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Apex Legends Global Series postponed due to mid-match hacks

By Liam Dawe, Mar 18

Good Morning. Some interesting industry news for you here, as it seems Apex Legends has something of a hacker problem right now that has even messed up the Global Series esport tournament. Note: ARTICLE UPDATED.

Sea of Thieves gets Easy Anti-Cheat - thankfully enabled for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, Mar 14

Sea of Thieves just got a big upgrade and with it Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) is now online. Thankfully the developers have ensured it's enabled for Steam Deck / Linux players using Proton.

Game over for Roblox on Linux / Steam Deck as it's now blocked

By Liam Dawe, Mar 1

Well, there it is, the update for Roblox has arrived that now forcefully blocks it from working with Wine on Linux systems (like Steam Deck).

We can probably say a final goodbye to Roblox on Linux with Wine soon

By Liam Dawe, Feb 26

After Roblox recently introduced Hyperion anti-tamper, there were some issues running it on Linux, but there's been workarounds and some of the Roblox staff made it to work on Linux with Wine again, but it seems not for much longer.

Palworld is getting external anti-cheat but it will be mostly optional

By Liam Dawe, Feb 19

Palworld continues to be an incredible success seeing a 24 hour peak player count of 527,994 but cheating is causing problems, so the developers plan to address it with new anti-cheat.

Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 adding EA AntiCheat, breaking it on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, Feb 15

It's only a matter of time before more and more EA published games move over to EA Anti-Cheat, and now Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 is set to get it.

Helldivers 2 rated Playable for Steam Deck by Valve

By Smellbringer, Feb 15

Helldivers 2 is the bug-squashing sensation that's sweeping the nation. Skyrocketing to popularity in a way that the first Helldivers could only dream of. And now Valve has given it a Steam Deck rating.

HELLDIVERS 2 is out - here's how to run it on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, Feb 8

HELLDIVERS 2 from Arrowhead Game Studios and PlayStation PC has arrived, and it's causing issues for players on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux. Here's some ways you may be able to get it to work.

THE FINALS freezing on Linux? Here's ways you can fix it

By Liam Dawe, Jan 26

THE FINALS has been working on Linux and Steam Deck for a couple of weeks now, and personally I've been having a fantastic time with it. It can crash a fair bit though but luckily here's some possible solutions I've tested working.

THE FINALS big 1.5.0 update out with new mode - continues working on Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Jan 17

I recently reported on THE FINALS now working on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux, and it seems even with the latest major update just released with version 1.5.0 bringing a new game mode it continues working.

THE FINALS now appears to work on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jan 15

Well this quite a surprise. THE FINALS is one of the most popular new online FPS games that uses Easy Anti-Cheat from Epic Online Services, and as of a recent update — it works on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

League of Legends likely unplayable on Linux / Steam Deck soon due to Vanguard anti-cheat

By Liam Dawe, Jan 10

A day we expected to come but now Riot Games have formally announced that their Vanguard kernel-level anti-cheat is coming to League of Legends, and so it will make it unplayable on Linux.

Fortnite on Linux / Steam Deck? Not until 'tens of millions of users'

By Liam Dawe, Dec 13, 2023

Hoping at some point to play Fortnite on Linux / Steam Deck without the use of Cloud Gaming services? Well, it's probably quite some time away, if ever.

Hell Let Loose now works on Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Nov 24, 2023

Here's a fun one I managed to somehow miss recently, but it seems that Hell Let Loose has hooked up Easy Anti-Cheat to work on Linux / Steam Deck.

Hunt: Showdown anti-cheat now fixed for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, Nov 23, 2023

After being left broken for about a week, Crytek have now fixed up their Easy Anti-Cheat for Hunt: Showdown to work on Steam Deck / Linux again.

Riders Republic should now run on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, Nov 22, 2023

Some good news for fans of crazy sporty games like Riders Republic, as Ubisoft actually worked to get it working on Steam Deck / Linux.

Hunt: Showdown is broken on Steam Deck / Linux due to Easy Anti-Cheat

By Liam Dawe, Nov 20, 2023

Hunt: Showdown, a popular multiplayer game has been broken on Steam Deck / desktop Linux due to Easy Anti-Cheat.

Over a week later Apex Legends is still broken on Linux / Steam Deck (update: fixed)

By Liam Dawe, Nov 8, 2023

One of the most popular titles on Steam, Apex Legends, has been left broken on Linux / Steam Deck for over a week now after the Ignite Update. You can fix it yourself though, if you want to risk it. ARTICLE UPDATED.

Apex Legends Ignite Update broke anti-cheat on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, Oct 31, 2023

Well, here we go again. Apex Legends just launched the Ignite Update, and with it sadly it seems they messed up Easy Anti-Cheat for Steam Deck / Linux.

ARK: Survival Ascended out now and enabled BattlEye for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Oct 27, 2023

Studio Wildcard with Grove Street Games and Instinct Games have released ARK: Survival Ascended, a full Unreal Engine 5 remake of ARK: Survival Evolved and it's playable on Steam Deck.

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