No Crying Foul: NBA 2K27 Dunks On Cheaters With Mass Permanent Ban Wave

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Developer 2K Games is done giving warnings. Following up on a pledge made back in August, the studio just unleashed a barrage of permanent bans on NBA 2K27 players who have been caught cheating. It's another salvo in the wider war against cheaters and automated play, which earlier this year saw Valve purge nearly 1 million bot accounts from Steam. According to a message posted to X, the initial wave targets players who have been using various cheats and scripts, including shooting aids and other types of input manipulation, to gain an unfair advantage.

This past summer (yes, we're already into the fall season), Evan Yang, 2K Global Community and Creators lead for NBA 2K, said the studio was working on improved detections for automated cheating devices. The messaging came before the title actually launched, and Yang said the improvements would go live sometime after launch.

Yang also gave fair...

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