BattlEye is a proprietary anti-cheat software designed to detect players that hack or abusively use exploits in an online game. It was initially released as a third-party anti-cheat for Battlefield Vietnam in 2004 and has since been officially implemented in numerous video games, primarily shooter games such as PUBG: Battlegrounds, Arma 3, Destiny 2, and DayZ.[3][4]
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| Original author(s) | Bastian Suter |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | BattlEye Innovations e.K. |
| Initial release | 2004 |
| Operating system | Windows, macOS, Linux[1][2] |
| Type | Anti-cheat software |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Official website |
BattlEye is developed by German company BattlEye Innovations e. K., headquartered in Reutlingen.
BattlEye supports Valve Corporation's Proton compatibility layer and is usable on the Steam Deck.[5][6]
Technology
editBattlEye continuously updates in background processes and has its own infrastructure which is connected to the game servers. It interacts with the game at the kernel level. BattlEye is said to support a "global" ban system for cheaters using unique fingerprints that stop players switching accounts to defeat bans.[7]
Games using BattlEye
edit- Arma 2 (2009)[8]
- PlanetSide 2 (2012)[5]
- Arma 3 (2013)[5]
- Rainbow Six Siege (2015)[9]
- Heroes & Generals (2016)
- Escape from Tarkov (2017)[10]
- Ark: Survival Evolved (2017)[5]
- Unturned (2017)[5]
- Destiny 2 (2017)[4]
- PUBG: Battlegrounds (2017)[11][12]
- Ghost Recon: Wildlands (2017)
- Atlas (2018)[5]
- Z1 Battle Royale (2018)
- DayZ (2018)[5][13]
- PlanetSide Arena (2019)
- Ghost Recon: Breakpoint (2019)
- Watch Dogs: Legion (2020)
- Arma Reforger (2022)
- The Crew 2 (2018)
- The Cycle: Frontier (2022)[14]
- Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord (2022)[5]
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction (2022)
- Tibia (2023)
- War Rock (2023)
- Ark: Survival Ascended (2023)
- Skull and Bones (2024)
- XDefiant (2024)
- Enlisted (2024)
- Grand Theft Auto Online (2024)[15]
References
edit- ^ "BattlEye anti-cheat will support Steam Deck, but there's a catch". PCGamesN. 27 September 2021.
- ^ Chalk, Andy (September 24, 2021). "BattlEye anti-cheat confirms Steam Deck support". PC Gamer – via www.pcgamer.com.
- ^ "About". BattlEye – The Anti-Cheat Gold Standard.
- ^ a b Will Sawyer (August 26, 2021). "Destiny 2 now has BattlEye anti-cheat – here's everything we know". gamesradar.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hollister, Sean (December 3, 2021). "Valve says DayZ and five other games are now anti-cheat ready for Linux (and Steam Deck)". The Verge.
- ^ "'Arma 3' and 'DayZ' add BattlEye anti-cheat support through Valve Proton". Engadget.
- ^ "BattlEye – The Anti-Cheat Gold Standard » About". Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (June 15, 2012). "DayZ hackers slapped with global bans". Eurogamer.
- ^ "Rainbow Six Siege Cheaters Are About to Get Their Comeuppance".
- ^ "Escape from Tarkov banned 3,000 players the day after the latest wipe". PCGamesN. 30 May 2020.
- ^ "BattleEye Banned Over One Million PUBG Cheaters In January". Shacknews. 5 February 2018.
- ^ Hall, Charlie (February 5, 2018). "PUBG anti-cheat maker banned a million players in January alone". Polygon.
- ^ How DayZ Deals With Cheaters, retrieved 2022-10-06
- ^ "The Cycle: Frontier works nicely on Steam Deck and Linux desktops". GamingOnLinux. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ Trueman, Aaron (2024-09-17). "New GTA Online Update Adds Anti-Cheat For 11th Anniversary With BattlEye, Patch Notes". RockstarINTEL. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
External links
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