Not necessarily.
Usually when micro-transactions are present everything is validated server side, Leading to always online games like diablo 3+.
From my understanding kernel level anticheat is to detect things like aimbot, wallhack etc.
Usually when micro-transactions are present everything is validated server side, Leading to always online games like diablo 3+.
From my understanding kernel level anticheat is to detect things like aimbot, wallhack etc.
Street Fight 5 did the same thing; it was possible to unlock characters for local play using a trainer. They patched in a rootkit with known vulnerabilities in an attempt to prevent that.