is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Electronics Arts (EA) is launching a new kernel-level anti-cheat system for ...

Kernel-level anti-cheat software is a contentious issue among gamers. It’s a solution for rampant cheating in online games, but some players see the powerful software as a huge overstep on the PCs ...

Call of Duty's new anti-cheat system will include a driver with kernel-level system privileges. Activision announced the new system, which it's calling Ricochet, today, and provided some details about ...

In 2022, EA announced it is working on an in-house-developed anti-cheat system to implement on its published titles. Only the FIFA (or now EA Sports FC) franchise had been using EA AntiCheat until now ...

Activision has unveiled its big, new approach to squashing hackers in Call of Duty: Warzone and Vanguard, and it's a two-pronged system called Ricochet Anti-Cheat. The first stage is a series of ...

The old adage that cheaters never prosper clearly didn't take online PC gaming into account, because things like aimbots and other sketchy tools continue to be a big problem. Fortunately, game ...

Battlefield 6 has been officially revealed. EA spelled a lot of the beans as part of the worldwide multiplayer gameplay reveal event, which also featured hours of live gameplay from hundreds of ...

Most of you, anyway.

EA announced its latest salvo in the endless cat-and-mouse battle of PC gaming cheat detection on Tuesday, and the effort prominently features one term sure to raise a red flag for some users: “kernel ...

Why it matters: When it comes to online multiplayer gaming, nobody likes a cheater, not even cheaters. Whether using external software to enhance their performance or just to troll other players, ...