GTA Online PC Players Face Unexpected False Positive Bans After BattlEye Update

Rockstar Games' BattlEye update might have been criticized for being a case of "too little, too late" but you can't say that it isn't working. In fact, it might be working too well.

A little over a week after Rockstar started preparing GTA Online with a must-have feature for Grand Theft Auto 6 when it comes out on PC—the game is still coming out on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X next fall, as per Take-Two Interactive—it seems like BattlEye has gotten a bit too ban happy.

Over the past few days, several users have reported getting banned by BattlEye even though they weren't using Mod Menus or cheats in the first place. Although some of the reported bans are merely exploits spearheaded by the modders that the BattlEye update is targeting, requiring no more than a quick restart of your game to fix, some appear legitimate and require more extensive measures, like appealing the ban.

We can only imagine this is what Rockstar would like to do to all the cheaters and modders who are faking their complaints about getting a false positive ban.

Rockstar has long had a strenuous relationship with GTA Online PC mods.

Rockstar Games' BattlEye update might have been criticized for being a case of "too little, too late" but you can't say that it isn't working. In fact, it might be working too well.

We can only imagine this is what Rockstar would like to do to all the cheaters and modders who are faking their complaints about getting a false positive ban.

Rockstar has long had a strenuous relationship with GTA Online PC mods.