Epic Games makes anti-cheat tool free for developers
0Epic Games has made its anti-cheat tool free for all studios.
The company has confirmed both its anti-cheat software and cross-platform compatible chat solution will be part of the Epic Online Services suite.
In a blog post, the Unreal Engine team wrote: "When 'Fortnite' players are able to chat with their friends while playing, we see a huge uptick in player engagement.
"What if you could supercharge community engagement like this for your own game?
"Now you can, with the launch of a new free cross-platform voice communication service from Epic Online Services.
"Voice is a platform-independent solution that connects your community with in-game voice chat across all stores and platforms.
"On top of that, Epic Online Services is offering the industry-leading anti-cheat solution to all developers for free.
"Easy Anti-Cheat is a powerful feature necessary for the smooth running of any online game with players on PC.
"These services empower developers to launch, operate, and scale great games like never before."
Meanwhile, the company explained how the latter works for developers.
They added: "Easy Anti-Cheat runs in the background and prevents common cheating techniques as a robust and ever evolving first-line of defence.
"In addition to the prevention capabilities, cheats are detected by cross-checking a large database of known cheat techniques, alongside machine-learning processes. Accounts using detected cheats are then listed in the Epic Online Services Developer Portal, empowering you to act as you see fit."