With an estimated 600 million players worldwide, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) is the most-played battle royale game in the world, beating Fortnite Battle Royale, NetEase’s mobile game Knives Out, and others. With its popularity comes a big challenge – cheating. hackers have continued to devise new ways to exploit bugs in order to create cheats. However, Tencent continues to clamp down on cheaters. 
In its latest Anti-Cheating report for January 8 to January 14, 2021, the tech giant hinted that a total of 1,217,342 accounts were permanently suspended within the period for using hacks and cheats.
About 48 percent of these hackers were banned for using auto-aim hacks or changing their character models. Twenty-two percent of the hackers were banned for using X-ray vision, 12 percent for speed hacks, and seven percent for modifying the area damage.
The report also shows the ranks the hackers were in when they were banned. This distribution is as follows: Bronze: 38 percent, Silver: 11 percent, Gold: Nine percent, Platinum: 11 percent, Diamond: 12 percent, Crown: 10 percent, Ace: Six percent, and Conqueror: Three percent.
Last week, Tencent also released PUBG Mobile’s patch 1.2 which featured a new mode, weapon, and much more. The new mode is called Runic Power, which gives players certain abilities to use for getting the chicken dinner.
PUBG Mobile’s 17th season is also around the corner. It is called Runic Power and will kick-off on Jan. 19. As usual, a new Royale Pass will also be coming with the season which will have new skins, emotes, and more.
Meanwhile, there is still no word yet on when PUBG mobile will make its much-anticipated return to India after PUBG Corporation revoked the license granted Tencent to distribute the game in India.
