While EA had already confirmed that Battlefield 6 will be using its strict Javelin Anti-Cheat solution to prevent hackers and cheaters, the company has revealed through a post on the game’s discussion board that the anticheat has already been quite successful. In the post, the company has offered some interesting statistics for the open beta, revealing that it had already prevented 330,000 attempts at cheating and tampering with the game in its first couple of days alone.
In the post, a member of the EA Anticheat Team also wrote about the Secure Boot requirement for the PC version of Battlefield 6, and how it works with Javelin Anti-Cheat. The post mentions that Secure Boot was “not intended to be a silver bullet”. Rather, the Anticheat Team at EA can strengthen Javelin Anti-Cheat’s capabilities.
“On Secure Boot, I want to be clear that Secure Boot is not, and was not intended to be a silver bullet,” reads the post. “Secure Boot is how you’re helping us build up our arsenal. It’s another barrier that helps us make it harder for cheat developers to create cheat programs, and makes it easier for us to detect it when they do.”
As for the beta itself, the post also mentions that more than 44,000 instances of potential cheaters were reported by Battlefield 6 players on day one of the recent beta, with 60,000 more coming in just a day later. Through these reports, the Javelin Anti-Cheat team can work with players and its Gameplay Integrity team to better improve cheat detection for the game. Along with this, reported players who have been confirmed to be cheating are also being actively removed from the game altogether.
“Anti-Cheat isn’t one and done, it’s an ever-evolving battlefield, and what has worked for us previously or in different games doesn’t always work in all of them,” reads the post.
EA had outlined the need for Secure Boot for “enhanced security” to power Battlefield 6’s anti-cheat feature a few days before the open beta went live. Along with Secure Boot, TPM (Trusted Platform Module) also acts as a hard requirement for the PC version. Through this, Javelin Anti-Cheat can do a better job of detecting and stopping cheat programs that might start up during a PC’s boot. Along with this, EA’s Anti-Cheat Team is actively working with the Battlefield Positive Play Team to implement new features for Javelin to combat cheating in Battlefield 6.
While the first beta period of Battlefield 6 came to an end recently, it will return on August 14 and go on until August 17. During this beta, Battlefield 6 will be open for anyone to try. The first beta test has also proven to be incredibly successful, with the Steam version of the game hitting a peak of over 521,000 concurrent players. Players in the beta have also discovered quite a few new features of Battlefield 6, including a new “Flick Look” option that allows players to instantly turn by 180 degrees.
Battlefield 6 is coming to PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on October 10.
