Battlefield 6’s open beta might have been the biggest in the series, which has now officially ended, but it’s also sparked an unexpected fight – not between players, but between anti-cheat systems.
According to several reports spotted by TheGamer, Battlefield 6’s Javelin anti-cheat is asking some players to uninstall Valorant before they can even boot the game. A pop-up labelled “Security Violation” claims a ‘general software incompatibility’ and points to Valorant’s Vanguard as the culprit.
Battlefield 6 anti-cheat and Valorant’s Vanguard are not getting along
Over on r/Battlefield, players have been sharing identical screenshots of the message. On X, Revolutionary Sun explained that the issue comes down to both Javelin and Vanguard needing secure boot kernel-level access – a security feature that doesn’t seem to like them running side by side.
I sure am glad that kernel-level anticheat has reached the point where they're all starting to conflict with each other
— Revolutionary Sun
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It’s a strange clash, especially given that the beta was otherwise a big success for Electronic Arts. EA confirmed it was their largest open beta ever, with Javelin blocking more than 330,000 cheating attempts. On Steam alone, BF6 hit over 500,000 concurrent players, even topping Call of Duty’s all-time record.
Battlefield 6’s beta hit an insane number of players, and if the numbers hold, former Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra’s prediction that BF6 will “stomp” Call of Duty this year might come true.
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