As Battlefield 6 cheats already infest the open beta, study estimates that as many as 80 sites make up to $73 million selling them for the FPS and many others

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I don't understand how people find cheating fun. But, so many people love it that a new study from the universities of Birmingham and Warwick in England estimate 80 websites make anywhere from $12 million to $73 million per year selling cheats to losers who can't get good.

During Battlefield 6's open beta, the cheaters started flooding in right after the very first day it was live. The game's anti-cheat system has blocked over 330,000 players, but a report spotted by TechSpot notes that some paid cheats can bypass these protections.

The report also claims that "none of the current anti-cheat systems completely prevent cheating." You don't need an academic paper to tell you that – you can log into almost any competitive online multiplayer game and find a cheater at some point.

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I'm Issy, a freelancer who you'll now occasionally see over here covering news on GamesRadar. I've always had a passion for playing games, but I learned how to write about them while doing my Film and TV degrees at the University of Warwick and contributing to the student paper, The Boar. After university I worked at TheGamer before heading up the news section at Dot Esports. Now you'll find me freelancing for Rolling Stone, NME, Inverse, and many more places. I love all things horror, narrative-driven, and indie, and I mainly play on my PS5. I'm currently clearing my backlog and loving Dishonored 2.

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