In an effort to stop Linux cheating in Apex Legends, Respawn is removing support for Steam Deck.
Obviously, most players who play games like Apex Legends will be playing on console or PC, especially if they want to play the game well, but there are also a lot of people who just want to lay in bed and have a fun casual time with it on their Steam Deck superior. But unfortunately, unless you’re tech-savvy, you won’t be able to do that right now – Apex Legends is now officially available via Steam, so you can play the game on Valve’s handheld Steam Deck. In addition to earlier this week, Respawn announced that it would stop supporting Linux, which Steam Deck runs on.
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“In our efforts to combat cheating in Apex, we have discovered that the Linux operating system is a conduit for a variety of impactful exploits and cheats,” reads a blog post explaining the decision. “As a result, we have decided to prevent Linux operating systems from accessing the game. While this will impact a small percentage of Apex players, we believe this decision will meaningfully reduce cheating in our games. Linux is the default for the Steam Deck. Currently we There is no reliable way to distinguish between legitimate Steam Deck and malicious cheats claiming to be Steam Deck (via Linux).”
This isn’t unusual, as there are plenty of big shooters that have never had Steam Deck support, including Fortnite, but as GamesRadar points out, Apex Legends is a fairly popular game on the handheld console, ranking among the most Welcome to the top 50 games. in the past year.
The blog post does note that it’s still possible to play games on the Steam Deck by simply installing Windows on the device, which may not be something everyone wants to do. Sorry, Steam Deck players! Respawn did say that it “looks forward to sharing future anti-cheat updates,” so I guess you can keep your fingers crossed that this will be reinstated at some point.
