Valve’s Steam Deck has proven to be a huge success, but the custom Linux-based OS has always been a thorn in the side of certain developers. Some have argued that this gives nefarious players easier ways to cheat, which is why popular battle royale games as Valorant, PUBG and Fortnite not available for console. we can add Apex Legends To this stack as EA just announced withdrawing support for both Steam Deck and Linux.
“In our efforts to combat fraud Apexwe have identified Linux OS as a conduit for various effective exploits and scams. As a result, we have decided to block Linux OS access to the game,” the company wrote in a blog post. “We believe the decision will significantly reduce the incidence of cheating in our game.”
Apex Legends has access to Epic Games’ Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) software, which has been compatible with Linux for years. This should not have been a good enough protection against fraud. He did not allow Fortnite Enter the Steam deck and this game is actually developed by Epic. To that end, developers on Steam will now have to reveal kernel mode anti-cheat software.
It remains to be seen if it’s harder to develop anti-cheat measures for Linux, or if it’s an added cost at a time when game developers are failing. tightening the purse strings. Phillip Koskinas, director of anti-cheat ten Valorant shown to The Verge that bad actors can “create a Linux distribution purposefully built for cheating and we’ll smoke”.
It’s not all bad news Apex Legends fans who prefer to play on a portable console. It will work on Steam Deck as long as you have Windows installed. Valve hasn’t released its own binary boot installer, so you’ll have to rely on fairly sophisticated third-party solutions to get the job done.
