Respawn permanently bans Apex cheaters

Permanent bans with zero appeal are coming to Apex Legends for anyone caught using input-manipulating hardware like Strikepacks or Cronus devices.

Respawn's new zero-tolerance stance

• EA and Respawn will permanently ban Apex Legends cheaters using hardware exploits.
• Strikepacks, Cronus, and XIM devices are all explicitly called out.
• Appeals for leniency on confirmed accounts will not be entertained.
• Creating a fresh account just restarts the countdown to another ban.

What counts as cheating here

• Automating actions or modifying recoil through external hardware qualifies.
• Altering input behavior to gain unfair advantages is a bannable offense.
• Console and controller ecosystems get hit hardest by these exploits.

Detection system in the works

• A multi-layered detection setup is being built for high-confidence identification.
• Respawn acknowledges that these devices have gotten extremely widespread.
• Legitimate accessibility tools will be distinguished from cheating hardware.
• Anti-cheat efforts represent the team's next major priority front.

Industry-wide crackdown trend

• Bungie is taking the same permanent-ban approach with Marathon.
• Activision battled cheaters even during the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 beta.
• Determined cheaters will always find workarounds eventually.