After the current Battlefield 2042 was equipped with EA Anticheat last October, the World War II shooter Battlefield 5 from 2018 will follow on April 3rd, as the community team has now confirmed on the short message service X. The changeover should take place at 9 a.m. To receive the client update for the anticheat software, players should then restart their game.
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In the original announcement of the gradual change last year, the publisher highlighted the advantage of the in-house anti-cheat software of having complete control over security and data protection. This is intended to close security gaps more quickly and weed out players who play fraudulently.
In comparison, third-party anti-cheat solutions are often said to be difficult to access and prevent adaptation to EA-specific game modes. EA Anticheat is a kernel-based anti-cheat system that requires TPM to be enabled in the motherboard UEFI/BIOS. Therefore, secure boot must be enabled in UEFI.
Battlefield 5: Mixed opinions on EA Anticheat
In the comments on the X announcement, players' opinions on EA Anticheat are mixed. While some welcome the move due to the cheating situation in Battlefield 5, others say that the whole thing comes too late six years after the game's release, while there are also opinions that the solution was already useless in Battlefield 2042. Some players also complain that this means that Linux/Proton compatibility is lost, especially when playing on the Steam Deck. While Battlefield 2042 still receives regular updates, this is no longer the case with Battlefield 5, but the number of players went through the roof last year thanks to a sale.