Inside the Multimillion-Dollar Gray Market for Video Game Cheats
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The ongoing conflict between cheat developers and gaming companies highlights the legal challenges surrounding cheat software sales, particularly in regions like China and South Korea where it is illegal. Cheat developers are noted for their adaptation, consistently updating their cheats within days to circumvent anti-cheat measures established by gaming companies. Many cheat websites assert that their hacks are undetectable and customizable to suit individual play styles. Additionally, there has been a revival of older cheating technology, particularly pixelbots, now referred to as AI-aimbots, indicating innovation in cheating methods.
Legal gray areas surround the sale of cheats, with few countries making it a crime to use cheat software except China and South Korea.
Cheat developers continually evolve their cheats, updating them every one and a half days to evade sophisticated anti-cheat systems.
Some cheat websites boast about their products being 'undetectable' and customize hacks to fit personal preferences.
A resurgence of older cheat methods like pixelbots, rebranded as AI-aimbots, shows how developers are innovating external cheating methods.
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