1
Apex Legends Javelin Anti-Cheat Blocks 265,550 Attempts in First Week
EA shared first-week figures for Javelin anti-cheat in Apex Legends, reporting over 265,000 prevented cheating attempts and nearly 13,000 account bans on PC.
Every story from The Esports Library, newest first — patch notes, meta shifts, beta coverage and everything else worth knowing across the games we follow.
EA shared first-week figures for Javelin anti-cheat in Apex Legends, reporting over 265,000 prevented cheating attempts and nearly 13,000 account bans on PC.
Patch 13.08 opens V26 Act 6 with a per-map rating system, a Corrode rework aimed at fixing mid-fight chaos, and a map pool swap that removes Ascent and Split.
North American organisation The Kafe has picked up the core of the former LuneX Gaming roster ahead of OWCS NA Stage 3, which begins October 10.
LOS defeated FURIA 3-2 on October 10 to claim the CBLOL 2026 Split 2 championship, earning Brazil’s first seed and a direct Swiss Stage berth at Worlds 2026.
Apex Legends’ Halloween event launches October 13 with a fog-shrouded Kings Canyon, faction-based Wild Cards in Wildcard mode, and new cosmetics for Sparrow and Alter.
Season 5: A Grim Doctrine launched October 6 with a new Support hero, a Roadhog rework that adds Trash Compactor, Sombra’s move from Damage to Support, and a new Escort map set in an Icelandic volcanic fissure.
Riot Games developers confirmed that Performance Score does not affect MMR or RR, called Agent Mastery a ‘Version 1.0’ system, and flagged Neon for pattern-level changes in a future patch.
Patch 26.20 trims Ambessa’s late-game damage, raises K’Sante’s mana costs, and halves Hextech Rocketbelt’s ability haste ahead of Worlds 2026.
Respawn’s Marked Split 2 midseason patch overhauls Conduit, Fuse, Catalyst and Bloodhound while introducing controller-based anti-cheat across all platforms.
Respawn and EA confirmed on September 24 that Apex Legends’ PC anti-cheat moves from Easy Anti-Cheat to EA Javelin Anticheat on September 29, 2026. The migration is automatic and does not require Secure Boot.
Patch 13.06 brings a new scoped rifle at 2,900 credits, replaces ACS with Performance Score, overhauls agent progression, and adds a limited-time 2v2 mode.
Blizzard announced major reworks for Sombra and Roadhog at BlizzCon 2026, including Sombra’s move to Support and Roadhog’s new defensive ability, Trash Compactor.