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Hello,
We felt obligated to post this statement here as well for further visibility.
The spyware claim is blatantly false. This has been demonstrated in many articles already. Not only is it false, but it is also damaging to our first game, Bloodhunt, and our studio Sharkmob. By posting these types of unfounded reviews and discussions, you are potentially putting in jeopardy the work of more than 150 people who poured their sweat and blood into making Bloodhunt the game we are proud to call our first baby.
The allegation of Bloodhunts anti-cheat software being spyware surfaced a few days ago - and it is simply false. The rumor started after a community member discovered that the anti-cheat application was sometimes running for a short while after the game was shut down (for up to 90 seconds). A few files were also left on the hard-drive after uninstall of the game. These two problems were connected and classified as bugs by the development team. They have both been fixed and patched since.
The anti-cheat in the game is just that, an anti-cheat. This has also been confirmed by the community member who discovered the issue. We only collect data related to Bloodhunt and we do not share that data with anyone unrelated to the operation of the game. Bloodhunt uses an anti-cheat that operates on the kernel level of your PC, at the core of the computers operating system. It does this because cheats often operate on that level too and so any counter-measure needs to be on the same level. This is true for most anti-cheat software out there.
Cheating in multiplayer games is sadly rampant today and many major online games use kernel level anti-cheat to protect the players form abuse. Bloodhunt has been in Early Access for just over a week now and we will continue to optimize systems, adapt to how cheaters are trying to abuse the game and develop Bloodhunt together with the community.
Best regards
// The Sharkmob team
We felt obligated to post this statement here as well for further visibility.
The spyware claim is blatantly false. This has been demonstrated in many articles already. Not only is it false, but it is also damaging to our first game, Bloodhunt, and our studio Sharkmob. By posting these types of unfounded reviews and discussions, you are potentially putting in jeopardy the work of more than 150 people who poured their sweat and blood into making Bloodhunt the game we are proud to call our first baby.
The allegation of Bloodhunts anti-cheat software being spyware surfaced a few days ago - and it is simply false. The rumor started after a community member discovered that the anti-cheat application was sometimes running for a short while after the game was shut down (for up to 90 seconds). A few files were also left on the hard-drive after uninstall of the game. These two problems were connected and classified as bugs by the development team. They have both been fixed and patched since.
The anti-cheat in the game is just that, an anti-cheat. This has also been confirmed by the community member who discovered the issue. We only collect data related to Bloodhunt and we do not share that data with anyone unrelated to the operation of the game. Bloodhunt uses an anti-cheat that operates on the kernel level of your PC, at the core of the computers operating system. It does this because cheats often operate on that level too and so any counter-measure needs to be on the same level. This is true for most anti-cheat software out there.
Cheating in multiplayer games is sadly rampant today and many major online games use kernel level anti-cheat to protect the players form abuse. Bloodhunt has been in Early Access for just over a week now and we will continue to optimize systems, adapt to how cheaters are trying to abuse the game and develop Bloodhunt together with the community.
Best regards
// The Sharkmob team