One of the inevitable things when it comes to online games are cheaters who ruin the fun for everyone. Regardless if there are anti-cheat measures in place, someone almost always seems to find a way to circumvent them.
It doesn’t help that there are a ton of cheat providers out there looking to make a quick buck by promising these “gamers” wallhacks, aimbots and whatnot.
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One recent title that has managed to fend off cheaters for the most part is Battlefield 6. But even DICE and EA still see a fair amount of cheaters, though compared to other games, it’s a very small percentage that actually manage to do it.
Battlefield 6’s Anti-Cheat Is Keeping Cheaters At Bay
In a new Anticheat Metrics update for January, DICE talked about the Match Infection Rate (MIR), which is the percentage of matches across the game that were negatively impacted by at least one cheater. This includes all suspected cheaters, even those individuals that DICE might not have enough evidence to prove that they’re cheating in order to enforce a sanction.
At the start of January, DICE said the MIR was at 2.38%, and over the course of the month, it gradually increased withb only a few points of decline. The reasons for this was DICE’s significant increase in their ability to detect and ban six “Stealth” cheats that purposefully avoid being high impact and therefore avoid player reports and obvious detection signals.
DICE has managed to disrupt over 94% of Battlefield 6 cheaters
Another was a new ban acceleration method tested on January 18 and was deployed on Januar 26. Even with that, January still saw a gradual increase end at 3.60% on January 31 (time of the development update).
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Through January, EA Javelin Anti-Cheat has prevented 384,918 attempts to cheat or tamper with the game before they could impact matches. DICE is still tracking 224 cheat-related programs, hardware cheats, vendors, resellers and the like. Of those, 224, 212 of them (94.6%) are said to be reporting feature failures, detection notices, downtime or even having the cheats taken offline.
This is a massive win for not just Battlefield fans but multiplayer gaming in general. The less cheats there are out there, the better each game’s community is.
In other Battlefield 6 news, EA has poached The Division franchise’s producer to help with the franchise’s future.
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October 10, 2025
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Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, In-App Purchases, Users Interact
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Battlefield Studios
