Escape from Tarkov is preparing "tricks" for cheaters ahead of the 1.0 release

Battlestate Games has prepared some “tricks” for Escape from Tarkov cheats, which it plans to deploy alongside the extraction shooter's long-awaited 1.0 release. A senior company official confirmed as much in a recent interview, while expressing frustration at how some Escape from Tarkov players perceive the developer's anti-cheat efforts.

August 4th marked nine years since Battlestate's hit extraction shooter launched into alpha. Ever since then, Escape from Tarkov has been plagued by cheaters, with Battlestate essentially playing a game of mole with them.

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The developer's never-ending quest to fight cheaters will get a new episode in mid-November, when Escape from Tarkov gets its long-awaited version 1.0. So says Battlestate CEO and lead designer Nikita Buyanov, who said as much in a recent interview with PCGamesN. When we talked about the developer's plans for the long-awaited launch, the boss said that the studio has “a few tricks up its sleeve” aimed at reducing the number of cheaters when the 1.0 version is released next Saturday, November 15.

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In the same interview, Buyanov offered a broader look at cheating Escape from Tarkov and said he doesn't expect fans to be completely happy with the upcoming changes — not because they won't work to limit cheaters, but because they won't provide a permanent fix. “It's really unfortunate and somewhat upsetting to read all kinds of comments over the years and navigate through waves of hate, as if we're not doing anything,” he said. Buyanov explained that Battlestate and cheat developers are constantly outmaneuvering each other, with no hope of breaking that cycle due to the nature of cheating. As a result, even effective anti-cheat measures will eventually be bypassed and require additional updates. For all that, “it's impossible to change players' minds” about how hard Battlestate is trying to fight cheaters, Buyanov said. Still, he stressed that the studio remains committed to its fight against cheating.

Buyanov's latest comments echo those he has made many times over the years, claiming that Battlestate is in a never-ending battle against cheaters. In addition to updating detection methods, the studio has also recently gotten creative by encouraging players to report suspects Escape from Tarkov cheater.

“It's really unfortunate and somewhat upsetting to read all kinds of comments over the years and navigate through waves of hate, like we're not doing anything [about cheating].”

In October, Buyanov confirmed that a console version of Escape from Tarkov is under development. Should it have dedicated servers and no cross-platform multiplayer with PC, it might be less vulnerable to cheating, at least conventionally. But even consoles aren't immune to external devices like the Cronus Zen, which spoof controller inputs and provide features like recoil reduction and rapid fire that are hard for games to detect.