The team adds, “Using any third party app or hack to alter how our game plays in our competitive multiplayer is something we consider cheating.

The company is not willing to offer the names of those who were involved in cheating, although plenty of gamers are asking for them so that they can avoid fighting with or alongside them in the future. Those players who we had contact emails for also received a warning email prior to the reset.”

Relic states in an official announcement that, “This week we reset the ladder stats of fourteen players who have used this sort of program to alter our game in competitive play. The company says that the move was possible after the addition of Battle Servers, which took place in late 2013, and that they are aiming to make fairness one of the most important elements of the strategy title going forward. The developers at Relic and publisher SEGA announce that they have implemented a number of anti-cheating measures in their Company of Heroes 2 in order to make sure that the entire multiplayer side of the game remains competitive, especially for those who use the Automatch feature.

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