GTA 5: Franklin holds a bat in a small field.
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GTA 5 now has BattlEye anti-cheat on PC

How will this effect mods?

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.

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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 packed with Bat🏅tlEye, 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 have taken strides to protect intellectual properties, especially when it com🔯es to guarding against online cheaters. This is basically what BattlEye is all about, but the ꦑreport 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 arriꦍve, we already know that Rockstar can 💃be a bit slow on the uptake at times.


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