Battlefield 6 developer also wishes Secure Boot requirement wasn't needed

One of the most anticipated shooter games of the year is Battlefield 6, and one aspect of the game that's currently generating friction is its Secure Boot requirement as a part of its anti-cheat system. The Windows security feature is not a common requirement for most games and can cause issues for some players if their hardware does not support it. According to a Battlefield Studios developer working on the new game, even the team isn't a fan of the change.

Speaking to Eurogamer, Battlefield 6 technical director Christian Buhl has said that the team had been happy about how the new Javalin Anti-Cheat tech has performed during the recent Battlefield 6 open beta.

"Obviously I'll say we can never be perfect, anti-cheat is always a cat-and-mouse game where we're constantly going back and forth and keeping on top of what the cheaters are doing," says Buhl. "But from the beginning this was something we put a high priority on, so when we launch this game we have a really strong anti-cheat program in place."

However, needing to have Secure Boot enabled even for the beta had made some players unable to play it, which Buhl was disappointed about.

"The fact is I wish we didn't have to do things like Secure Boot," Buhl explained. "It does prevent some players from playing the game. Some people's PCs can't handle it and they can't play: that really sucks. I wish everyone could play the game with low friction and not have to do these sorts of things."

However, he also commented on how Secure Boot-type measures are "some of the strongest tools" the team has available to combat rampant cheating. "Again, nothing makes cheating impossible, but enabling Secure Boot and having kernel-level access makes it so much harder to cheat and so much easier for us to find and stop cheating," he adds.

Earlier today, EA also released the official PC system requirements for Battlefield 6, which plainly say that Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 must be enabled to play the game at launch on October 10. Don't forget that rival Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 will also require the same two settings to be enabled to play the game later this year.