Today, 343 Industries announced Halo Infinite‘s anti-cheat measures. In an effort to tackle cheaters within the competitive sphere, 343 Industries outlined the anti-cheat approach. Join us as we look at how Halo Infinite will tackle exploits, with details on DRM, developer support, and clamping down on cheaters.
Halo Infinite anti-cheat mechanics revealed
In today’s Halo Infinite PC overview video, the PC team behind the game dug into its anti-cheat measures. Interestingly, there will be no DRM-based mechanics, and players’ privacy will be a top priority.
First and foremost, Halo Infinite won’t contain any DRM mechanics. This means that players suspected of cheating cannot have their software license automatically revoked, or face monitoring based on suspicious activity. This is all part of the developers’ plan, though. In the new video, Principal Software Engineer Michael Vankuipers said that the team “didn’t want to have any complex DRM.” This is no doubt due to DRM’s unpopularity within the gaming community and notorious potential impact on gaming performance.
The anti-DRM decision also boils down to privacy. “We want to respect players’ privacy,” Vankuipers continues in the video. DRM monitors player activity, to catch cheaters out, and its exclusion means there’s a layer of trust between developer and fanbase.
On the contrary, it seems Halo Infinite’s anti-cheat will be an ever-changing, responsive approach. Today’s video didn’t specify many details. However, Vankuipers said that “we’re going to continue to evolve it into whatever’s necessary.” While nothing is confirmed, it sounds like the developers will introduce new measures in response to developing exploits. That could involve hotfixes to patch map exploits, or tweaking certain mechanics that are ripe for misuse by cheaters.
While today’s announcement was brief in terms of anti-cheat, it’s clear that cheaters aren’t welcome in Halo Infinite. “When you’re making a competitive game, and it’s on PC, you need anti-cheat. That’s all there is to it,” says Principal Software Engineering Lead Mike Romero. Cheaters aren’t welcome in Halo Infinite and 343 Industries is making that very clear.
Elsewhere in the video, we learned about how Halo Infinite will handle crossplay. Also keep an eye out for God of War, which launches on PC next year.
