Battlefield 6 will be a unplayable on Linux systems due to the anti-cheat

Unfortunate, I would have been interested otherwise. Oh well, there's still Planetside 2 :)

Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, and Epic Games (as a developer or publisher) are the three videogame companies I have on my blacklist.

Companies always only talking about Open Source using negative words. It very bad they use godot and do not told about this. I known closed-source programs, which use OpenSource and they are a lot, but they only mention about this in license text. Nobody normal reads license, because companies told humans that licenses were only to battle with piracy.

I get the point of anti-cheats. I don't necessarily agree, but I get it.

I really wish more devs made it possible to disable them. Just, run the game without it, connect to servers that don't care (or even better, provide a way to run private servers). This way, friends and the like can enjoy the game however they want, without disturbing the "protected" players. Kinda like ladder and non ladder in Diablo, if I recall (it's been a while).

It was a thing "back then". I kinda miss that. Now it's all tightly locked down, no trust, no private servers, and you're treated like a criminal by default, in addition to making some games inaccessible to a slew of people that are not ready to trade privacy for *paid* entertainment.

Also, kudos for embracing, even if only slightly, open source propositions. Everyone wins when everyone uses opensource (and the maintainer is not a benevolent dictator haha).

I basically have EA blacklisted now anyway, this just helps reinforce that it was the right move.

Too bad..

I really wish more devs made it possible to disable them. Just, run the game without it, connect to servers that don't care (or even better, provide a way to run private servers).

But you're not seeing the bigger picture! Making anti-cheat optional (even to single player) would open the game up for modding. How would this poor publisher make money if you could mod in the things they make you pay big money for. You have to think of the investors!

Why they don't release a native linux client so we don't use steam proton or any compabillity layer to get it working

Easy Anti Cheat and Battleye is downloadable from steam with native libs

OMG soo stupid

Maybe their problem is about using third party application to run the game and their stupid mind says,that is hacking actions

WOW


Last edited by tuxer415 on 1 Aug 2025 at 1:12 pm UTC

Good thing I don't play these kinds of games. I haven't played a Battlefield game since Battlefield 2 back in the mid 2000s. The only multiplayer games I play are MMORPGs like WoW, and fortunately I don't know of any that block Linux currently.

Over the last 1-2 years I've seen many larger games either launch with Linux/Steam Deck support or added support in retrospect. Including ones with competitive aspects like Marvel Rivals or Fragpunk. Or decently large games like Hell Let Loose.
Others only supported the Steam Deck through hardware checks. This is annoying but it's at least a sign they are willing to support other PC platforms that are not Windows.
Even xDefiant from Ubisoft worked for it's short life.

It's easy to get frustrated about things like this but it's important to remember the progress that happened so far.
I think Linux gaming is winning here, even if only slowly. Especially since it's pushed mainly by a handheld that can even barely handle those games.
It's gonna be interesting if we get in the territory of a Steam console or a Steam Deck 2 (with either eGPU support or enough power to at least push HD gaming with FSR 4).

In the end it's a matter of market share. And if we already got so much support with only a few million sold Steam Decks, I can only wonder what's gonna happen with 10 or even 20 million devices.

This shouldn't be too surprising given that they added their kernel anti-cheat to Battlefield 4 and 5 last year and this is just a continuation of that for Battlefield 6. If this game is on Geforce Now, assuming that they do it like the other Battlefield titles, that's one option for those that want to play the game.

Good thing I got most of my gaming done on the Steam Deck for both Battlefield 4 and 5 before they implemented the kernel anti-cheat. As of now, I'm not going to give EA money for this one since this series doesn't hold my interest.


Last edited by ToddL on 1 Aug 2025 at 5:23 pm UTC

They might be actively blocking Linux on their anticheat, but I recently discovered that I'm actively blocking myself from buying anything made by EA.

Companies always only talking about Open Source using negative words. It very bad they use godot and do not told about this. I known closed-source programs, which use OpenSource and they are a lot, but they only mention about this in license text. Nobody normal reads license, because companies told humans that licenses were only to battle with piracy.

they dont have to, the game isnt powered by godot , i mean, the rendering isnt done using godot, nor the physics, audio or multiplayer, just an level editor they made.

never mind, it was not about the game, they riped off godot totally '-'


Last edited by elmapul on 1 Aug 2025 at 9:24 pm UTC

EA will protect it's customer base from the bad hacky community that is Linux. Do they realize how stupid they sound?