EA says Battlefield 6’s Javelin anticheat has already stopped more than 2.39 million cheat attempts since launch, and that figure includes the open beta and the game’s launch weekend. The publisher breaks the numbers down: Javelin blocked over 1.2 million attempts during the open beta and a further 367,000 attempts during the launch weekend, and it reports that 98% of matches were free of cheater impacts in the week after release. EA says it is currently tracking 190 cheat-related programs, hardware vendors, and resellers. According to the publisher, 183 of them (96.3%) have experienced detection notices, feature failures, downtime, or have taken their cheats offline entirely.
EA added that when viewers see videos of players claiming to cheat undetected, “it’s far more likely than not that when you see gameplay of someone claiming to cheat undetected, they are already banned or have a hammer incoming.” That line underscores how the publisher is pairing detections with bans rather than just passive monitoring. Those numbers line up with what players saw during testing too; DICE pushed several backend fixes around the Open Beta, and the anticheat improvements were already active during that period, the team noted the Open Beta blocks in the official post and in related updates, which CPG previously covered in our Battlefield 6 open beta update.
EA also laid out a roadmap of anti-cheat priorities. Highlights include more use of operating system security features such as TPM 2.0, HVCI, and VBS as part of Battlefield 6 system requirements, and a push to treat known cheating hardware as bannable across platforms. The publisher specifically recommends official accessibility peripherals like the Xbox Adaptive Controller and the PlayStation Access controller for players who need them.
On the tooling side, EA said it is improving internal analyst workflows and the reporting UI so reports carry more context and can be validated faster, and it is working with platform partners to limit the effectiveness of cheating devices on consoles and PC. Some upcoming measures remain classified while teams finish testing, with EA promising to share details once new detections are ready. For direct context from the publisher, see EA’s anticheat update at EA’s anticheat update. Players frustrated by seeing clips of cheating should note the developer claims many high-profile clips are already accounted for by bans or pending actions, and the numbers EA shared suggest breaches that do appear in videos are only a small slice of attempts overall.
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Battlefield 6
Developed by EA Digital Illusions CE
The ultimate all-out warfare experience. In a war of tanks, fighter jets, and massive combat arsenals, your squad is the deadliest weapon.
- Genre: Shooter
- Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
- Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
- Release: 2025-10-10
- Publisher: Electronic Arts
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Age Rating:
GRAC 19+ / CERO D / USK 18 / ESRB M / PEGI 16 / CLASS_IND 14 / ACB MA 15+
- IGDB Rating: 71.8/100
