Riot is giving its “beloved” Vanguard, the kernel-level anti-cheat behind Valorant and League of Legends, an optional ...

Most of you, anyway.

To use the new feature, players must meet a security checklist that requires Windows 11 25H2, Secure Boot, TPM 2.0, and a few ...

Riot has clarified how Vanguard’s latest update targets DMA-based cheat hardware by tightening hardware-level memory protections. The crackdown may stop advanced cheaters, but it is also raising ...

After years of debate surrounding Vanguard, Riot is finally introducing an optional alternative for eligible PCs.

TL;DR: Riot Games updated its Vanguard anti-cheat to block DMA-based cheat hardware using SATA and NVMe interfaces by enforcing IOMMU, which disrupts cheat firmware and disables the devices without ...

Riot Games is changing how its Vanguard anti-cheat runs on PCs, pulling back from its always-on behavior and limiting when it's active on players' machines. With a new update, Vanguard will no longer ...

When it comes to the competitive shooter genre, "Counter-Strike" has long been hailed as the default for many. The game relies on precise gun play and other skills that anybody could pick up given ...

Riot Games’ Cheat Executive Officer Phillip Koskinas made this announcement on Twitter: Vanguard is compatible with Javelin, and you don’t need to uninstall one anti-cheat to use the other. However, ...

Photo of a controller with a Riot Games logo in the background. - Bangla press/Shutterstock Riot, the gaming giant behind "Valorant" and "League of Legends," clarified in a post on X that its Vanguard ...

Riot, the gaming giant behind "Valorant" and "League of Legends," clarified in a post on X that its Vanguard anti-cheat isn't bricking PCs. The rumors started circulating it shared a photo of various ...