Psyonix, the developer behind Rocket League, has confirmed the studio happens to be “investigating solutions” to tackle AI cheats.
According to Pysonix, “a small number of players” are presently using Nexto (a bot that utilizes AI and reinforcement learning algorithms to optimise play) to compete in ranked matches, giving them a massively unfair advantage.
Speaking to PC Gamer, the creator from the Nexto bot confirmed “we’re taking steps to make sure our bots can’t be abused in the future and we can’t wait to exhibit everyone the exciting projects we’ve been focusing on.”
Psyonix also confirmed it had been “actively investigating solutions” to the problem in the report.
Speaking throughout a Reddit Q&A last week Aech, among the authors of RLGym that was used to train Nexto, said the cheating was “incredibly disheartening. I really like this game, I really like machine learning, and I’m incredibly proud of the RLGym community. Seeing all our hard work and fervour abused like this is crushing.”
“We've let Psyonix know about the cheat which we’re available to helping them when they decide we can do something helpful for them,” he added. “They did ask us to not publicly release any more bots of this caliber until they get the situation in check.”
Aech continued to say: “Nexto was exceptionally difficult to make. It took a massive engineering effort and a lot of community support to complete, which is not easily replicable. That said, there is now clearly a motivation for bad actors to test making bots that are better than Nexto, and so i think we must assume something better will appear eventually.”
In other news, Riot Games has released an argument concerning the League of Legends cinematic launched alongside Season 2023, claiming it “missed the mark” because of “unprecedented circumstances” cropping up.
