Players are already getting banned from the Valorant closed console beta for using mouse and keyboard. The Valorant console beta currently only supports controllers, so anyone detected to be using a mouse and keyboard via an adapter is getting automatically banned, thanks to Riot Games anti-cheat software.

A video shared on X (formerly Twitter) by a user named Anti-Cheat Police Department showed a console Valorant match abruptly end, with a red screen appearing stating that a cheater had been detected. This resulted in the match being canceled and the cheater being banned. In a Reddit comment, Valorant tech lead Marcus Reid confirmed that Valorant’s anti-cheat would detect anyone using a XIM device or a similar device and ban them.