Tackling Cheating on Consoles and PC with New Measures for Battlefield 6
The Battlefield 6 development team has taken a multifaceted approach in its fight against cheating, tackling PC issues, and, more importantly, doing something about cheating on console hardware in partnership with Sony and Microsoft.
Putting an Eye on Console Cheating with Partnership with Sony and Microsoft
While patches have mainly been focused on the PC, cheating on console platforms through hardware cheats like the Cronus Zen is growing as a threat. To face this challenge, developers are working directly with console manufacturers.
Christian Buhl, Technical Director at Ripple Effect, confirmed in an interview with Push Square.
"Yeah, it's unfortunate that cheating has become a problem within the console space, especially with Cronus Zen machines and everything. So we've partnered with PlayStation and both Microsoft in this regard to kind of do detection," he said.
The Cronus Zen deceives the console into believing the player is using a standard gamepad when they are really using a mouse and keyboard. More importantly, it allows said users to run scripts that enable all kinds of cheats and unfair advantages.
PC Security Requirements: Secure Boot and TPM 2.0
On the PC, the developers are making sure some hardware security measures have to be in place for what Buhl called the "never-ending cheater problem." Battlefield 6 will require players to have Secure Boot and Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 enabled for their systems.
The Goal: Preserving Fair Play
These extensive measures are geared toward ensuring the competitive environment of the game is protected.
"We want to preserve as much of the fair play and competitive integrity that we can. At the end of the day, we want to ensure that you're having a fair competitive space to play Battlefield 6 in," Buhl said.
This is what the development team hopes will lessen the impact of cheaters when Battlefield 6 launches on October 10.
