Epic catches Fortnite World Cup cheaters via ‘teaming detection algorithm’

Epic caught more than 1,200 accounts cheating in the first week of the Fortnite World Cup Online Opens. More than 200 of these cheaters had won prize money. Epic Games even managed to catch teamers in real time with a new algorithm.

In teaming, for example, players in a solo match work together illegally, which gives a big advantage. Furthermore, cheaters played in multiple regions and shared their account. A few have also been banned for using cheat software. He is the only one who has been permanently banned, the rest are not welcome in the game for two weeks.

When exactly Epic added the real-time teaming detection algorithm to Fortnite is not entirely clear. Epic states it was “recently” introduced, but it doesn’t show up in recent patch notes. In any case, it was already there at the time of patch 8.40, the date of April 17, can be deduced from the announcement. The studio says it has had ‘offline teaming detection’ in the game for some time.

Not surprisingly, the game maker doesn’t reveal much information about these anti-cheat methods, as that could potentially work to the advantage of cheaters. Kamu, the developer of Easy Anti-Cheat that was acquired by Epic last year, does not talk about teaming detection technology on his site.

Epic will be splitting $1 million every week for the top online players in the Battle Royale game for ten weeks. Exactly how that distribution works and how much money the cheaters had won was not disclosed. The World Cup consists of the Online Open and finals for the top players, in New York. A total of thirty million dollars will be distributed there.

Explanation about the Fortnite World Cup