EA Claims 98% of Battlefield 6 Matches Were Cheater Free During Launch Week - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 December 2025 / 1,276 Views
Electronic Arts (EA) in a post on social media has claimed 98 percent of all matches for Battlefield 6 during launch week were cheater free.
"We’re proud to share that ~98% of all matches were fair and free of cheater impacts during the week following launch — meaning our average Match Infection Rate (MIR) was ~2%," reads the post from EA. "That means almost every player who jumped into the Battlefield enjoyed a level playing field."
There were also 1.2 million cheat attempts blocked during the open best test and tends of thousands of cheaters were removed. Cheaters that were live streaming their cheating in real time were even banned. The number of matches without cheating during the beta increased from 93.1 percent to nearly 98 percent by the final day.
Battlefield 6 launched for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on October 10.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can follow the author on Bluesky.
