DICE has teamed up with Sony and Microsoft to make cheating harder on consoles, ensuring a fairer battlefield for everyone. Cronus Zen detection is a major focus as the studio works to protect the integrity of competition.

DICE has admitted to collaborating with Sony and Microsoft to make it easier to detect certain cheating methods on consoles. The developers of Battlefield 6 are already taking strong measures against cheating on PC, particularly with the requirements of Secure Boot and Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0. But nowadays, cheating has also become a growing issue on consoles.

In an interview with Push Square, Christian Buhl, the technical director at Ripple Effect, explained that they partnered with both console makers to better detect devices like the Cronus Zen on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series. “It’s unfortunate that cheating has become a problem within the console space, especially with Cronus Zen machines and everything else. So in this regard, we’re collaborating with Sony and Microsoft to identify them. We actually have our own macro detection system as well – for example, if players are spamming Javelins quickly on PC. That’s why we enabled Secure Boot to help us combat the never-ending cheating issue. We’re fully aware of the console cheater problem, and we will take cheating very seriously. We want to preserve fair play and competitive integrity as much as possible because, ultimately, we want to ensure you have a fair competitive space in which to play Battlefield 6,” said Buhl.

The Cronus Zen not only makes it look like a player is using a controller instead of a mouse and keyboard connected to their console, but it also gives access to game scripts and a script editor, opening the door to multiple forms of cheating. Needless to say, this can ruin the experience for many players.

Battlefield 6 launches on October 10 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC. Ripple Effect also recently confirmed that console players will be able to disable cross-play with PC users. PC remains the platform most affected by cheaters.

Source: WCCFTech, PushSquare