Much like the poor player who lost to Elden Ring's Godskin Noble 100 times, Ok-Communication7125 had been told by Bandai Namco Entertainment that regardless of their choice, they were losing a ton of progress. What's worse is that the threat came along with an ultimatum for Ok-Communication7125: they would have to choose between deleting 220 hours of progress or receiving a hard ban that would last for a devastating 180 days. However, Bandai Namco Entertainment issued a surprise soft ban on Ok-Communication7125's account. What happened is that Ok-Communication7125 picked up an item that another player dropped for them this is a feature in online play typically used to give new players a boost in levels or helpful gear. Normally, this would simply result in a ban for the player in question however, the event led to the soft banning of Reddit user Ok-Communication7125, with the potential for a hard ban. In more harmless cases, hackers used techniques to gain access to Elden Ring's empty colosseum area however, recently a hacker managed to datamine an unobtainable item.Īfter 220 hours, I pick up some underwear and it's all over. While this seemed to work as there have been no reports of that specific hack since the game's launch, hackers have still been able to tamper with the game. This led to FromSoftware turning to Easy Anti-Cheat for assistance, incorporating the system into the game to stop hackers from accessing online play. RELATED: Artist Shows Off Incredible Elden Ring Leyndell Art Not only was the hack an issue for previous titles, but it was believed the Dark Souls 3 hack also affected Elden Ring.

Back in January, FromSoftware titles, specifically Dark Souls 3, were threatened by an extremely dangerous hacking method that could be used to gain access to players' computers. However, it wasn't always so positive for the game, especially pre-launch. Post-launch, with many players having beaten the game at least once, Elden Ring continues to dominate, holding steady among some of Steam's most-played games. With it winning multiple most anticipated game awards as well as rocketing to the number one spot on Steam's wishlist, Elden Ring's hype was nothing short of enormous.

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