EA Javelin Anti-Cheat Blocked 265,550 Cheats In Its First Week
Electronic Arts is now publishing enforcement numbers weekly across software and hardware cheats, and treating the count of blocked attempts, not bans, as the metric it wants read, which sets the terms for how this anti-cheat's performance gets judged.
Reporting from 1 source: Denfaminicogamer.
Electronic Arts said the EA Javelin Anticheat system introduced in Apex Legends on September 29 blocked 265,550 cheats and suspended 12,969 accounts in its first week. The company attributed the gap between the two figures to cheats being stopped before they affect play. It also reported 40 cheat programs tracked and 91 percent of them blocked, plus hardware bans including 4,058 for Aimzenix.
The first-week figures cover only the software side of the problem. Electronic Arts also reported bans tied to third-party hardware: 4,058 for Aimzenix, 1,201 for Cronus, 199 for XIM and 141 for Titan, carried out after distinguishing cheating from legitimate hardware use. The company said cheat developers keep changing methods and new cheats keep appearing, so it will keep monitoring those trends.
The announcement mainly concerns the PC version, which EA Javelin Anticheat targets. An update for console players is planned within the next few weeks, and Electronic Arts said it is investigating videos of severe cheating circulating online, with details to come soon.
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