TNWA releases free anti-cheat software

The New World Assembly (TNWA) Group has released its proprietary anti-cheat platform, X-ray, to anybody that wants to use it for regulation of online games - for free.

The software, which cost over USD 1 million to develop, is currently used by the company's own tournament site Enemydown.

X-ray works by monitoring an individual's PC during play, and if it detects any irregularities it then sends a report and screenshot - anybody caught cheating will then be held in a database and prevented from taking part in future games using the software.

TNWA CEO Paul Sulyok explained the decision to GamesIndustry.biz.

"The reason why this came about is because we had a number of smaller leagues and tournaments in the UK, the States and in Australia who approached us asking to borrow the anti-cheat software that we had.

"We're not in the game of saying 'no, you can't have it, everyone's got to play in our tournaments,' so we sat down and tried to come up with a solution whereby people could use the anti-cheat technology that we built, and are updating an improving on an ongoing basis.

"It's about community, it's about nurturing and helping the community - and the community helps each other. We've had a number of companies help us out in the past, and there's absolutely no reason why we shouldn't feed that back in to help other communities grow as well."

Anybody wishing to download the software can do so at no cost, but will need to register at the X-ray web site.