Developer Respawn Entertainment continues to dedicate a serious amount of time and effort to combat cheating in its battle royale game,Apex Legends. Like other free to play online shooters, the threat of hackers and cheaters ruining a game is always present, no matter how well developers try to deter them.Apex Legendswas recently mentioned instudy identifying which games have the most hackers, but it seems Respawn is trying hard to distanceApex Legendsfrom a bad reputation.
Apex Legendsis currently in Season 8, and the developers have plenty to focus on besides cheaters.Apex Legendswill be releasing for Nintendo Switch on March 9, and right nowdevelopers are having difficulties balancing Caustic, a hero with a powerful ultimate that severely limits opposing players' options as games come down to the wire. But despite these other areas of focus, Respawn has once again issued a ban wave targeting tons ofApex Legendscheaters.
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Conor Ford is the Head of Security for Respawn and deals firsthand with complaints about cheating inApex Legends. In a tweet yesterday, Ford stated that over 600 players had been manually banned over the course of the day. In anApex Legendsban waveearlier this month that banned a little over 500 players, Ford outlined the cheating method several PS4 players used. There was no description of the specific methods in this wave, but aimbots and wallhacks are some of the most common cheating methods.
A majority of the cheating seems to be occurring on servers in Japan, and Ford also took time on Twitter yesterday to specifically address Japanese players. He also stated that there are “plans in place” for improving anti-cheat measures inApex Legendsand that they “will be announced relatively soon.” Players banned from Season 8 are only banned for the current season, and will have the chance to playApex Legendsagain once Season 9 rolls around.
Although some Twitter users were quick to ask why Ford seems to be the only person working on banning cheaters, there are also automated systems that work to identify cheaters in games. Respawn likely makes use of these automated measures as well as dedicating other team members to support Ford in his mission to ridApex Legendsof cheaters.
Respawn has regularly responded to fan criticism in the past and seems actively involved in making sureApex Legendsis a fun battle royale experience. Respawn has indicated it has seencomplaints about the golden gun opticsfrom professional and casual players alike, so there could be a fix coming in the future. For now,Apex Legendsplayers can at least know there are 652 less cheaters out there to ruin games for everyone.
Apex Legendsis currently available for PC, Xbox One and PS4, and is coming to Switch on June 13, 2025.
