Hello players,

As 2025 comes to a close, PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS has continued to challenge itself and evolve to maintain a fair and enjoyable gameplay environment.

In this Dev Letter, we'll look back at the key actions and improvements made throughout the year, and share what we are preparing for 2026.

2025 Anti-Cheat Overview

Throughout 2025, PUBG has continuously responded to cheats.

First, we made comprehensive improvements to our internal processes to enhance the precision and speed of our cheat detection systems. We upgraded our real-time monitoring systems and restructured our procedures to enable immediate video review upon receiving reports.

As a result, about 7.81 million accounts using cheat programs have received permanent bans as of November 2025. Of these, approximately 39,000 cases were penalized based on video review.

These numbers are more than just statistics. They represent the result of collaboration between PUBG and players working together to create a fair environment. Your reports are essential to our anti-cheat efforts, and the data they provide serves as an important foundation for improving our internal solutions. Building on this complementary structure, we will continue to enhance our verification systems using report data and to further develop our proprietary detection solutions.

Additionally, as mentioned in our previous Dev Letter, PUBG continues to pursue legal action to eradicate cheat programs beyond in-game responses.

Looking at results through September 2025, our legal actions have resulted in the confiscation of approximately $1,713,823, and over 30,000 cheat programs have been blocked. We will provide updates on remaining cases once the related procedures are completed. Furthermore, reports of cheat-related ads and content, which we first mentioned in our previous Dev Letter, reached approximately 182,000 cases as of November 30, with approximately 157,000 removed. These 2025 results are the product of both our technical improvements and active participation from players.

Combating cheats is not something that can be done overnight. However, we will do our best to ensure a fair and enjoyable gameplay experience through continuous improvement and transparent communication.

Anti-Cheat Metrics Analysis

Next, we'd like to share our anti-cheat activities conducted throughout 2025 and discuss their results, focusing on the key metrics we continuously monitor.

Please note that the graphs and statistics included here are compiled based on our global service, and may differ somewhat from the situations you experience in specific countries or servers.

During the first half of 2025, cheat-related problems continued, and there were times when the impact of anti-cheat measures wasn’t immediately noticeable.

To address this situation, we promised to strengthen penalty standards and restructure our operational systems, and we have been making continuous improvements accordingly. Through this process, we reorganized problematic elements and established faster and more efficient response processes. As a result, we confirmed gradual improvements in key metrics, and in the second half of the year, we were able to address even more sophisticated forms of cheat programs through measures such as introducing kernel driver detection functionality and enforcing bans against DMA-based hacks.

Based on these measures, cheat-related metrics showed a steady decline through the second half of the year and have remained stable at low levels recently.

We are not satisfied with these improvements and will continue to enhance our detection capabilities and advance our technology to respond to emerging types of cheat programs.

Future Plans

In 2026, various system improvements will be rolled out sequentially for our anti-cheat operations, player account protection, and an enhanced gameplay environment. Among these, we'd like to first introduce our plans for a secondary password feature to strengthen player account security, and a system to block cheat ads through voice chat.

Secondary Password

There have been ongoing reports of hard-earned items and currency being lost, or unintended purchases being made, due to account theft and unauthorized logins. This damage goes beyond simple currency loss, leading to the compromise of achievements players have built over time within PUBG.

Additionally, some stolen accounts are transferred to cheaters and exploited for cheating, resulting in those accounts being banned.

As these situations continued, we consistently received feedback from players requesting enhanced account security, and we have also internally recognized the need for stronger account protection.

We are finalizing legal reviews and system development for all countries where PUBG PC is available, and plan to officially introduce the Secondary Password feature in January 2026. Once this feature is applied, you will be able to choose whether to use an additional authentication procedure when accessing PUBG. Details will be provided in the upcoming 39.2 Patch Notes to be released in January.

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We expect this feature to significantly strengthen account security, allowing us to better protect your valuable accounts. We thank all players who have waited for this for a long time, and will continue to work on enhancing account security and personal information protection.

Blocking Cheat Advertisement via Voice Chat

Next, we'd like to introduce system improvements to block accounts that use voice chat to advertise cheat programs.

We've identified ongoing cases of in-game voice chat being used to advertise cheats or direct players to external sites. Such behavior not only disrupts the gameplay experience of legitimate players but is also a serious issue that can spread the use of cheats.

We are implementing technical responses to eradicate this problem. In collaboration with our internal AI team, we have been researching detection systems utilizing AI-based voice recognition technology, and have confirmed meaningful results during internal verification stages.

Accordingly, we plan to gradually implement this feature starting in Q1 2026. Our long-term goal is to build a system that can automatically identify cheat advertising via voice and immediately enforce bans. We expect this feature to more effectively block voice chat abuse and provide players with a safer, more enjoyable gaming environment.

We will continue our efforts to eradicate cheats, and related details will be announced through separate notices during future updates.

Looking Ahead to 2026

In the Anti-Cheat Roadmap released in June 2025, we promised a structural transformation and shared our direction for providing players with a more satisfactory anti-cheat system.

As we conclude this year, we know that while some players have noticed improvements, others still feel that more needs to be done.

We do not take these voices lightly. Your feedback serves as the most accurate compass guiding us in the direction we need to go, and in 2026, we will continue following that compass to grow stronger. Our efforts extend beyond blocking cheats; our goal is to ensure a trustworthy and fair environment for all players.

We ask for your continued interest and participation in 2026, and we will continue making improvements to meet those expectations. PUBG will continue to work with you to create a fair gameplay environment.

We'll see you in the next Dev Letter.

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS Anti-Cheat Team