Alright, so Battlefield 6 is a real thing now. They spilled the beans big time at this massive multiplayer gameplay reveal—think hours and hours of live gaming insanity with a bunch of content creators.
Anyway—or was it wait?—a lot of key stuff is confirmed. And, oh boy, PC gamers, here’s the fun part. You might not like this, but it’s happening.
So, Battlefield Studios dropped the bomb that Battlefield 6 will hit PCs with Javelin Anticheat. Yeah, it sounds like a rocket, right? But it’s EA’s own watchdog, rooting out cheats from deep inside your computer’s guts. It’s been prowling around since ’22, under different names until it stuck with Javelin in April.
They’ve already thrown Javelin into games like EA FC, Madden, and others. It made its big-debut-in-Battlefield-2042 Season 6, so naturally, it’s rolling out in the next big one.
Here’s the kicker for tech junkies: The upcoming beta is gonna be the playground for Javelin. So, check out if your PC can tango with Secure Boot in Windows—totally relies on TPM 2.0, which most new PCs can handle. The whir of your PC’s fan has never been so… comforting?
The whole kernel-level anticheat thing isn’t brand new, nor does it raise eyebrows anymore. Lots of games use it, with BattlEye and Easy Anti-Cheat as the usual suspects. And let’s not forget about Call of Duty’s Ricochet doing its own thing.
Handing access to your PC’s undies—uh, I mean, low-level system parts—to third-party software is dicey. Enter debate town: it messes with Linux/SteamOS usability and, well, privacy handwringing at its finest.
Still, it keeps cheats at bay pretty well. It’s not flawless—what really is?—but it’s kind of become this necessary evil if you’re into AAA multiplayer stuff.
Mark your calendar: October 10, it lands on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. Are we ready for this? Not sure, but we’ll find out soon enough!
