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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is 'building toward the most advanced and robust anti-cheat', requiring players to enable Secure Boot for the beta

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's beta is just days away, scheduled to kick off on October 2 for early access players (October 5 for everyone else) ahead of the game's official release on November 14. But before you get to jump in and check it out, Activision wants to make sure that you've got all your ducks in a row, and by ducks, I mean Secure Boot.

"On PC, the Black Ops 7 Beta will require TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot," an official blog post reads. "We’re building toward the most advanced and robust anti-cheat protections players will find in gaming, starting with the Beta on October 2 for Early Access and October 5 for all players."

Call of Duty Black Ops 7 beta: Key art of a soldier crouched behind a barricade on the left as two run towards them from the distance.

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If you played any of the open Battlefield 6 betas, then you'll know just how much of a pain Secure Boot can be. It's a UEFI firmware that prevents any unauthorised software from running while your PC is starting up, ensuring only verified and uncompromised software can load. It's also what publishers like EA and Activision use for their own anti-cheat, in this case, Ricochet.

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