BattlEye

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]

BattlEye
Original author(s)Bastian Suter
Developer(s)BattlEye Innovations e.K.
Initial release2004
Operating systemWindows, macOS, Linux[1][2]
TypeAnti-cheat software
LicenseProprietary
WebsiteOfficial 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

BattlEye offers its anti-cheat software as custom-tailored solutions to enterprise customers. To keep up with new exploits, the software is seamlessly updated in the background regularly. BattlEye has its own infrastructure which is connected with the game servers. The client itsself can interact with the system at the kernel level if necessary. BattlEye touts a sophisticated "global" banning system for cheaters which refers to a fingerprinting approach that cannot be circumvented by, for example, switching accounts.[7]

Games using BattlEye
  • 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]
  • Fortnite Battle Royale (2017)[13]
  • Ghost Recon: Wildlands (2017)
  • Atlas (2018)[5]
  • Z1 Battle Royale (2018)
  • DayZ (2018)[5][14]
  • PlanetSide Arena (2019)
  • Ghost Recon: Breakpoint (2019)
  • Watch Dogs: Legion (2020)
  • Arma Reforger (2022)
  • The Cycle: Frontier (2022)[15]
  • 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)

References
  1. "BattlEye anti-cheat will support Steam Deck, but there's a catch". PCGamesN. 27 September 2021.
  2. Chalk, Andy (September 24, 2021). "BattlEye anti-cheat confirms Steam Deck support". PC Gamer – via www.pcgamer.com.
  3. "About". BattlEye – The Anti-Cheat Gold Standard.
  4. Will Sawyer (August 26, 2021). "Destiny 2 now has BattlEye anti-cheat – here's everything we know". gamesradar.
  5. Hollister, Sean (December 3, 2021). "Valve says DayZ and five other games are now anti-cheat ready for Linux (and Steam Deck)". The Verge.
  6. "'Arma 3' and 'DayZ' add BattlEye anti-cheat support through Valve Proton". Engadget.
  7. "BattlEye – The Anti-Cheat Gold Standard » About". Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  8. Yin-Poole, Wesley (June 15, 2012). "DayZ hackers slapped with global bans". Eurogamer.
  9. "Rainbow Six Siege Cheaters Are About to Get Their Comeuppance".
  10. "Escape from Tarkov banned 3,000 players the day after the latest wipe". PCGamesN. 30 May 2020.
  11. "BattleEye Banned Over One Million PUBG Cheaters In January". Shacknews. 5 February 2018.
  12. Hall, Charlie (February 5, 2018). "PUBG anti-cheat maker banned a million players in January alone". Polygon.
  13. Webb, Kevin. "The creator of 'Fortnite' has banned more than 1,000 accounts for cheating during the first round of its $30 million tournament". Business Insider.
  14. How DayZ Deals With Cheaters, retrieved 2022-10-06
  15. "The Cycle: Frontier works nicely on Steam Deck and Linux desktops". GamingOnLinux. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.


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