Outriders shooter from People Can Fly studio on February 25 got a demo that attracted more than two million users. Some unscrupulous players immediately discovered a loophole that allowed them to get an advantage in the full version of the project using a demo. They used cheats to get legendary items, and then bragged about them on the web. This began to bother other users, but the developers immediately warned that they knew which of the players got the equipment dishonestly.

On the Reddit forum, a visitor under the pseudonym DrRobertFordMD posted a post with a message to the creators of People Can Fly. He posted a video in which he showed how using cheats you can get a bunch of legendary items in the Outriders demo. Then the player disassembled them and acquired strong item modifications. And they, in turn, are transferred from the demo to the full version if the user buys the upcoming People Can Fly shooter. It turns out that scammers can secure an advantage in Outriders in advance. DrRobertFordMD warned developers not to tweak the balance due to cheaters bragging about legendary items on the web.

Thearcan, Community Relations Manager for Square Enix, which publishes Outriders, responded to the message. According to him, People Can Fly uses internal statistics to see which of the users received legendary items thanks to cheats. Therefore, developers do not need to make decisions about balance fixes based only on the bragging rights of unscrupulous players. True, thearcan did not reveal whether People Can Fly is going to punish cheaters in any way.

Outriders will release April 1, 2021 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S.