PC game makers are struggling to prevent cheaters from playing games using cheat codes. Game maker Ubisoft has recently taken additional steps in this regard. The company has bought an anti-cheat tool manufacturer.
The company called Gameblocks is the founder of the anti-cheat tool 'Fairfight' in the server part. Technology blog Engadget reports in a report that Ubisoft's subsidiary I3D.net has bought Gameblocks.
Ubisoft's I3D DotNet will use the Fairfight tool, a one-game hosting platform originally used by AAA publishers, to enhance fraud detection capabilities.
Ubisoft has already completed the deal, according to Engadget's report. However, they declined to say how much the gameblocks cost. The game maker said it would continue to serve existing customers of Gameblocks.
The move could go a long way toward Ubisoft. Gameblocks' anti-cheat tool has been used in many mainstream games. The Fairfight tool has even been used in Ubisoft's Rainbow Six Seasons, and EA Games' Battlefield 5 games.
Fairfight monitors fraudulent behavior in real time through algorithmic analysis in a ‘non-aggressive’ process. Since the developers themselves set the tolerance limits of the game algorithm, even if cheating increases, the process does not interfere, and gamers do not have to take any additional measures.
There is no guarantee that buying gameblocks will result in less ‘ambots’ or other ‘hacks’. However, it is clear that the game developers are thinking deeply about the matter.
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