Cheaters seem to be trying their hardest to hack inBattlefield6, using what appear to be highly sophisticated pieces of software (and probably even hardware) to inject various nefarious stuff into the game. However, EA’s intrusive measures are proving effective, as over 330,000 cheaters got banned in two days.
According to EA’s SPEAR anti-cheat team, the Secure Boot requirement is proving quite effective at combating cheaters, given that the system allows EA to recognize anything that seems to be “off.” Paired with player reports and the kernel-level Javelin anti-cheat, EA has managed to ban over 330,000 cheaters sinceBattlefield 6‘s open beta began on Aug. 7.
Additionally, SPEAR is working closely with other EA teams to improve detections, add new ones, and is intensively cooperating to ban as many reported cheaters as possible (that is, after each and every report is verified, of course).
EA will also continue building on its countermeasures, using the open beta to see what works and what does not, and howBattlefield 6specifically needs to be handled to minimize cheating. Though I’ve reached out to EA yesterday regarding this precise issue, I haven’t yet received a response, but I’d argue that secure dedicated servers with community admins could be one potential means to a cheaterless end.
For those out of the loop,Battlefield 6is already seeing cheaters, with over 40,000 reports in the open beta’s very first day. Videos have been circulating online showing hackers using wallhacks and aim assist, among other things, bypassing EA’s extensive and heavily intrusive anti-cheating measures, including a kernel-level anti-cheat, Secure Boot, and TPM 2.0.
Thankfully, it seems the company is working hard to combat any and all hacks during this open beta window, which will hopefully mitigate potential cheating once the full game is released on Oct. 10.
