A lot of people like taking their Apple GameCenter score earnings seriously, but that can be hard to do when cheaters tend to post fake scores on the service. Not to worry —  that will soon be a thing of the past.

Apple has posted a new update to developers, one that states they now have the ability to block out fake scores and keep cheaters from affecting the system altogether. This statement came from the update:

“You can now view and manage the top 100 scores and usernames for all of your Game Center leaderboards. Protect your legitimate players by signing in to iTunes Connect to delete fake scores or block players that post fake scores. You can also restore scores and players within the same time period.”

The announcement went into even more specifics as well:

“After you have apps available in the App Store or Mac App Store, iTunes Connect gives you access to 30 days of scores posted to your apps’ leaderboards. If you determine that players are able to generate fraudulent scores, you can remove these scores from a leaderboard or even block individual players from posting scores. You can manage active leaderboards as follows:

View the top 100 scores for a given leaderboard or grouped game leaderboard.

Delete a specific leaderboard score from a leaderboard.

Restore a specific score to a leaderboard.

Block a player from posting scores to a given leaderboard. This deletes all scores on the leaderboard for that player.

Restore a player and the player’s most recent score posted before being blocked.

iTunes Connect maintains 30 days of leaderboard entries for your review: scores older than 30 days cannot be removed from a leaderboard; scores removed or players blocked cannot be restored more than 30 days after they are removed.”

More information is available in the iTunes Connect Developer Guide. {link no longer active}

Source: 9 To 5 Mac