Overview

• The open beta peaked at over 517,000 concurrent players on Steam, marking the franchise’s highest attendance on the platform.
• Hackers have deployed wallhacks, aimbots and other cheats in cross-play matches on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.
• EA’s kernel-level Javelin anti-cheat, which requires Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 on PC, has blocked approximately 330,000 tampering attempts during the beta.
• More than 100,000 player reports have been forwarded to EA’s Integrity and Positive Play teams to refine cheat detection methods.
• DICE and EA emphasize that Secure Boot is not a complete solution and are rolling out ongoing system updates to counter evolving hacks.