FIFA 23 is just around the corner and Electronic Arts doesn’t want cheaters to ruin its release. The version of the game for PC will incorporate an anti-cheat system called EA AntiCheat, or EAAC, and the company has given details of its operation. It will run at the kernel level and is intended to prevent malicious users from taking advantage of the cross play to take advantage against those who play from a console.
The studio was inclined to develop its own anti-cheat solution, considering that the tools offered by third parties were “opaque” to them. In this sense, Electronic Arts specifically referred to the impossibility of customizing its implementation to your liking, especially in terms of privacy.
With EAAC, we exercise full ownership of the security and privacy situation, so we can fix security issues as soon as they arise. Of course, the incorporation of this type of technology in FIFA 23 has already generated some suspicion among the public, although the developers promise that, unlike utilities like Denuvo, will not affect its performance. We will have to wait for the game to hit the market to see if this is really the case.
FIFA 23 will include a new anti-cheat system developed by Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts clarified that EAAC will not be included in all of its new games. The intention is to analyze each case with the developers, but under the premise of focusing their incorporation on titles with a strong competitive and online gameplay profile. However, it is worth clarifying that the anti-cheat system of FIFA 23 it won’t be limited to online multiplayer or FUT. It will also impact individual game modes..
The latter is not on a whim, according to EA. The studio wants to prevent malicious users from taking advantage of single player modes to develop the traps with reverse engineering, to later apply them when competing against others. “It is necessary to protect single-player game modes to hinder the development of cheats,” the developers say.
EA AntiCheat will work only when FIFA 23 is running, in order to prevent it from consuming PC resources unnecessarily. Furthermore, the company ensures that the anti-cheat system will be uninstalled once the game is also removed from the system. Users will even be able to remove EAAC from their computer individually, but if they do, they won’t be able to run the game.
It is clear that FIFA 23 It won’t be the first or last PC game with a kernel-level anti-cheat system. One of the most notorious cases of recent times has been that of RicochetActivision’s solution for Call of Duty: Warzone Y Vanguardjust to mention one.
FIFA 23 the next will come September 30th to PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, Stadia and Nintendo Switch.