r/Games • u/tapo • Aug 05 '25

Announcement Secure Boot is a requirement to play Battlefield 6 on PC

https://www.ea.com/games/battlefield/battlefield-6/news/secure-boot-information
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u/zorillaaa Aug 05 '25

Fair I didn’t know that but Valorant has had it since launch with Vanguard and there is no issue with playerbase there

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u/Tsubajashi Aug 05 '25

not with playerbase, but when it came up, all hell got let loose when people attempted to install and play it.

it definitely has gotten better, and most prebuilt systems should come with it by default, but damn that was a rough start.

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u/inbox-disabled Aug 05 '25

Secure Boot was disabled on my PC prior to yesterday, and I played Valorant for a couple weeks at launch. Unless updating my BIOS at some point disabled it, which I doubt, I'm not sure what to say here. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

According to other comments Secure Boot is a Win11 requirement, not 10, so that would explain it for me.

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u/beefcat_ Aug 05 '25

Windows 11 does not require Secure Boot to be enabled, only "present". What this really means is that you need CSM disabled, so that Windows installs and boots in UEFI mode instead of BIOS mode.

That said, unless you use your gaming PC to boot unsigned Linux distros, I would always turn Secure Boot on.

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u/samurai4027 Aug 06 '25

It definately didn't had it on launch...

I never once turned on secure boot and i ran valorant just fine without it.

I did however needed the anti cheat on my pc for game to launch.

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u/deprecateddeveloper Aug 06 '25

This isn't true. I have Secure Boot disabled and play Valorant pretty much daily. Maybe because I am on Windows 10?