War Thunder from Gaijin Entertainment announced back in December 2024 that they would be changing the anti-cheat, which continues to be rolled out in stages. They're moving from Easy Anti-Cheat to BattlEye, both of which support Linux platforms and War Thunder did already support Linux.
As of the latest update posted January 24th, they noted "BattlEye anti-cheat has been enabled for Linux", so players on Linux / SteamOS / Steam Deck should be good to continue playing. The update is noted on our anti-cheat compatibility page.
Pictured - War Thunder
It's great to see Gaijin Entertainment have kept up their Linux support for this game for so long. Showing many others how it can be done successfully, unlike GTA Online, which also uses BattlEye but Rockstar are choosing not to enable it.
War Thunder remains wildly popular too with a 24 hour peak of 87,363 players, and that's just on Steam, the game is available direct from the developer and on consoles.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
At the moment you can only get one of these things without figuratively handing the keys to your pc over to someone you don't know.
Exactly the opposite: My banking app will ONLY run on a smartphone that has not been rooted. Which in turn means no LineageOS or GrapheneOS.
benstor214 a day ago
I was of the impression we were on GamingOnLinux and hence talking about PC gaming.
WT is not PayToWin. There is nothing you can buy that will make winning easier for you.
So-so. Bushes give a noticeable advantage, as does crew skill. It is common that premium vehicles are usually superior to their tech-tree counterparts (especially the first few months after being released).
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