Respawn tackles Apex Legends PC cheaters with hardware ID bans

Apex Legends PC cheaters are reporting that developer Respawn has banned them with hardware ID bans.

In threads popping up across ResetEra and Reddit (via PC Gamer), PC players who admit they've cheated are trying to find ways to bypass the ban. Usual workarounds like IP changes are not working, nor will attempts to use secondary accounts, whether or not those accounts have been cheating or not.

"I am HWID banned," wrote Chunk. "Can anyone help and let me know what I can do to bypass this so I can play normal. Everytime I create a new account it gets banned."

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