Cheatmakers are retreating as GTA Online's BattlEye implementation continues to get better and more robust.
Grand Theft Auto Online welcomed BattlEye last month and things have gone a lot better than most expected.
While there have been a couple of hiccups—Linux and Steam Deck players still can't access GTA Online, Rockstar Games and Valve are working on a solution—it's safe to say Rockstar's "late" implementation of the anti-cheat software is making the game better and it isn't stopping yet.
Ahead of this week's GTA Online update, Rockstar dropped an unannounced title update, which the community picked up on.
As per this Reddit thread, the unofficial patch notes confirm this is a refinement of how BattlEye works in GTA Online.
Despite all the criticism that BattlEye is a bandaid solution to GTA Online's long-standing cheating woes on PC, the fact that cheatmakers are said to be retaliating by ordering DDoS attacks on official servers confirms that it's working. Not only that, but certain cheatmakers have thrown in the towel. The latest, Stand, is now going open source, as confirmed by @morsmutual_ on X.
While going open source doesn't necessarily mean that a cheat maker has given up, it does suggest they're starting to see that the days of essentially getting a free pass to make cheats and hacks for GTA Online are long gone.
Between BattlEye and Take-Two actively suing cheatmakers, this sets a precedent for how much better the PC experience of Grand Theft Auto 6 will be.
Unfortunately, despite the earlier leaks, the most recent GTA Online title update didn't contain any information about the release of Grand Theft Auto 5: Expanded and Enhanced on PC. However, it's worth noting that the leak could amount to nothing. The same re-release was rated for the PC years ago and nothing came of it.
If it's any consolation, the latest GTA Online content update is its most popular yet, drawing in huge crowds and forcing Rockstar to adjust its rewards milestones because of how many players love the newest GTA Online mode. GTA Online players are currently on track to slay 800 million zombies in a week as part of the new Ludendorff Cemetery Survival mode.
Rockstar is currently hard at work on the next GTA game, with a PC port already in development ahead of its launch on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X in late 2025.
