The enforcement action
Apex Legends’ anti-cheat team says it issued 60-day suspensions to 258 Predator-ranked players on PlayStation and Xbox for sharing accounts across multiple devices to gain an edge on the leaderboard.
The review followed community reports about unusually long, uninterrupted Ranked sessions. The team examined login activity and device data tied to high-ranked accounts. It also says all associated Ranked points will be removed from the accounts involved.
The PlayStation total is 115 players; Xbox accounts for 143. The announcement includes accounts repeatedly shared with others and accounts accessed across five or more devices.
What this means for cheat software
This is not a technical anti-cheat update. The post does not mention changed game files, a new anti-cheat component, detected cheat features, or a detection wave targeting third-party software. On that basis, there is no announced reason to hold off on Apex Legends software specifically because of this post.
That does not make any cheat risk-free. The message shows active scrutiny of account, login, and device patterns in Ranked when abuse is suspected. Detection, player reports, and in-game behaviour remain separate sources of enforcement. See why cheats get detected for a breakdown of those risks.
Whether you use BTG for Apex Legends or Ancient for Apex Legends, do not treat account sharing as part of a software setup. The enforcement described here is about shared account access, not a named cheat or feature.
What to do now
Do not lend out an account, log into it from other people’s devices for boosting, or use shared access to keep a Ranked position. The enforcement was aimed at high-ranked accounts, and the reported long Ranked sessions were one trigger for the review described by the anti-cheat team.
If you plan to launch software today, check the current product status with the seller rather than drawing conclusions from this announcement. It contains no stated game patch or protection update. Follow the safe launch checklist before playing as well; it cannot remove ban risk, but it helps avoid unnecessary mistakes.
Bot Royale ban claims
The team also reviewed community claims that recent Bot Royale bans were false positives. According to its follow-up review, the accounts it checked were correctly actioned. This does not establish the risk level of any specific cheat, but it does mean a ban should not be assumed to be reversible simply because it occurred in that mode.
For a ban already received, use the steps in our what to do after a ban guide instead of making random changes to the account or system.
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