DICE reveals plans to deal with dishonest in Battlefield 2042

Dishonest continues to spoil matches for gamers throughout most on-line multiplayer video games. Battlefield 2042 developer DICE is aware of that plenty of gamers are involved about this situation, and it’s attempting to get forward of it in a blog post it posted this morning. The studio laid out its plans for anti-cheat and reporting gamers as a part of its dedication to “preserve issues truthful.”

“Making certain Truthful Play for anybody that steps onto the Battlefield is one thing we take critically at DICE,” reads the weblog publish. “In brief, meaning we don’t tolerate dishonest, and we now have groups devoted to stopping, figuring out, and sanctioning cheaters.”

The corporate plans to make use of Simple-Anti Cheat (EAC) in Battlefield 2042. That can begin in the course of the recreation’s upcoming beta check. EA already makes use of EAC in Apex Legends and Star Wars: Squadrons. And DICE mentioned they selected it as a result of it additionally protects gamers privateness whereas remaining safe.

“One other change for Battlefield 2042 is that as a result of cross-play performance, when a cheater is sanctioned it’ll trigger them to be immediately disconnected mid-match and completely banned throughout all platforms,” reads the weblog publish. “As earlier than, we nonetheless have the power to use IP and {hardware} bans if vital. To maintain our group a good place, we now have a no tolerance rule in place. There aren’t any warnings and no suspensions with regards to dishonest. In case you don’t play by the principles, you’re out.”

DICE additionally says it plans to develop enhancements to its anti-cheat programs behind the scenes. This can be a course of that it’ll proceed by Battlefield 2042’s launch and past.

Battlefield 2042’s open beta begins October 6 and runs October 10. The sport formally launches November 19.