"Battlefield 2042" game will switch to self-developed kernel-level EA anti-cheating system to replace "Little Blue Bear"

CTOnews.com, October 1 (Xinhua)-- EA announced the development of a self-developed kernel-level anti-cheating system EA AntiCheat in 2022, which has been installed in the "EA Sports FC" series and the previous "FIFA" series of football games.

According to the latest news from the EA official blog: "We have been working hard to create a safe and fair gaming environment for all players. Therefore, we will join the EA AntiCheat anti-cheating system in the sixth season of Battlefield 2042 in October."

Battlefield 2042 has been using the Easy Anti Cheat anti-cheating system, commonly known as "Little Blue Bear". CTOnews.com found that, according to EA officials, the game will transition seamlessly to the new anti-cheating system:

When we join the EA anti-cheating system, players will not notice any difference when logging in and playing the game, but this will help our team to find and eliminate cheating players.

"third-party anti-cheating solutions are usually opaque to our team and do not allow us to add privacy control options or customize them with high precision according to EA's unique game mode," EA said. "when using EA to fight cheating, we have a comprehensive picture of its security and privacy conditions. Therefore, if there are any security problems, we can fix them immediately."

As to why the update to kernel-level anti-cheating, EA said: "for competitive games like Battlefield 2042 with multiple online modes, kernel mode protection is absolutely necessary. When the cheating program is running in kernel space, the anti-cheating solution running in user mode cannot detect the cheating program. EA anti-cheating can not only protect our PC players from cheaters, but also protect mainframe players who use the "Battlefield Fengyun 2042" cross-platform gaming feature to match PC players' opponents from cheaters on the PC platform. "