The First Descendant Hits 10 Million Players in First Week; Over 4,000 Game and Store Cheaters Perma-Banned in Seven Days
Regardless of what you think of looter shooters, Nexon’s AAA entry in the genre, The First Descendants, is a confirmed hit, as the studio has announced that the game has already hit 10 million players in just the first seven days of availability!
The announcement was made on the official The First Descendant Twitter:
🎉 10 Million Descendants! 🎉
We’ve reached 10 million Descendants in just 7 days!
Thank you all for your tremendous support and love. It means everything to us.
We will do our best to bring you great experiences. Can’t wait to continue this journey together! pic.twitter.com/SsvcelMTsh— The First Descendant (@FirstDescendant) July 12, 2024
Regardless if The First Descendant is a free-to-play game, 10 million players is nothing to scoff at. The game’s popularity is evident, as its subreddit has over 83, 000 members, and a few hundred are almost always online.
Of course, this being an online game, that means cheaters and toxic players will infest it somehow. Thankfully, Nexon is on the case, as over 3,400 accounts have been banned in just four days!
According to Nexon, they are inspecting “abusive gaming behavior to ensure that all Descendants can enjoy the game in a pleasant environment.”
Nexon adds:
- – The outcome of the crackdown on abusive users includes enforcement actions taken based on Descendant’s reports and monitoring.
- – If you would like to vindicate yourself in relation to a claim on the exploitation of the Open Store’s payment process, please visit our official website > Customer Service > 1:1 Support and make your inquiry.
- – If you would like to vindicate yourself in relation to a claim on the exploitation of the payment process through chargebacks, please contact the platform store where you made the payment.
The crackdown period ran from July 5 to July 11, and so far, there are 3,481 users perma-banned for “creating, distributing or using unauthorized programs,” while 639 users were given a 30-day ban for “abnormal gameplay” that was detected. Finally, 608 users were handed permanent bans for “unfair gains by exploitation on store payment process.” You can check out the list of banned players here.
In case you didn’t log on yesterday, a patch was released that brought in content changes. You can also check out the roadmap to see the major updates planned for the year.
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