PUBG Mobile will soon be introducing The Video Review System
The new system aims to help reduce the number of hackers and cheaters in the game
The new system is scheduled to roll out sometime in early September
PUBG Mobile developers have announced that they will be adding a new feature to combat hackers and cheaters that have infiltrated the game and souring the experience for players. According to a post on Reddit, the developers will be introducing The Video Review Station. Unlike most anti-cheat systems, which rely on the developers to find and identify cheaters, the new system will add the PUBG Mobile community in the mix. Hopefully, this will help speed up the process of finding and banning guilty accounts. The developers note that the system is quite similar to the one used by other competitive games like League of Legends and Counter Strike: Global Offensive.
How this will work is that when a player is reported for suspicious activity in a game, a battle replay video is generated from the suspicious player’s perspective. This video will then be distributed randomly to multiple player investigators who will then analyze the video. If a majority of the investigators confirm that the video contains a violation, it will be sent to the official PUBG Mobile team for review, who will then proceed to take necessary action.
PUBG Mobile to combat hackers by using Video Review Station
The exact launch date for The Video Review Station is not yet known but the developers note that it is currently being tested and is scheduled for release in early September. Further details about the system will be revealed at a later date. Hopefully, we will then know how player investigators will be selected.
The Video Review Station will be the latest in a long line of anti-cheat measures the developers have employed to ensure fair play. A few days ago, the developers announced that they had banned over 2 million accounts for using hacks and cheats over the course of a week. According to the company, 2,273,152 accounts were banned from August 20 to August 27. This also included 1,424,854 devices which were permanently suspended from accessing the game.
From August 20th to August 27th, 2,273,152 accounts and 1,424,854 devices have been permanently suspended from accessing our game, out of which these are the reasons:
12%: Speed Cheats
22%: Other
27%: Auto-Aim Cheats
32%: X-Ray Vision pic.twitter.com/0U7JFeSxtF— PUBG MOBILE (@PUBGMOBILE) August 29, 2020
These steps come a few days before PUBG Mobile rolls out its v1.0 update. Called Beyond A.C.E, the update will be one of the biggest yet for the game and will not only introduce better graphics, but will also feature an overhauled UI and lobby. This includes new lighting changes as well as a fully customisable UI that players can tweak as per their liking. It will also come with a new version of Erangel that will feature new layouts and additions. You can read more about that here.
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