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according to EA, only 2% of games were affected by cheaters during launch week


𝐔𝐧 bulletproof anti-cheat

Even if many complained about the new anti-cheat system during the open beta (in particular the fact of activating a security option in the BIOS of your PC), it seems to have proven itself well. According to the report published in an anticheat update, the EA Javelin in-house system has prevented more than 2.39 million cheat attempts since launch. In the opening weekend alone, there were 367,000 blocked attempts.

During the open beta, Javelin had already spotted more than 1.2 million cheats, and the percentage of games deemed “clean” had increased from 93.1% to almost 98%. Battlefield Studios ensures that the proportion of matches affected is a more relevant indicator than the simple number of bans or suspensions. For them, the issue is not only to punish cheaters, but to prevent their actions from impacting the player experience..

𝐔𝐧 encouraging observation, but persistent challenges

According to the studio, 190 programs, hardware or cheat vendors were under surveillance after launch and 183 of them (or 96.3%) reported “feature failures, detection alerts, downtime or took their cheats offline altogether.” Despite this, it is necessary to remain cautious because we can often observe video clips on social networks showing “supposedly undetectable cheats”. A reminder that the fight is not over. The studio warns that cheats will evolve and that Javelin will have to continue to adapt.

As we saw recently with the Rocket League case, the fight against cheaters is akin to a real game of cat and mouse. Large productions must now invest massively to contain this scourge, otherwise they will frustrate regular players and lose them over time. Even if we must always remain cautious about statements that are a little too triumphalist, we must recognize that Battlefield 6 seems to be doing well at the moment. Another proof of good follow-up on this subject: the community has widely welcomed the waves of bans linked to the use of Cronus Zen (a USB adapter allowing artificially modifying the behavior of a controller on PC, PlayStation or Xbox, with scripts removing recoil or optimizing aim assist).

Given Electronic Arts’ ambitions for its FPS, it is in their interest to preserve this good dynamic, especially after the launch of the Battlefield REDSEC battle royale mode. When we know the problems that games like Call of Duty: Warzone Faced with cheaters, EA is right to provide the necessary means to sustain the success of its ecosystem.