ARC Raiders steps up efforts to curb cheaters, but some gaming families may get caught in the crossfire
Just about any online game in 2026 deals with cheaters and hackers attempting to ruin the integrity of the experience, and ARC Raiders is no different. The extraction shooter from Embark Studios has had its struggles with hackers for a while, and in the ongoing effort to keep them at bay, a new change may adversely affect someone who's potentially innocent. Image via Embark Steam Family Sharing allows up to six members of a household share their game libraries together, allowing for people to simultaneously play different games on the same account at the same time, rack up their own achievements, and use their own save files. But, according to Embark, cheaters have sullied the experience so a change has been made. "Up until now, suspended accounts could exploit Steam Family Sharing to avoid account suspensions, making their way back to Speranza to continue their illegitimate play," Embark announced this morning. "This change prevents that by ensuring that if an account is suspended, all accounts associated with that account through Steam Family Sharing are also, automatically, suspended as well." There's a scenario that could happen here where someone playing ARC Raiders on a family sharing account gets taken down because someone else in that group was suspended (not necessarily cheating or hacking, but any sort of bad behavior). I'm imagining a gamer family with one bad actor that ruins it for everyone, and that kind of stinks, but it seems necessary. Embark's website also states that if the person who's suspended is the license owner (the person who bought the game and has it tied to their account), all accounts within the family sharing plan will also be restricted. Big bummer. The simple lesson here is to not cheat, and if you're using family share, be careful who you share with because you may quickly become guilty by association. But if your younger sibling or something has been dabbling in some wallhacks, be prepared to take an ARC Raiders vacation. The post ARC Raiders steps up efforts to curb cheaters, but some gaming families may get caught in the crossfire appeared first on Destructoid.
Just about any online game in 2026 deals with cheaters and hackers attempting to ruin the integrity of the experience, and ARC Raiders is no different.
The extraction shooter from Embark Studios has had its struggles with hackers for a while, and in the ongoing effort to keep them at bay, a new change may adversely affect someone who's potentially innocent.
Image via Embark Steam Family Sharing allows up to six members of a household share their game libraries together, allowing for people to simultaneously play different games on the same account at the same time, rack up their own achievements, and use their own save files. But, according to Embark, cheaters have sullied the experience so a change has been made."Up until now, suspended accounts could exploit Steam Family Sharing to avoid account suspensions, making their way back to Speranza to continue their illegitimate play," Embark announced this morning. "This change prevents that by ensuring that if an account is suspended, all accounts associated with that account through Steam Family Sharing are also, automatically, suspended as well."
There's a scenario that could happen here where someone playing ARC Raiders on a family sharing account gets taken down because someone else in that group was suspended (not necessarily cheating or hacking, but any sort of bad behavior). I'm imagining a gamer family with one bad actor that ruins it for everyone, and that kind of stinks, but it seems necessary.
Embark's website also states that if the person who's suspended is the license owner (the person who bought the game and has it tied to their account), all accounts within the family sharing plan will also be restricted. Big bummer.
The simple lesson here is to not cheat, and if you're using family share, be careful who you share with because you may quickly become guilty by association. But if your younger sibling or something has been dabbling in some wallhacks, be prepared to take an ARC Raiders vacation.
The post ARC Raiders steps up efforts to curb cheaters, but some gaming families may get caught in the crossfire appeared first on Destructoid.
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