EA announced in 2022 the development of a self-developed kernel-level anti-cheat system, EA AntiCheat, which is currently installed in the “EA Sports FC” series and the previous “FIFA” series of football games.
According to the latest news from EA’s official blog: “We have been working hard to create a safe and fair gaming environment for all players. Therefore, we will add the EA AntiCheat anti-cheat system to Battlefield 2042 Season 6 when it is launched in October. “
“Battlefield 2042” has been using the Easy Anti Cheat anti-cheating system, which is often referred to as the “Little Blue Bear”. It is found that according to EA officials, the game will seamlessly transition to the new anti-cheat system:
When we add EA's anti-cheating system to it, players won't notice any difference when logging in and playing games, but this will help our team find and eliminate cheating players.EA said: “Third-party anti-cheat solutions are often not transparent to our team and do not allow us to add privacy control options or enable high-precision customization for EA-specific game modes. When using EA Anti-Cheat, we We have complete visibility into its security and privacy status. So if any security issues arise, we can fix them immediately.”
Regarding why it updated to kernel-level anti-cheating, EA said: “For a game as competitive as “Battlefield 2042” and containing multiple online modes, it is absolutely necessary to adopt kernel-mode protection measures. Cheat programs are in the kernel The cheat was not detectable by anti-cheat solutions running in user mode when operating in the space. EA Anti-Cheat not only protects our PC players from cheaters, but also protects the use of Battlefield 2042 cross-platform play features Console players who are matched against PC players are not affected by cheaters on the PC platform.”
