Rockstar Games' servers have been under fire from DDoS attacks causing widespread login and connectivity issues for players of GTA Online.

Rockstar Games’ servers have been under heavy fire from massive DDoS attacks in recent days, causing widespread login and connectivity issues for players of GTA Online. These attacks come in the wake of Rockstar’s recent implementation of BattlEye, a new anti-cheat system designed to crack down on in-game cheating, sparking backlash from a segment of the player base. Protesters, unhappy with the new system, have resorted to using distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to disrupt the servers, escalating tensions between the gaming giant and its community.

  • MehBlah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    712·
    2 months ago

    Articles a joke since it doesn’t mention that the people pissed off are the linux players. Not the cheaters but the linux users.

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      61·
      2 months ago

      There’s a patch for proton for Battleye. My understanding is that it’s really easy for developers to support Linux with it, but I think they’re using their own engine, so things may be harder. Regardless, that’s bullshit if they added something without considering Linux users.

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        2 months ago

        time for refunds.

        Steam has refunded games that added anti-cheat that broke linux playability in the past iirc

        • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          They have also denied refunds if a game is running in the background and you have 100 hours while editing a spreadsheet, so tread lightly

          • 800XL@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            2 months ago

            I’ve been denied a refund for a game I played for 2 minutes and realized was trash. When I quit it went back to a popped-under splash screen instead of quitting to desktop. I turned off the monitor for the night and the next day when I requested the refund, Steam said I played it for too long and denied my refund.

            It was a game under $10 so I didn’t lose much but it was still bullshit.

            • ftbd@feddit.orgEnglish
              2·
              2 months ago

              Not related to the refund at all, but: Why would you turn off the monitor and not the computer? Even when idling it eats way more power than a monitor in standby.

              • 800XL@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                2 months ago

                I’d always leave my computer on but turn off the monitor. Usually it would go to sleep or hibernate, but certain programs would keep it awake. Keep in mind this was during the Win 7 era so it wasn’t foolproof and it would just stay on.

          • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            2 months ago

            Didnt hear about that one, but I do recall some stories of people playing hundreds of hours, dev making a major catastrophic change, and steam still giving the refund.