If you are an avid multiplayer player, you will be able to play popular games like Apex Legends and Fortnite. However, you may need to wait for a while.
Linux players, this is big news!
Epic Games adds complete Linux support to its "easy anti-cheat" service, and officially provides SteamPlay (or Proton) and Wine compatibility.
Although we expect this to happen sometime in the future, the introduction of Steam Deck has changed the scene of playing games on Linux.
As you may know, Steam Deck is powered by Linux, which is why Epic Games is interested in expanding support for the Linux platform.
Therefore, it can be said that if it weren't for Valve 's efforts on Steam Deck, the chance of obtaining "simple anti-cheat" support on Linux is not optimistic.
Multiplayer gamers can consider switching to Linux is up
has simple anti-cheat support, many popular multiplayer games, such as "Apex Legends", "Fortnite", "Tom Clancy's Division 2" ", "Rust" and many other games should run perfectly on Linux.
According to Epic Games’ announcement:
Starting from the latest SDK version, developers only need to click a few clicks on the Epic online service developer portal,You can activate anti-cheat support for Linux through Wine or Proton.
Therefore, it may take a while for developers to activate anti-cheat support for various games. However, for most games with simple anti-cheat features, this should be a green signal.
is missing a reason for dual booting of Windows and Linux.
"Apex Legends" is one of my favorite multiplayer games. Moreover, I had to use Windows to play this game. I hope this situation will change soon. I can try it on Linux in the next few weeks!
Also, if you are about to switch to Linux, but hesitate because of its compatibility with games , I want to say that the problem is half solved!
Of course, we still need official support for BattleEye, other anti-cheat services and game clients. But this is the beginning.
Steam Deck is now a convincing game choice
Although many people are not sure whether Steam Deck supports all AAA games, this should be improved!
Steam Deck should now be an easy choice for multiplayer gamers.
Summary
If Steam Deck becomes the focus of a successful handheld game console, then as we know, playing games on Linux will also change.
Also, I think that Epic Games' addition of Linux support to its anti-cheat service is just the beginning.
Maybe, we will never have to use ProtonDB to play a game on Linux that is only supported by Windows; who knows? However, after this, the future of Linux gaming seems to be full of hope.
If you are a developer,You may want to read this announcement to get the latest SDK.
What are your thoughts on Epic Games' introduction of simple anti-cheat to Linux? Welcome to share your thoughts in the comments below.
via: https://news.itsfoss.com/easy-anti-cheat-linux/
Author: Ankush Das Topic: lujun9972 Translator: wxy proofreading: wxy
This article was originally compiled by LCTT, honored by Linux China Launch
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