Battlefield 6 has only just begun its early access open beta window, and we already have reports of cheaters in the game. What we believed was impossible given EA's heavily intrusive anti-cheat measures became reality within hours of the beta's launch, and it can only get worse from here.
Though it's not even been a full day since Battlefield 6's open beta (early access) began, we already have confirmation of active cheats in the game. This could come as a relative surprise, given how far EA has gone to prevent cheating in its new franchise installment, from a new kernel-level anti-cheat called Javelin to Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 requirements, both of which should prevent unrecognized software from running on your machine.
The cheats in question, showed above, are a soft auto-aim and full-blown wallhack, giving the user all the information they could possibly want in a shooter. While Battlefield 6 is by no means Counter-Strike or Valorant, where cheats like these offer a competitive edge, it's still a massive disadvantage for anyone playing against them.
It's still unclear how exactly these cheats work, but from what I could gather over the years, these sophisticated premium-priced programs usually find ways to bypass memory checks any given anti-cheat performs, thereby completely avoiding its detection. What's more, it seems they now work externally rather than being run on your machine directly, which should help bypass even TPM and Secure Boot measures EA has put in for Battlefield 6.
Keep in mind that these high-level cheats are very expensive and hard to obtain, which should help alleviate the fears that Battlefield is about to be a cheat-ridden hellhole, much like some other shooters these days. Circumventing all the measures put in place for the game, however, is extremely hard and will likely not be used en masse, or at least I hope.
Additionally, if my assumptions are correct, these sorts of cheats can affect consoles as well, given their external nature. If so, turning crossplay off could be a good idea anyhow, but not a definitive means to avoid cheaters.
I have reached out to EA and DICE for a comment and will follow up with additional information when it becomes available.
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