Bodycam Anti-Cheat: Confirmed for V0.9 — What We Know

Anti-cheat is coming to Bodycam. The developer's official announcement for the v0.9 "The Dead & Damned" update (October 30, 2026) confirms that the update arriving on November 13, 2026 brings "the arrival of the anti-cheat" to the game's PvP multiplayer. For a competitive shooter whose community has complained about cheaters throughout Early Access, this is the most requested technical change Reissad Studio has ever shipped.

What Is Officially Confirmed

• Anti-cheat deploys with v0.9 on November 13, 2026 (official announcement).
• The release-date article on this wiki references the announcement's wording; media coverage of the update (PlayGround.ru, IGN syndication) reported the same fact in its update summaries.
• The announcement groups it with the Public Pool rework and TEC-9 as the multiplayer side of the update: "Zombies get the spotlight this time, but multiplayer isn't left out, with a reworked Public Pool and the arrival of the anti-cheat."

What Is Not Confirmed Yet

The announcement names the feature but not its implementation details. As of November 8, 2026, Reissad Studio has not publicly specified:

• Which anti-cheat system is integrated (a third-party solution such as Easy Anti-Cheat or BattlEye, or an in-house system)
• Kernel-level vs. user-mode operation
• Whether it runs on all matches or only ranked/competitive queues
• Ban policy: detection windows, wave bans, or hardware bans
• Linux/Proton compatibility implications, if any

Details like these typically surface in the launch-day patch notes or a follow-up post. This page will be updated with only officially confirmed specifics — rumors and datamined guesses will not be presented as fact.

Why It Matters for Bodycam

Bodycam is a competitive tactical FPS where gunfights are decided by pixel-accurate aim, sound cues, and positioning. In that environment, wallhacks and aimbots are exceptionally visible — a cheater's crosshair snap is obvious through the game's raw bodycam presentation. Community complaints about cheaters have been a recurring theme in the game's Steam reviews since Early Access began in June 2024, making the anti-cheat deployment one of the update's most consequential features even though it produces no new content.

Community Context

Anti-cheat integrations generally split community opinion:

• Competitive players overwhelmingly welcome enforcement — a level playing field is the point of ranked play, and shooter communities typically report immediate match-quality improvements after deployment.
• Privacy-conscious players often raise concerns about kernel-level drivers on their systems. Until the specific implementation is named, these debates remain generic; if Reissad Studio adopts a widely used commercial solution, the surrounding security track record of that vendor becomes part of the conversation.
• Offline/co-op players are least affected: zombie modes are PvE, and the announcement scopes the anti-cheat to PvP. Zombie Trenches and the returning Village/Asylum rotations should not require the anti-cheat driver to run, though that has not been explicitly stated.

What to Check After Launch

On November 13: the patch notes' anti-cheat section (system name and scope), whether a driver install prompt appears on first launch, any ban-wave announcement, and community reports on match quality. We will summarize confirmed findings here.