BattlEye has not released any information about Fortnite just yet, but it's an ongoing battle between hack developers and anti-cheat companies. See more Will Fortnite hackers ruin your game? It's the kind of number that might make someone a touch worried for Fortnite, given its popularity. With PUBG, the hacking problem reached troubling heights, with BattlEye reporting over one million bans in January 2018 alone. Like with most popular games, though, cheating and hacking worked their way in. PUBG actually even uses machine learning to help identify cheaters. But the anti-cheat software came to the forefront thanks to both the popularity and frequency of cheaters in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.īefore Fortnite, PUBG was the go-to battle royale game of choice on PC.

There's obviously ways to work around it, though, as hacks wouldn't exist if that weren't the case.īattlEye is used in a number of popular PC games, like Rainbow Six: Siege, DayZ, H1Z1, and Islands of Nyne. Now, the first line of defense against hackers and cheaters in Fortnite is anti-cheat software called BattlEye, which is required to boot up the game in certain circumstances. Obviously, some cheats are caught automatically, and others slip through the cracks. The lawsuit claims copyright infringement.

Back in October 2018, it was revealed that Epic is suing YouTuber Golden Modz for advertising and selling cheats. 'We kick and/or ban players and machines based on the game being modified/tampered with, cheat software found running while playing Fortnite, and other ways of cheating,' said Epic employee u/DanDaDaDanDan.Įpic Games has been known to fight back against hackers and cheaters.

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