India, Dec. 25 -- As thousands of users complained about Amazon Web Services (AWS), Fortnite, Epic Games, ARC Raiders, Among Us and several other titles being down on Wednesday, some users blamed the EasyAntiCheat (EAC) functionality. This comes as Downdetector, a platform that tracks online outages, showed at least 35,000 reports for ARC Raiders and over 4,000 for AWS.

Meanwhile, gamers posted photos of their screens on social media, with a message reading 'EAC cannot be instantiated'.

Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) is a widely used anti-cheat software developed by Kamulearning Ltd, designed to detect and prevent cheating in online multiplayer games. Acquired by Epic Games in 2018, EAC is integrated into hundreds of titles, including Fortnite, ...