PUBG’s new roadmap puts DMA cheating and repeat offenders at the center

Krafton has published its PUBG: Battlegrounds Anti-Cheat 2026 Roadmap, outlining a year-long effort to tighten detection, reduce false bans, and make it harder for banned players to return.

According to the company, one of its main goals for 2026 is improving detection accuracy so legitimate players are less likely to be caught up in anti-cheat enforcement. Krafton says it will spend the first half of the year refining its screening systems, then shift more attention in the second half to improving the false-ban review process and speeding up follow-up handling.

The company also says cheating patterns differ by platform and region, which is why it plans to continue building out region-specific responses while also strengthening anti-cheat measures on console.

AI video analysis and tougher re-entry controls are part of the plan

Krafton says repeat offenders remain a major problem, especially when banned users try to come back through newly created or compromised accounts. As part of its 2026 plan, the company says it wants to improve permanent-ban conversion and better identify users attempting to re-enter the game after enforcement action.

To support that effort, Krafton says PUBG: Battlegrounds will add AI-based video analysis to help identify suspicious behavior patterns more effectively. The company also says it plans to strengthen hardware-based restrictions, expand prevention systems, and widen detection of ban-evasion methods.

DMA cheating remains the top enforcement priority

The biggest figure in the roadmap concerns DMA-based cheating. Krafton says PUBG: Battlegrounds permanently banned about 260,000 DMA-based cheaters in 2025 and also took legal action against cheat production and distribution operations.

That issue will remain the game’s top anti-cheat priority in 2026. Krafton says it will continue investing in detection and enforcement while focusing on methods that can better block repeat abuse and stop banned users from returning.

The anti-cheat roadmap follows Krafton’s broader PUBG: Battlegrounds 2026 Roadmap, published a day earlier, but this update is more narrowly focused on enforcement, false-ban handling, and long-term anti-cheat prevention.