Cheating in video games involves a video game player using non-standard methods for creating an advantage beyond normal gameplay, usually to make the game easier. Cheats sometimes may take the ...

Cheating can, of course, be a good thing. We've all entered cheat codes into games to unlock special modes, to obtain weapons, to give ourselves infinite ammo, or extra lives. The reason those ...

The most competitive genre of online gaming – eSports, are games like DOTA 2 and League of Legends. The companies who own these titles host international tournaments with prize pools ranging ...

Cheating like this in video games has a long and even respected tradition. Games have often slyly included ways — intentionally or not — for sophisticated players to hack into the software ...

Some games are harder than others. But, as some players have realized, games can sometimes cheat to artificially inflate the difficulty. So how do you know if a game is hard or cheating?

Mia Consalvo, associate professor of telecommunications, Ohio University The Icelandic company that operates Eve Online, an Internet-based game in which players compete to control a galaxy ...

We don’t always play games the way we’re supposed to. We’ve all pulled out that little trick that helps us get through a tough area, beat a boss, or get a higher score. It might not be ...

So much so that even while stuck inside and competing in their sport virtually, cyclists are still cheating. Cycling is a sport that is riddled with Lycra-clad cheats. It has been since the very ...