 and that there are no plans to launch the game on PC and Xbox One. The confirmation comes after a recent video revealed the Xbox version.
JULY 11
