Sure, let’s dive in. So, Battlefield 6 got its big moment in the spotlight. Yeah, EA, those sneaky folks, decided to spill quite a bit during this worldwide reveal. Gamers got their fill with hours of live gameplay streaming from a zillion content creators—maybe not literally, but it sure felt like it.
Okay, let’s pause. Most of the juicy stuff is already out. Especially if you’re a keyboard warrior on the PC side. Oh, but wait—some folks might not be thrilled about everything. Surprise, surprise.
Battlefield Studios is dropping Battlefield 6 with this thing called Javelin Anticheat on PCs. Basically, it’s EA’s laser-focused watchdog, working quietly in the background to catch those cheaters red-handed. I guess it’s like having a house elf for your PC games or something. Anyway, Javelin been around since, like, 2022, or so they say.
Apparently, EA decided to sprinkle Javelin on some of their other games too—EA FC, Madden, the F1 stuff—name a game, it probably has Javelin lurking in there somewhere. It sorta popped in with Battlefield 2042’s sixth season. Makes sense they’d stick with it for Battlefield 6, right?
And yep, you guessed it, Javelin’s showing up for the beta as well. So, time to see how well it plays with all kinds of PC setups. Oh, and you’ll need Secure Boot turned on in Windows. Secure Boot… sound like a rock band or something. But no, it’s a security feature that kind of hooks up with TPM 2.0, another piece of tech most modern PCs just have, hanging out, I guess.
Kernel-level anticheat programs, they’re nothing new. Not uncommon, really. Lots of big releases with major multiplayer components have their version of this stuff. There’s BattlEye, Easy Anti-Cheat, your usual suspects, right?
Call of Duty, Battlefield’s arch-nemesis, has Ricochet—fancy name, right? But here’s where it gets dicey. People aren’t always cool with letting some third-party software dive deep into their PC’s inner workings. Makes running games on Linux or SteamOS a bit of a headache too.
But, despite the griping, these things are pretty good at nipping cheats in the bud. Not foolproof, but it’s a trade-off if you want to run with the big dogs in AAA game land these days.
Mark your calendars, crew. Battlefield 6 lands (with a bang, no doubt) on October 10. PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S—pick your poison. Alright, I think that covers it… or did I miss something?
