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Supporting Linux / Proton and the Steam Deck with BattlEye is just an email away

By Liam Dawe,
23
Recently we had announcements from both Easy Anti-Cheat and BattlEye in regards to Linux, specifically for the Steam Play Proton compatibility layer and the Steam Deck and now BattlEye are making it easier.
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Brawlhalla to get Easy Anti-Cheat, dev puts up Beta with EAC working on Linux with Proton

By Liam Dawe,
22
Blue Mammoth Games announced that later in October that the platform-fighter Brawlhalla will be getting Easy Anti-Cheat. Thankfully, they've put up a Beta for Linux users playing it using Steam Play Proton and it works.
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XIGNCODE3 anti-cheat working towards Steam Deck support by launch

By Liam Dawe,
8
XIGNCODE3 is another popular anti-cheat like Easy Anti-Cheat and BattlEye that currently causes issues for Linux and it's going to hopefully see support for Linux and the Steam Deck by launch.
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Warhammer: Vermintide 2 developer responds on Easy Anti-Cheat for Linux with Proton

By Liam Dawe,
36
One developer that has actually properly released a statement on updating Easy Anti-Cheat to support Linux and Proton for the Steam Deck is Fatshark for Warhammer: Vermintide 2.
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BattlEye confirms Linux support for Steam Deck, will be opt-in like Easy Anti-Cheat

By Liam Dawe,
64
Just recently we had Epic Games announce that Easy Anti-Cheat now offers proper native Linux support and in addition support for Wine and Steam Play Proton - now we have BattlEye also confirming the same readying up for the Steam Deck.
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Epic Games announce full Easy Anti-Cheat support for Linux including Wine & Proton

By Liam Dawe,
113
Today, Easy Anti-Cheat from Epic Games / Epic Online Services has officially announced a full expansion for Linux including native builds and Wine + Proton. This is big for Linux Gaming and the Steam Deck.
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Didn't last long: Back 4 Blood no longer working on Linux with Proton

By Liam Dawe,
35
Well, looks like the previous excitement around Back 4 Blood and the Open Beta for Linux users is over, as it appears whatever they tweaked recently now stops Linux players with Proton.
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Garry Newman of Facepunch mentions working with EAC for Rust on Linux with Proton

By Liam Dawe,
17
Back in 2019, survival game Rust was one of the more high-profile games to remove their native Linux version but it seems they're not done with Linux thanks to the Steam Deck.
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Steamworks gets Denuvo Anti-Cheat, here's what Irdeto say about Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
76
Irdeto, the company behind Denuvo and the newer Denuvo Anti-Cheat have announced that developers on Steam can now get direct anti-cheat integration through Steamworks. Here's what they said about working with Linux.
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More progress on Easy Anti-Cheat in Wine / Proton coming

By Liam Dawe,
30
With the current in-progress community development effort to get Easy Anti-Cheat working in the Wine / Proton compatibility layers, they continually hit new milestones.
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Trusted Mode is now live for everyone in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

By Liam Dawe,
8
Valve has now launched the Trusted Mode update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, in their attempt to reduce cheating further - here's what's changed.
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Wine (so Proton eventually) takes another step towards Easy Anti-Cheat working

By Liam Dawe,
19
Recently we highlighted the ongoing unofficial work to get Easy Anti-Cheat working in Wine (so Steam Play Proton then too) and it appears another major step has been achieved.
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An update on Easy Anti-Cheat support for Wine and Proton

By Liam Dawe,
37
Currently, the Wine and Proton compatibility layers for Linux don't work with Easy Anti-Cheat and we have something of an update on the status for you.
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Denuvo Anti-Cheat to support Steam Play Proton, being removed from DOOM Eternal

By Liam Dawe,
29
Some really good news for PC gamers everywhere, as it seems one small battle against invasive anti-cheat has been won.
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War Thunder 1.91 'Night Vision' is out with the Chinese nation, new sound engine and Easy Anti-Cheat

By Liam Dawe,
19
The online free to play combat sim War Thunder just had a huge new release, adding in an entirely new nation with China and plenty of upgrades elsewhere.
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Epic's Tim Sweeney thinks Wine "is the one hope for breaking the cycle", Easy Anti-Cheat continuing Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
40
Here's something interesting, Tim Sweeney, the founder and CEO of Epic Games has been chatting on Twitter again and what he said is quite interesting.
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BattlEye now say they're working with Valve to support Steam Play

By Liam Dawe,
42
Here's a bit of interesting news to end the week with, BattlEye have said they are working with Valve to get their anti-cheat working with Steam Play/Proton.
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Easy Anti-Cheat is actually still supported for Linux, a statement from Epic Games

By Liam Dawe,
44
As an update to my previous article talking about Easy Anti-Cheat, as it turns out they're not stopping Linux support for it at all.
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Easy Anti-Cheat are apparently "pausing" their Linux support, which could be a big problem (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
78
I've just today been alerted to something that's quite worrying, according to Garry Newman from Facepunch Studios, Easy Anti-Cheat are "pausing" their Linux support.
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Apparently Valve are working with Easy Anti-Cheat to get support in Steam Play (updated: yup)

By Liam Dawe,
29
Treat this with a pinch of salt since we've been unable to confirm it, Valve and Easy Anti-Cheat are apparently working to get it supported with Steam Play.
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