GTA 5 now has BattlEye anti-cheat on PC

Even after ten years, GTA 5 is still one of the biggest releases in modern gaming. With almost logged into the game on PC in the past 24 hours, it’s no wonder it’s one of the . But there’s been one thing missing all this time, until now.

As noted in a recent report from ‘s Tom Henderson, it looks as though Rockstar has finally added anti-cheat software to GTA 5. More than nine years after releasing (bearing in mind the console versions came out in 2013), the hit Grand Theft Auto installment comes pac🧔ked with BattlEye, at least on the PC version.

Screenshots from X user Tez2 – who’s pretty noteworthy when it comes to tracking all things related to GTA – initially showed the software listed in the patch notes over on SteamDB. Rockstar has since updated its thread, dropping in its official notice that GTA 5 now comes with a Battleye install.

Is this the end of GTA 5 silliness?

Over the years, studios and publishing houses hav🎶e taken strides to protect intellectual properties, especially when it comes to guarding against online cheaters. This is basically what BattlEye is all about, but the report from Henderson points to a few concerns.

For one, will having anti-cheat software in the PC version of Grand Theft Auto 5 have any effect on modding? It can’t be said at this stage what the result will be, but no doubt the community will let us know post-haste.

In general, it seems fans are quite pleased with BattlEye finally making its way to the game, about a decade after it came out. But given how long it’s taking for GTA 6 to arrive, we already know that Rockstar can be a bit slow on the uptakﷺe at times.