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May 22 2026, 11:27am PST: Riot has since issued a tweet confirming that Vanguard does not "brick" PCs, clarifying that the devices in its tweet are "cheat hardware devices." It states that "Vanguard ...

For years, playing Valorant or League of Legends involved a tacit understanding among most players that they never explicitly agreed to: in return for a good game, you would give Riot permission to ...

Riot Games has announced that it plans to let players stop its Vanguard anti-cheat from loading at Windows start-up, the company has announced, ending the boot-time behavior the kernel driver has had ...

Riot's Vanguard anti-cheat now offers an On-Demand mode that runs only when launching Riot games, requiring Windows 11 25H2, Secure Boot, TPM 2.0, and other security ...

Update: Riot Games has issued a statement regarding Vanguard, assuring users that it “does not damage hardware or disable your devices.” The studio provides a more detailed explanation of what its ...

Following the recent wave of DMA card bans by Riot Games, the video game company has finally decided to roll out a meaningful update to its Vanguard anti-cheat software. League of Legends and Valorant ...