Battlefield 6 has barely been out, and it’s already managed to create one of the most ridiculous gaming controversies of the year. And no, we’re not talking about balance patches or weapon bugs, we’re talking about a Twitch streamer getting roasted alive across social media, banned mid-drama, and leaving half the community arguing whether it was a skill showcase or a cheat-fueled implosion.
How Annoying It Can Be To Get a Battlefield 6 Beta Key
Before we even touch the cheating part, you have to understand how much effort it took just to play Battlefield 6 in the first place. EA made people watch at least 30 minutes of some random Twitch streamer before they could even get a beta key. Fine, annoying, but fine. But then? They hit you with “enable Secure Boot” in your BIOS. For the average player, that’s a quick restart. For others, it’s a journey that involves multiple resets, a couple of YouTube tutorials, and the creeping realization that you’re doing all this to play a beta.
You’d think these extra hoops would mean EA had security locked down tight. Nope. Day one, the lobbies were already getting ruined by hackers running aimbots and wallhacks like it was Call of Duty 2009.
The RileyCS Controversy
RileyCS, who streams on Twitch, posted a few “look at my skills” clips on X (Twitter). The internet took one look and collectively went: “Yeah… no way that’s legit.”
The most infamous moment was a clip where Riley’s aim snaps, instantly, to an enemy completely hidden behind a rock. The crosshair lands exactly where the player is standing before they’re visible, shots go off, and Riley says, “Oopsie, I shot that player through a rock.”
Now, if you’ve ever been killed by someone suspicious in an FPS, you already know that sound in your head: the “yep, that’s an aimbot” alarm. And this clip set that alarm off for a lot of people.
Why This One Clip Broke the Internet
Sure, some of the shots in Riley’s videos could be explained by game sense or map knowledge. But that rock clip was too perfect. Not just “wow, good reaction” perfect, more like “you’re playing with x-ray vision” perfect.
Supporters pointed out that the enemy’s location was on the mini-map, but that doesn’t explain the crosshair being aimed dead-on at the right altitude and position before the enemy appeared.
Riley’s Response
Riley denied cheating repeatedly. They chalked the precision up to high FPS, which, yes, makes a game smoother, but it doesn’t magically let you snap to enemies hidden behind objects. They later streamed with a handcam to prove they weren’t using aimbot. The problem is if you’ve been around the block with cheats, you know aimbots can be tuned to be subtle and still look human to an untrained eye. And stream delay doesn’t help the case.
They also opened their task manager on stream, which sounds convincing… until you remember that cheats can be run from another monitor or hidden entirely.
The Twitch Ban
Here’s the kicker, in the middle of all this, Riley actually tagged Twitch Support asking them to ban another streamer for cheating. Not long after, Riley themselves got banned from Twitch.
It’s the kind of poetic twist you couldn’t script if you tried. To make things even spicier, Riley’s Discord also vanished around the same time.
Was it because Twitch confirmed cheating? Was it mass reports? Nobody knows. But the timing was chef’s-kiss perfect for every person already calling them a cheater.
EA’s Bigger Problem
Regardless of Riley’s guilt or innocence, the fact is Battlefield 6 is a cheating playground right now. EA reportedly booted over 300,000 players in the first week alone, almost a third of the game’s concurrent population. That’s insane for a game that isn’t even in full release yet.
