The Battlefield 6 beta received off to a flying begin on the weekend–over 520,000 concurrent gamers on Steam alone–but one of many main complaints amongst PC gamers has been the inflow of cheaters into the sport. EA and developer Battlefield Studios are effectively conscious of this downside, with one of many measures taken being the implementation of Secure Boot expertise for the PC model of the sport. Whereas this will help in a combat, EA’s anti-cheat workforce has admitted that it isn’t a “silver bullet” that may cease all cheaters.
“On Secure Boot, I wish to be clear that Secure Boot is just not, and was not meant to be a silver bullet,” a consultant from EA’s SPEAR Anti-Cheat Staff wrote on the EA forums. “Secure Boot is the way you’re serving to us construct up our arsenal. It’s one other barrier that helps us make it tougher for cheat builders to create cheat applications, and makes it simpler for us to detect it once they do.”
Whereas SecureBoot is not foolproof, EA claims it has used it alongside different measures to crack down on dishonest considerably. In response to EA, 330,000 makes an attempt to cheat or tamper with anti-cheat controls had been prevented with Javelin anti-cheat alone–as of August 8–thousands of cheaters had been reported every day, and its Battlefield groups are coordinating efforts to enhance the integrity of the sport.
Echoing the statements made by Battlefield Studios head Vince Zampella about being locked in an anti-cheat arms race, EA says it will proceed to work on staying a step forward of cheaters. Whereas there are a number of the reason why players will use cheats to achieve a bonus, one factor is for certain–the market for cheats can be very lucrative.
The second Battlefield 6 open beta begins on August 14, and within the wake of the primary weekend, there was plenty of dialogue concerning the recreation. Former AEW champion–and famous gamer–Samoa Joe additionally hopped into the beta on the weekend, and he is questioning if Battlefield 6’s constructive reception is being formed by Battlefield 2042’s poor reception.
Battlefield 6 will launch on October 10 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection X|sS.