Tuesday, April 29th 2025
EA Introduces a Refreshed Flagship Franchise Anticheat System: Javelin
EA is the proud home to some of the biggest, most exciting interactive entertainment experiences on the planet. Experiences that bring people together every day, offering hundreds of millions of players and fans around the globe new ways to play, create, watch, and connect in, around, and beyond our games. Nothing ruins that fun as fast as cheating. That's why we are excited to introduce EA Javelin Anticheat—the evolution of our flagship anticheat solution, which prevents, identifies, and addresses bad experiences wherever possible, and is a pivotal part of our defense-in-depth strategy. Since its initial launch in 2022, our anticheat solution has supported over 28 million PC players with fair play in over 2.2 billion PC gaming sessions across our largest franchises including EA SPORTS FC, EA SPORTS Madden NFL, Battlefield, F1, EA SPORTS WRC, and Plants vs. Zombies.
The EA Javelin Anticheat brand was carefully chosen to communicate the core attributes of the solution: defense, strength, and agility. One where millions of players and fans around the globe can trust to ensure the integrity of EA games is preserved, allowing for fun-and fair-interactive entertainment. "Our mission is to foster a gaming environment where skill and sportsmanship are the only paths to victory. EA Javelin Anticheat is a testament to our commitment to fair play and integrity."—Elise Murphy, Head of Game Security.
Continually evolving to meet the security threats of today and tomorrow
As we look to the future, EA's commitment to innovation and security will continue to meet players and fans where they are to ensure the best experiences possible. EA Javelin Anticheat stands as a pillar of our dedication to fair and enjoyable gaming for everyone. By investing in tools and technology, and maintaining robust security measures, we ensure that our community can focus on what truly matters: the joy of playing.
Together, we will keep pushing the boundaries of interactive entertainment, creating a world where every player can compete with confidence and integrity.
Sources:
EA News, EA Progress Report
The EA Javelin Anticheat brand was carefully chosen to communicate the core attributes of the solution: defense, strength, and agility. One where millions of players and fans around the globe can trust to ensure the integrity of EA games is preserved, allowing for fun-and fair-interactive entertainment. "Our mission is to foster a gaming environment where skill and sportsmanship are the only paths to victory. EA Javelin Anticheat is a testament to our commitment to fair play and integrity."—Elise Murphy, Head of Game Security.
As we look to the future, EA's commitment to innovation and security will continue to meet players and fans where they are to ensure the best experiences possible. EA Javelin Anticheat stands as a pillar of our dedication to fair and enjoyable gaming for everyone. By investing in tools and technology, and maintaining robust security measures, we ensure that our community can focus on what truly matters: the joy of playing.
Together, we will keep pushing the boundaries of interactive entertainment, creating a world where every player can compete with confidence and integrity.
7 Comments on EA Introduces a Refreshed Flagship Franchise Anticheat System: Javelin
Match Infection Rate:
"a measure of how often a regular player would see a cheater in their games on average" = Solid red line?
"assess the number of matches found with cheaters and see how many games they played with other players" = Dashed red line?
"Last Fall, we introduced new features... resulted in that Match Infection Rate being roughly cut in half."
"Last fall" = September?
"Cut in half" = Looks more like 40% reduction to today (guessing 3.4 to 2.0)
"We’ve maintained an accuracy rate of over 99% when banning cheaters"
And EA knows a kernel level anti-cheat is a massive problem, but they'll do it because people still buy their crappy games.