The latest move in Epic Games's ongoing fight against cheaters in Fortnite sees the gaming giant implement hardware-level security in Easy Anti-Cheat implementation, at least for those players looking to participate in tournaments. As of February 18, 2026, tournament players will need to enable TPM,...
I play occasionally and cheating has become more of an issue over the last 6-12 months. Some of my friends don’t even want to play anymore because of the cheating. I’m sure Epic is seeing some concerning metrics to justify implementing this because it would exclude many players which can’t meet the requirements.
They just need to add a bots only mode so players can avoid other players.