Apex Legends Anti-Cheat Team Suspends 258 Predator Players for Account Sharing
The enforcement covered 115 PlayStation players and 143 Xbox players, while the team confirmed recent Bot Royale-related bans were valid.
Apex Legends’ anti-cheat team has suspended 258 Predator players for 60 days after finding that their accounts were shared across multiple devices to gain an unfair advantage on the Apex Predator leaderboard. The action covered 115 PlayStation players and 143 Xbox players.
Community reports about unusually long, continuous Ranked sessions prompted a review of login activity and device data connected to high-ranked accounts. The investigation focused on console users and identified account access patterns consistent with sharing. The team detailed the enforcement in its September 18 Steam announcement.
How the 258 suspensions break down
- PlayStation: 115 players received suspensions. Of those, 92 were frequently sharing their accounts, 2 were sharing across 5 or more devices, and 21 fell into both groups.
- Xbox: 143 players received suspensions. That total includes 124 frequent account sharers, 2 players sharing across 5 or more devices, and 17 players in both categories.
Account sharing is prohibited under Apex Legends’ Terms of Service, according to the anti-cheat team. Associated Ranked points will be removed from accounts involved in the activity, and the team said it will continue monitoring Ranked play for account sharing and other forms of abuse.
The enforcement adds to the broader anti-cheat work described in the September 15 Split 2 patch announcement, which said new systems would detect unauthorized controller hardware and software across supported platforms.
Bot Royale ban reports were reviewed
The anti-cheat team also addressed claims that recent enforcement actions had incorrectly banned players for taking part in Bot Royale. After reviewing the reports and the accounts brought forward by the community, it said the bans were valid and that those accounts had been correctly actioned.
The team said it takes potential false bans seriously and will continue reviewing credible cases. For now, the latest update puts the focus on shared accounts at the top of the Ranked ladder, where the team says leaderboard positions should belong to the players who earned them.
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Apex Legends
Developed by Respawn Entertainment
Conquer with character in Apex Legends, a free-to-play Hero shooter where legendary characters with powerful abilities team up to battle for fame & fortune on the fringes of the Frontier.
Master an ever-growing roster of diverse Legends, deep tactical squad play and bold new innovations that go beyond the Battle Royale experience—all within a rugged world where anything goes. Welcome to the next evolution of Hero Shooter.
- Genre Shooter, Tactical
- Platforms Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Perspective First person
- Modes Multiplayer, Co-operative, Battle Royale
- Release February 4, 2019
- Publisher Electronic Arts
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