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Apex Legends
Controller Anti-Cheat Enforcement & Ban Wave Update — 09/02/2026
Sep 2, 2026 · Steam update tracked by Buffs & Bugs
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Official note“[/*] ENGINE Fixed bug with cloak rendering on consoles and PC with TSAA enabled, making it consistent for all visual options.”
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Quick take
We are implementing significant, new systems to detect players using unauthorized controller hardware or software in Apex Legends on all platforms including: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch 2.
- We’ve spent the past several months thoroughly validating these systems to ensure they can accurately identify prohibited behavior.
- Players that trigger these detections will be actioned upon and banned accordingly.
- If you are using controller modifications, devices, or software to gain an unfair advantage, now is the time to stop. Playing on console does not make you exempt from detection or enforcement.
What officially changed
We are implementing significant, new systems to detect players using unauthorized controller hardware or software in Apex Legends on all platforms including: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch 2.
We’ve spent the past several months thoroughly validating these systems to ensure they can accurately identify prohibited behavior.
Players that trigger these detections will be actioned upon and banned accordingly.
If you are using controller modifications, devices, or software to gain an unfair advantage, now is the time to stop. Playing on console does not make you exempt from detection or enforcement.
This is just the beginning of these new systems which we will continue to improve to keep pace with evolving cheating methods.
Additionally, we’ve continued to update and strengthen our existing anti-cheat systems this season, with new detections and enforcement targeting a range of cheating methods, including a pesky new cheat provider.
In our latest ban wave, over the past 7 days alone (at the time of writing this):
8,609 players were banned for cheating
290 DMA-related bans
76 Titan Controller bans
267 bans tied to a newly detected cheat provider
Over the past two weeks:
96 Predator-level players banned across all platforms
We continue to see improvements in our match infection rate. It has decreased to 3.9% down from 5.7% at the beginning of the season.
These numbers represent only a snapshot of our ongoing enforcement efforts. Our Anti-Cheat team continues to develop, test, and deploy new detections while improving our ability to identify emerging threats.
We want the community to know that we are actively working to identify and remove cheaters at every level of play — including the highest ranks. Thank you to everyone who reports suspicious behavior and helps us keep Apex Legends fair.
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