Easy Anti Cheat WORKS on LINUX - Epic's Epic Announcement

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Epic Games has officially announced that their Easy Anti Cheat system will be coming to Linux. There are a few caveats though, so let's see how that's going to work.

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00:00 Intro 01:24 The Anti-cheat problem 03:01 Valve to the rescue 04:51 Epic's Announcement 07:36 Thoughts

Easy Anti Cheat

So, if you're a gamer, you know that Linux gaming has come a long way, but that it's still hamstrung for a lot of online games by the lack of support for certain anti-cheat systems. While a lot of them actually offer a Linux version of their tools, like Easy Anti Cheat, or EAC, or even BattleEye, these only work if the game itself has been built for Linux.

This means that ultra popular games, like Fortnite or Apex legends just couldn't work under Linux, even though Wine and Proton have been able to run them for a while.

This has been a thorn in the side of plenty of Linux gamers, as a lot of online multiplayer games tend to use EAC.

Valve to the rescue

Now, fortunately, we have a strong ally in the form of Valve. While they're responsible for bringing us Proton, and integrating it really well inside of Steam, they've also been working with Epic Games and other anti-cheat system providers to bring this stuff to Linux.

It's been an uphill battle, as Proton has been available since August 2018, more than 3 years ago, and we had NOT been able to make anti cheat systems work since then.

GOL Announcement: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/valve-officially-confirm-a-new-version-of-steam-play-which-includes-a-modified-version-of-wine.12400

Valve has, however, been working on the steam deck, their own handheld PC,

And this has much more mass market appeal than a regular Linux PC with steam running on it.

This company can sell stuff, and the Steam Deck might very well be a huge success. Unofficial numbers indicate that there were at least 110 000 preor ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ9SKS4tAvw