While Epic has already tried to ban Lucas and Conters from the game and has filed DMCA complaints against some of their videos, that hasn't stopped the pair from continuing to allegedly profit from posts on YouTube and social media channels.

And nobody likes playing with cheaters.'Ī representative 'Golden Modz' video showing players getting angry over the use of an aimbot. 'His ill-gotten gains come at the expense of Epic and members of the Fortnite community. 'Each Defendant created, posted, and publicly performed videos on his respective YouTube channel showing himself and/or others using hacks to cheat at Fortnite in part to demonstrate, advertise, and promote the cheats that Lucas sells on his websites,' Epic writes in the complaint. But the new lawsuit goes farther in arguing that Lucas is using his YouTube videos to 'demonstrate and promote the hacks he sells, and to direct those who watch the videos to the websites where he sells them.' Use of those mods constitutes copyright infringement and breach of the game's EULA, Epic argues, echoing lawsuits filed against Fortnite cheaters filed last year. That channel focuses on entertaining moments brought about with Fortnite hacks that provide players with automatic perfect aim, reveal hidden items and enemies, and more.

Perhaps most distressingly for Rockstar and Take-Two, the mod also let players generate arbitrary amounts of virtual currency for themselves or other players online, which could have a direct effect on the game's microtransaction-driven bottom line.Īccording to a federal lawsuit filed by Epic in a North Carolina court (again reported by TorrentFreak), YouTuber Brandon Lucas is the man behind the 1.7 million-subscriber Golden Modz channel (with some help from Colton Conter, aka Exentic, who is also named in the suit). The Infamous 'mod menu' gives users pretty much full control over the world of Grand Theft Auto universe, online or off, granting abilities that include teleportation, flying, and full environmental manipulation.

Authorities are looking for evidence of the creation or distribution of 'any software that provides a player of Grand Theft Auto V access to unauthorized features.' The first such story comes from Rockstar and Take-Two, which have convinced an Australian court to freeze the assets of five people believed to be behind Grand Theft Auto V cheating software known as 'Infamous.' The full court order, as reported by TorrentFreak, also allows authorities to search the homes and computers of Christopher Anderson, Cycus Lesser, Sfinktah, Koroush Anderson, and Koroush Jeddian.

But some game makers are increasingly using the courts to try to stop the spread of mods that give players an unfair advantage, as highlighted by a pair of stories this week. It's pretty standard for game developers to use a variety of technical and community management methods to try to stop cheaters from ruining the online experience for legitimate players.

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