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Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE team are getting strict against those who cheat in Gears of War 2, going as far as to wipe out a player’s gamerscore if they are found to have falsified their achievements. The wipe will affect not only Gears of War 2 points but all gaming achievements, and be accompanied by a message on the user’s profile explaining that they lost their gamerscore because of cheating.
The decision follows the discovery of a hack in which players can swap their Xbox LIVE profiles with those of another gamer with a high existing gamerscore. If Microsoft’s automated system identifies any sign of this, it will reset the gamerscore to zero; the company claim there is no appeals process to get lost points back.
Once caught, gamers will have the opportunity to rebuild their gamerscore legitimately. Microsoft describe this as a belief in “players reforming themselves”, though we’d wager it’s a nice way to ensure subscriptions continue too, rather than simply banning them.
[via Electricpig]
One Response to “Gears of War 2 cheats threatened with gamerscore wipe”
i2L33T4U November 9, 2009
i’m currently ranked about 450 Gears of War 2 Warzone , and was ranked #25 when i was banned from their official website for posting a poll asking other Gears players if we should boycot EPIC products until they got rid of the lagswitching / bridging the host ….Gears will typically create quick fix’s to glitches , but will never create a fair gaming environment by removing host advantage and host glitches …they were going to fix the learderboards in Gears 1 too , if anyone remembers …rofl ..it’s far too easy to manipulate the outcome of a game period .if you can force host onto your connection it gives the team an incredible advantage …. i’m tired of hearing promises to put a bandaid where you need a turnicate ..Gears is for glitchers , hackers and little kids now …i’ll personally not buy a Gears 3 …
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