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Kabam warns players of fraud in 2 of its highly profitable games

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 4 min

Gaming powerhouse Kabam has sent a message to players of two lucrative games. Apparently, some players have been hacking and cheating to exploit the economy of the games for their own benefit.

The fraud has led to a lot of agitation among players about Kabam’s actions and whether the company has acted swiftly enough.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.