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"Congrats to the owners of a brand new $6k paperweight": Valorant dev Riot makes players think Vanguard anti-cheat will brick their PCs, causing uproar — here's what's really happening

  • [email protected] (Brendan Lowry) , Brendan Lowry--Windows Central
  • published date: 2026-05-22 21:12:21 UTC

A new controversial post from Valorant studio Riot Games has sparked an uproar in the game's community, fueling a misunderstanding about its anti-cheat.

Cheating — and the anti-cheat systems game developers create to protect players from it — is always a hot topic in the PC gaming space, and is particularly relevant to highly competitive PvP shooter … [+3687 chars]