One of the largest cheat sellers for GTA Online has now shut down. Apparently, there was intense contact with publisher Take Two before.
What it’s about: GTA Online has been struggling with cheaters repeatedly. A recent example is a player who turned into a “Corona Police” using cheats and hacks and put others under lockdown.
Publisher Take-Two is thus continuing its fight against cheaters. From a $150,000 fine to a police raid, Take-Two has never shied away from a decisive approach. This is also true in this new case. This time, it has affected the cheat seller Luna Cheats.
About Luna Cheats: According to Polygon.com, it is one of the largest portals for cheat providers for GTA Online. Some of you may have encountered cheaters who equipped themselves there. Whether immortal, invisible, or oversized/small players, nearly everything could be found there.
However, there were even more serious cheats that could crash other users’ games. Luna Cheats offered a complete mod menu that allowed manipulation of many areas of the game. Now, Take-Two has intervened.
Major cheat seller must close after “discussions” with the publisher
What happened? The website of Luna Cheats has recently been emptied. Where a plethora of cheats were previously offered, there is now only a blank page with a statement:
After discussions with Take-Two Interactive, we are immediately ceasing operations, development, and sales of our cheat menu services.
Via eurogamer.net
In addition to the closure, Luna Cheats also announces that it intends to “donate all revenues to a charity event organized by Take-Two.”
Additionally, they apologize for the issues and inconveniences caused within the GTA Online community. Whether this was truly only discussions or rather threats of legal action remains unclear.
However, it can be assumed: In a similar case, Take-Two went against cheat developer Force Hax in 2017 and also forced them to donate. The overall process was exactly the same. The website was empty, except for a statement announcing the cessation, agreeing to donate, and apologizing to the community.
Thus, another step has been taken in the fight against cheats in GTA Online. What do you think? Should we take even harsher action against cheaters?
