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

By Liam Dawe, 15 Feb 2024

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.

Age of Empires IV gets a fix for Steam Deck / Linux online play desyncs

By Liam Dawe, 31 Jan 2024

Age of Empires IV just got a fresh 2024 patch and excitingly, it gets an official fix for Steam Deck / Desktop Linux multiplayer problems.

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

By Liam Dawe, 8 Nov 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, 31 Oct 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.

EA expanding EA Anti-Cheat - bad news for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, 29 Sep 2023

EA (Electronic Arts) are continuing to expand their home-grown EA Anti-Cheat, with an announcement that Battlefield 2042 is also moving over to it.

Linux players getting banned on Apex Legends again

By Liam Dawe, 19 Aug 2023

As a little PSA word of warning, it seems EA / Respawn have begun another little ban wave or they've tweaked something in their anti-cheat that Linux / Steam Deck players are getting caught in for Apex Legends.

Apex Legends banning some Linux players, keep an eye out Steam Deck players

By Liam Dawe, 1 Mar 2023

It appears that Apex Legends from Respawn and EA has started banning some players on Linux, and while the Steam Deck uses Linux too it seems nearly all the bans were desktop Linux players.

Apex Legends now broken on Steam Deck and Linux desktops (update: fixed)

By Liam Dawe, 14 Mar 2022

Even though Apex Legends was marked officially Steam Deck Verified by Valve on March 9, that we covered in an article, it's now been updated and it's broken on Steam Deck and Linux desktops.