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Rockstar Games DDoSed Heavily By Players Protesting New AntiCheat Code (cyberinsider.com)
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Rockstar Games' servers have been under heavy fire from massive DDoS attacks in recent days, causing widespread login and connectivity issues for players of GTA Online. These attacks come in the wake of Rockstar’s recent implementation of BattlEye, a new anti-cheat system designed to crack down on in-game cheating, sparking backlash from a segment of the player base. Protesters, unhappy with the new system, have resorted to using distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to disrupt the servers, escalating tensions between the gaming giant and its community.

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[–] rivalary@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

GTA Online has terrible monetization and Rockstar are openly hostile towards PC as a platform, but I wouldn't call GTA mediocre at all. There's nothing quite like the attention to detail or breadth of GTA games. If you've played a few GTA clones, you'll know what the competition looks like and it's not even close.

[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Idk Cyberpunk makes GTA look like a intern project.

[–] rivalary@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe I need to give Cyberpunk 2077 another shot.

[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I definitely encourage it!

It's one of the most polished games I've played, that is currently in circulation, as of the 2.0 update. I think you will like it now if you previously were disappointed