EAC support to make over a hundred games compatible with Steam Deck
One of Steam Deck's biggest concerns was the lack of anti-cheat support for Proton, the compatibility layer for Linux. As some of the biggest Steam games use Easy Anti-Cheat, such as Apex Legends and Dead by Daylight, Easy Anti-Cheat has been a major impediment to successful Steam Deck game compatibility, as well as Steam Deck success. himself.
Easy Anti-Cheat, as the name suggests, is a modern anti-cheat application for multiplayer games. As mentioned earlier, it is one of the most popular anti-cheat apps and is used in a variety of games, from shooters like Fortnite and Fortnite to MMOs like Black Desert Online. Although Valve previously announced that they would work with anti-cheat vendors to enable compatibility with Proton and Linux, the Easy Anti-Cheat concern remained a big question mark for the success of the Steam Deck.
Today, Epic Games, the company that owns Easy Anti-Cheat, added support for the service on Linux via Wine or Proton, as well as Mac. If developers want to add compatibility for Linux, all they have to do is perform "a few clicks on the Epic Online Services Developer Portal". The Steam Deck will use SteamOS, Valve's own version of Linux. So that means over a hundred multiplayer games will be compatible with the Steam Deck – months before it's released. This is a good sign for increased game compatibility on Steam Deck, as Valve committed to increasing Proton compatibility when Steam Deck was released.
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