Riot Games’ controversial Vanguard anti-cheat has drawn fresh attention after a new update reportedly made some expensive Valorant cheat hardware unusable. Riot mocked hardware cheaters on X, saying ...

Valorant cheaters have watched their $6,000 investment turned into paperweights overnight as Riot Games updated the Vanguard anti-cheat software to block DMA (Direct Memory Access) cheating devices.

VALORANT cheaters on PC have been given another obstacle as Riot Games reveals a Vanguard update that will be stricter on system boot security. Riot has continued to crack down on cheating and earlier ...

There’s been a wave of claims by cheaters about Vanguard “bricking” their PCs, so let’s clear that up: Vanguard does not damage hardware or disable your devices. The photo we posted is a picture of ...

For as long as there have been video games, there have been people willing to find ways to cheat. Hobbyists have long dedicated themselves to finding vulnerabilities in games, often with the goal of ...

May 22 2026, 11:27am PST: Riot has since issued a tweet confirming that Vanguard does not "brick" PCs, clarifying that the devices in its tweet are "cheat hardware devices." It states that "Vanguard ...