Apex Legends has a cheating problem. And the providers of these cheat software tools are making a fortune off the cheaters in the game. A cheat developer has now revealed concrete numbers.
Currently, hackers and cheaters are annoying many players in Apex Legends. The cheaters zoom around with speed hacks, see through walls, and always hit your head. This is made possible by cheat software.
This is why the cheat providers make so much money: They are programmed by dubious developers. One of them, who wants to remain anonymous as “Dev”, gave an anonymous interview to Kotaku. He used to develop “Fortnite stuff”, but that no longer paid off.
Therefore, he has now switched to Apex Legends where demand is still very high. People are buying his cheats in droves, and within four days, he has already earned about 5,000 US dollars. As proof, he provided screenshots with payment information.
This is how the cheats work: Another cheat provider was a bit more modest, claiming he only made about 400 dollars in a week, but that should rise. His customers are very satisfied and regularly rack up 30 kills. The heroes Bangalore and Bloodhound are particularly popular among cheaters.
The former can smoke herself and still shoot perfectly with aimbot and wallhack. And with Bloodhound, you can easily excuse yourself by saying you found the opponent through his skill.
Respawn promises to fight against cheaters
Currently, developer Respawn Entertainment is taking action against cheaters and has recently banned thousands of them. However, so far this does not seem to diminish the desire to cheat.
This is why cheaters keep coming back: Even banned cheaters quickly create a new account – Apex Legends is free to play – and continue cheating. Even an IP ban can be easily bypassed with software that allows changing the device ID.
Nevertheless, all hope is not lost. Fortnite once had a massive problem with cheaters and was able to ultimately drive them away. This was also the case for “Dev”.
He had also been active at Fortnite, but Epic’s tightened measures ultimately ruined his business, and he went to Apex, where there is still a high demand for cheats.
With a bit of luck, hopefully Apex will soon also put an end to cheating, and the cheaters will seek to escape. Rumors even say that massive efforts are currently being made on anti-cheat methods, which is why the highly anticipated Season 1 has even been postponed.
