{"id":167926,"date":"2025-09-22T09:54:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2142750"},"modified":"2025-09-22T09:54:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:54:27","slug":"outriders-dev-promises-to-permanently-brand-cheaters-with-a-hud-watermark-to-expose-their-cheating-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/outriders-dev-promises-to-permanently-brand-cheaters-with-a-hud-watermark-to-expose-their-cheating-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"Outriders dev promises to permanently brand cheaters with a HUD watermark to expose their cheating ways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/outriders-dev-promises-to-permanently-brand-cheaters-with-a-hud-watermark-to-expose-their-cheating-ways.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>People Can Fly has issued a stark warning to those who cheated in the Outriders demo, vowing to brand their HUD with a watermark if they keep it up when the game launches proper.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can see you all,&#8221; the Polish studio said in a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/outriders\/comments\/mcyjyg\/outriders_1_week_to_launch_dev_update\/gs64ate\/?context=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reddit<\/a>. &#8220;Yes, even the person who gave themselves 600 legendary weapons.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since the Outriders demo launched, cheating has been a hotly-debated topic. Progress made in the demo carries forward into the main game, so there is concern among legitimate players that the balance of the looter shooter will be thrown in chaos by cheating already done in the demo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-03-25-outriders-dev-promises-to-permanently-brand-cheaters-with-a-hud-watermark-to-expose-their-cheating-ways\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-03-25-outriders-dev-promises-to-permanently-brand-cheaters-with-a-hud-watermark-to-expose-their-cheating-ways\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People Can Fly has issued a stark warning to those who cheated in the Outriders demo, vowing to brand their HUD with a watermark if they keep it up when the game launches proper. &#8220;We can see you all,&#8221; the Polish studio said in a post on reddit. &#8220;Yes, even the person who gave themselves 600 legendary weapons.&#8221; Since the Outriders demo launched, cheating has been a hotly-debated topic. Progress made in the demo carries forward into the main game, so there is concern among legitimate players that the balance of the looter shooter will be thrown in chaos by cheating already done in the demo. 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