{"rewrite":{"id":"r_5c0f3e50b7eb9ea3881e736a","clusterId":"c_9e4e6c4d153ebb71c5f6e9f6","slug":"ea-swaps-easy-anti-cheat-for-ea-javelin-anticheat-in-apex-legends-on-september-29","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"EA Swaps Easy Anti Cheat for EA Javelin Anticheat in Apex Legends on September 29","summary":"Electronic Arts will retire Easy Anti Cheat on the PC version of Apex Legends on September 29 and replace it with EA Javelin Anticheat, the in-house system EA introduced in 2022 under the name EA anticheat and renamed in April 2025. EA says the tool has a 99% detection rate, blocked 26.7 million cheats in the past year, and is used in Battlefield 6. PC players migrate automatically at launch, and the Secure Boot requirement common to the system in other titles does not apply here.","whyItMatters":"Apex Legends had run on Epic Games' free Easy Anti Cheat since its 2019 release, so moving PC players onto EA's own tool centralizes cheat data and detection work inside the company that runs the game.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eEasy Anti Cheat, provided free through Epic Games\u0026#39; Epic Online Services, has been the anti-cheat layer on Apex Legends\u0026#39; PC version since the game\u0026#39;s 2019 release. As of September 2026 it appears in more than 200 titles and covers over 20 billion gameplay sessions a year, per EA\u0026#39;s figures. On September 29 that ends for Apex. EA Javelin Anticheat takes over at launch, with no Secure Boot step for players, unlike some other titles running it. EA did not detail how the two systems differ.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"EA Javelin Anticheat ships to Apex Legends without the Secure Boot requirement it carries in Battlefield 6, so the migration drops a system-level condition most EA anticheat titles impose.","twitterPost":"EA Javelin Anticheat reaches Apex Legends without the Secure Boot requirement it carries in Battlefield 6, unlike most titles running it.","threadsPost":"EA Javelin Anticheat arrives in Apex Legends without the Secure Boot requirement it carries in Battlefield 6, so PC players skip a system-level condition that other EA anticheat titles impose. EA built the tool in 2022 and renamed it in April 2025.","newsletterBlurb":"EA is retiring Easy Anti Cheat on the PC version of Apex Legends on September 29 and moving players to EA Javelin Anticheat, its in-house system. EA says the tool has a 99% detection rate and blocked 26.7 million cheats over the past year. The migration is automatic at launch, and EA says Apex players will not need to enable Secure Boot.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260925-470047/\",\"title\":\"Apex Legends to Drop Easy Anti Cheat at End of This Month; Replaced by \\\"EA's Own Powerful Anti-Cheat\\\" Proven in Battlefield 6 and More\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4663,"outputTokens":652,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791144901,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T20:11:33.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T20:13:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T20:13:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_9e4e6c4d153ebb71c5f6e9f6","canonicalTitle":"『Apex Legends』、今月末で「Easy Anti Cheat」廃止へ。代わりに『バトルフィールド6』などで実績上げた“EA独自の強力アンチチート”を導入","representativeArticleId":"a_0d567258924ca0cb500dcb11","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Apex Legends\",\"Battlefield 6\"],\"studios\":[\"Electronic Arts\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-25T09:52:06.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-25T09:52:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T20:13:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260925-470047/","title":"『Apex Legends』、今月末で「Easy Anti Cheat」廃止へ。代わりに『バトルフィールド6』などで実績上げた“EA独自の強力アンチチート”を導入"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Apex Legends","Battlefield 6"],"studios":["Electronic Arts"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}