The Battlefield 6 open betas proved exceptionally popular earlier this month for many, but a significant portion of the PC playerbase were met with a daunting wall to play thanks to the game’s Secure Boot requirement. This technical hurdle is in place for the game’s anti-cheat, a kernel-level bit of software dedicated to curbing a rising cheating problem across online …
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Battlefield 6 dev apologizes for requiring Secure Boot to power anti-cheat tools
Earlier this month, EA announced that players in its Battlefield 6 open beta on PC would have to enable Secure Boot in their Windows OS and BIOS settings. That decision proved controversial among players who weren’t able to get the finicky low-level security setting working on their machines and others who were unwilling to allow EA’s anti-cheat tools to once …
Read More »Getting self-electrocuted is one effective way to beat anti-cheat and improve your shooter skills – TechSpot
Getting self-electrocuted is one effective way to beat anti-cheat and improve your shooter skills TechSpot Between pained cries, the YouTuber who made this ‘neuromuscular aim assist’ that shocks his muscles for fast Counter-Strike 2 reactions insists it’s ‘not cheats’ PC Gamer YouTuber builds aimbot using muscle shocks & insists it’s not cheating Dexerto Inventor’s Quest to Redefine Aiming in Gaming Involves Getting an …
Read More »BIOS shock: getting past Battlefield 6’s anti-cheat error was the faffiest thing a PC game has ever required of me
I’m used to PC gaming being fiddly but I’ve never experienced anything like trying to get the Battlefield 6 beta working before. Allow me to paint you a picture. I installed Battlefield 6 at the weekend, to join the open beta, but when I tried to load the game I was returned with a security error, reading, “Secure Boot is …
Read More »Dev Letter: Introducing a New Anti-Cheat Solution – NEWS
Hello players, Over the years, we’ve remained committed to creating a fair and enjoyable gameplay environment, and we’ve made that promise to you time and again. This August, we’re taking another step toward keeping that promise by introducing a new anti-cheat feature. In today’s Dev Letter, we’d like to share the background and walk you through what’s coming. The Need …
Read More »Battlefield 6’s anti-cheat system has already prevented 330,000 attempts to “cheat or tamper with anti-cheat controls”
If you’ve been wondering just how Battlefield 6‘s Secure Boot requirement and anti-cheat system Javelin have been holding up during Battlefield 6’s gargantuan open beta test, AC from EA’s Anti-Cheat team has revealed that during the Open Beta alone, Javelin has blocked over 300,000 attempted cheat efforts and reviewed 100K+ potential cheaters. “Your reports help us zero in and lead …
Read More »Battlefield 6 Beta Breaks 470K Users on Steam; Its Anti-Cheat Already Stopped Over 330K Cheaters
The Battlefield 6 beta is now open to everyone, and the concurrent users peak on Steam (the only platform where we can reliably check it, thanks to SteamDB) has already surpassed 470K. It’s entirely likely that it will break through 500K concurrent users before this beta weekend is over. As a reminder, playing this weekend will guarantee the unlock of …
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