Steam Deck will support games with Epic's Easy Anti-Cheat software

Things are looking brighter for Valve’s Steam Deck and its potential game library. On Friday, the company announced titles that depend on Epic’s Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) software can now run on the portable. Valve said adding Steam Deck support to titles that utilize EAC is “a simple process.” Developers won’t need to update their SDK version or make other time-consuming changes. With Valve adding BattlEye support through its Proton compatibility layer for Linux late last year, the company said, “this means the two largest anti-cheat services are now easily supported on Proton and Steam Deck.” In practice, that should mean more of your favorite games will work with Valve’s handheld when it launches next month. Of course, it’s one thing for Valve to make it easy for developers to ensure their games run without issue on Steam Deck and a completely separate thing for them to do the necessary work to ensure compatibility. To that point, when Valve announced BattlEye support in December, it said all developers had to do was contact the company to enable the software for their title. And yet it’s still unclear whether some of the most popular multiplayer games on Steam that utilize BattlEye and EAC, including titles like Rainbow Six Siege and PUBG, will work on day one of Steam Deck’s availability. Valve has tried to address some of that uncertainty with its recently announced Deck Verified program. This week, Valve added 67 titles to the database, 39 of which should run without issue on the device.
http://dlvr.it/SHdD3v

Popular Content

The best gaming laptops for 2025

Watch the Blue Origin launch that'll carry Alan Shepard's daughter to space

The Hidden Cost of Sleep Deprivation in the Workplace

Crypto NFT unicorn Sorare hit by UK regulators over operating a ‘gambling’ platform

Bank accidentally deposits $176 million into people’s accounts on Christmas Day

From Kruger’s Gentle Giants to the Pinnacle of Jo’burg’s Skyline

Fed Raises Interest Rate by 25 Basis Points in First Rate Hike Since 2018

Essential Considerations to Become A Successful Software Vendor

AI News Weekly - Issue #381: Godspeed, Google employees in the U.S. and abroad. - Apr 18th 2024