Editing Cheating in online games (section)

=== Third-party hardware detection ===
With the additional scrutiny directed towards the rising popularity of the third-party peripherals being used to gain unfair advantages in competitive games, game developers such as [[Bungie]] and [[Activision]] started cracking down on the users of these peripherals, with Activision updating its RICOCHET cheat detection software to detect such devices,<ref>{{Cite web |title='Call of Duty' can detect and ban XIM-style cheat hardware |url=https://www.engadget.com/call-of-duty-can-detect-and-ban-xim-style-cheat-hardware-100314416.html |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=Engadget |date=5 April 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Warren |first=Tom |date=2023-04-04 |title=Call of Duty is the latest to detect and ban XIM cheaters |url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/4/23669939/call-of-duty-warzone-xim-ban-suspension-warning |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=The Verge |language=en-US}}</ref> while Bungie has just announced that while they are fine with using peripherals for the sake of genuine [[accessibility]], they are ready to take countermeasures if they detect players using these devices to gain unfair advantages.<ref name=":2" /> <ref>{{Cite web |title=This Week at Bungie - 4/13/2023 |url=https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/twab-04-13-2023-best-dressed |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=www.bungie.net}}</ref>