EA Anti-Cheat arrives for Battlefield 1 breaking it on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe - 23 October 2024 at 12:30 pm UTC

It's here. EA Anti-Cheat has now been rolled out into Battlefield 1, breaking another multiplayer game on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

We've known it was coming for a little while as I reported back in August, EA were planning this roll-out originally for September, but it seems it was later delayed until a day ago where it's only just now become live. Battlefield 1 joins the likes of Battlefield 2042, Battlefield V, EA SPORTS WRC and Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 that added EA Anti-Cheat after release and all now broken on Linux platforms.

They aren't the only games completely unplayable for Steam Deck / Linux as this EA Anti-Cheat is also in EA SPORTS FC 25, EA SPORTS Madden NFL 25, F1 24 and EA will continue using it for future multiplayer games so we can expect them all to be unplayable at release.

How long until they roll this out into Apex Legends to replace Easy Anti-Cheat? It must be only a matter of time now.

Anti-Cheat continues to be the biggest issue for gaming on Steam Deck / Linux, like how Grand Theft Auto V is also now broken due to adding in BattlEye with Rockstar refusing to enable it for Proton.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

Tags: Proton, Steam Deck, Anti-Cheat, Electronic Arts, FPS, Online Multiplayer, Steam, Update

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missingno about 3 hours ago

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This is why I don't see Proton as a substitute for proper support. Because if they don't actually support the platform, they could break it at any time and say you're outta luck.

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