Like sports and other competitive pastimes, video games continue to grapple with the issue of cheating. The industry’s rapid growth has left some parties scrambling to catch up to legal issues, which are quickly rising to the forefront. Like any industry, participants in the video game industry face a myriad of legal issues, some unique to the industry and some seen elsewhere. The professional and recreational video game industry is already a massive multibillion-dollar industry, and it continues to grow each year. E-sports and video games are no different.
Cheating seems to be an intrinsic part of sports. For as long as humans have played games against each other, some have done anything to win: cork-filled bats greased baseballs deflated footballs performance-enhancing drugs the list goes on and on.
