May 22 2026, 11:27am PST: Riot has since issued a tweet confirming that Vanguard does not "brick" PCs, clarifying that the devices in its tweet are "cheat hardware devices." It states that "Vanguard ...

Pam's Colecovision was her babysitter, from the age of 4 or 5, but the family only had one game. Over and over, hour after hour, she'd climb and jump through the three levels of Donkey Kong. But the ...

Earlier today, Valorant players accused Vanguard, Riot Games’ anti-cheat software, of going full malware, allegedly bricking PCs. Things didn’t get better as Riot seemingly owned up to it by making ...

Riot is giving its “beloved” Vanguard, the kernel-level anti-cheat behind Valorant and League of Legends, an optional on-demand mode. Instead of loading the moment Windows boots and sitting in your ...