My Hero Ultra Rumble

My Hero Ultra Rumble is a free-to-play hero battle royale based on the My Hero Academia anime, with twenty-four players in three-person teams. It is developed by Byking and published by Bandai Namco EntertainmentPublisherBandai Namco EntertainmentBandai Namco Entertainment is the Japanese publisher behind a wide catalog of console and PC games, including FromSoftware's Elden Ring and a range of anime-licensed titles. Its games span anti-cheat postures from Elden Ring's Easy Anti-Cheat to the same kernel-mode EAC in its free-to-play hero battle royale My Hero Ultra Rumble, developed by Byking.2 games in this family →, and it released on September 28, 2023 on PC (Steam), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch, running on UnrealEngineUnreal Engine (Epic Games)Epic Games' Unreal Engine is the most widely used engine in big-budget PC games. Versions 4 and 5 power a substantial share of the modern competitive shooter market, including Valorant (UE4), Fortnite (UE5), PUBG (UE4), The Finals (UE5), and Delta Force (UE5).20 games in this family → Engine 4. It remains live in 2026, having reached its seventeenth season.

My Hero Ultra Rumble requires Easy Anti-Cheat, including a kernel-mode driver on Windows, for online play. If a launch fails with an EACAnti-cheatEasy Anti-Cheat (EAC)Easy Anti-Cheat is one of the most widely deployed kernel anti-cheats in PC gaming. Founded by Finnish company Kamu in 2006, acquired by Epic Games in 2018, and bundled with Epic Online Services. The kernel driver loads while a protected game is running. User-mode daemons EasyAntiCheat.exe and EasyAntiCheat_EOS.exe are catalogued in the Field Guide's processes section.18 games in this family → error, repair Easy Anti-Cheat from the EasyAntiCheat folder in the game directory rather than disabling it. The protected-game launcher is start_protected_game.exe, and the EAC daemons it starts (EasyAntiCheat.exe, EasyAntiCheat_EOS.exe) are catalogued here.

My Hero Ultra Rumble installs Easy Anti-Cheat. The clearest fingerprint is the install layout: an EasyAntiCheat folder in the game directory and the start_protected_game.exe launcher, which is EAC's standard wrapper. On Windows, EAC's full configuration runs a kernel-mode driver plus a Windows service that load when the protected game starts. One honest caveat: Bandai Namco has not published a statement specifying the anti-cheat mode for this title, so kernel-mode is the well-supported default for EAC rather than a vendor-confirmed claim for this game. The user-mode EAC daemons, EasyAntiCheat.exe and EasyAntiCheat_EOS.exe, are catalogued in the Field Guide's processes section.

About six weeks after launch, on November 8, 2023, Bandai Namco published an official statement on its measures against cheating and illegal tools, citing the EULA, saying accounts using unauthorized tools would be dealt with from recorded battle logs, and describing account isolation for intentional repeat-disconnect behavior. Notably, that statement is policy language; it does not name Easy Anti-Cheat or detail the technical measures. The game's Steam concurrent player count peaked around 46,591 at launch in October 2023 and declined steeply afterward, typical of the genre, with Steam reviews settling at Mixed. Players widely report that cheats such as speed and flight circulate and that enforcement feels weak; that is community sentiment from Steam discussions rather than a measured figure.