For any cheaters out there who have been cheating their cheater-y way around the dusty landscapes of Red Dead Redemption, you might want to head for the virtual hills, as today Rockstar Games is bringing down the Old West equivalent of the banhammer on any players found to have hacked game saves.
Rockstar announced last week that anyone who wanted to avoid having their PlayStation ID or Xbox 360 Gamertag banned would have one week to delete all their hacked save files (single player and multiplayer), and today, that week is up. Those who complied then had to play a full online game or one Gang Hideout, or replay the single-player mode up until the point where you earn a safehouse at McFarlane’s ranch so the game files could be verified as “clean.”
Not only does deleting the hacked game files erase all game progress (with the exception of Trophies/Achievements, preorder items, and unlocked cheats), but it also removes the player's scores from the leaderboards. In other words, back to square one. Which begs the question: Cheaters, was it worth it?
Source: Rockstar Games
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Criminal58369
LOL
ninjamatt52
Yeah, you're not going to get an honest, friendly response from cheaters. They think not admitting it can keep them from getting caught, haha.
GuildCarver
I am glad to see Rockstar stepping up I hate it when I get on multiplayer and some jerk has modded where he is the max rank and has all the guns and has a hack that lets them kill in one shot and infinite dead eye in multiplayer just ticks me off. I mean yes its funny when I completely own him with the lower level guns I have but it ticks me off when he kills me one time and starts screaming n00b like he is such a great player.
OpWildRabbit
I agree with other posters and think more companies should be as aggressive as Rockstar is being. I really don't see the point in cheating. Sure, you'll get a high score but don't you want to earn it? I know in every game I play getting the sweetest stuff is always better because I remember having to play with the crap they give you at the very beginning.
tentaro
I'm all for banning idiots who have to cheat in multiplayer anything. I like cheats in single player games, if the game has them I use them after the first couple run throughs...gives the game some replayablity. But yeah I think any game company that catches people themselves shouldn't be able to ban people's ids but that they should turn them in to Micro$oft or Sony for them to ban them. Multiplayer cheating makes it no fun for the people who spent the $60 to actually play the game. And how can u brag to people "OMG did you cheat out my hacked achievement level, I'm so awesome" it's just stupid and should be stopped by any means necessary...well short of killing the kids. Not only should they ban them, but they should have a cheater/leader board so that everyone can point and laugh at the new cheater who's now lvl 1 lol
gouki23
this is B.S single players can't even cheat
gouki23
this is B.S single players can't even cheat
gouki23
this is B.S single players can't even cheat
gouki23
this is B S single players can't cheat
jdeamaral
I love RDR, but never liked the multiplayer too much. I did okay on various game modes, but I heard about the game being hacked, and didn't care too much about facing them. What exactly did this hack do?
orangecrow
HAX!!!!!!
sephirothcloud
And just to be clear I meant game companies-_- wish I can edit posts and not double post
sephirothcloud
I remember a time when Game Companions didn't care what we did with our game we purchased, Now if anyone uses Gameshark or Codebreaker we can get banned...To be fair I can understand Multi Player Leaderboards but not Single Player especially if gamers are stuck in one spot...But another game company banning your gamertag or PSN??? Only Sony can do that not another company, what in the world is going on here?
Xplode441
Oh man, I better check to make sure my actual legitimate 50 didn't get banned. Not 5th so I should be. But my Single Player had the War Horse, but it was Pre-order, so I should also be good right?
Mr.Rager
I have like 45 minutes of total multiplayer in that game bcuz its quite boring to me. I modded for all unlocks a few weeks ago. I just played today and I'm still not banned. But I wouldn't care anyway bcuz I have school
linc77
id like to know how to hack... but i prob wouldnt use it because it would be too easy and unfair
BR4CR
I just busted a cheater on GTA IV last night. If you want to see the video, it's under the youtube user name ' hamdemon99 '
zobocho
this should have been done a long time ago.
luckyone91
I ran into alot of ppl who obviously had cheated while playing RDR, but personally i never minded. A guy had a really nice weapon and I had a crappy one? I still kicked his ass.
FuzzofPekinopolis
I think all game developers could learn something from Rockstar. Protect the innocent, punish the guilty. Isn't that how things are supposed to work? My respect for someone/something grows by leaps and bounds, when the right things are done. Keep it up Rockstar, keep it up.
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