Halo Infinite Being Held Back From Steam Deck Due to Anti Cheat

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Valve's highly anticipated Steam Deck is finally in the hands of players, and so far it seems the handheld is a big success for the company. However, as expected, some games are unfortunately incompatible due to anti-cheat, including the popular Halo Infinite.

Released last year, Halo Infinite is the latest entry in the iconic Halo series and was generally well-received by fans. The free-to-play multiplayer component is a huge draw, naturally including measures against players cheating to gain unfair advantages.

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In a list shared on Steam, Xbox Game Studios outlines which games are currently supported on Steam Deck. The list is split into three categories, with each representing the level of playability: Verified games which are known to work, Playable games that may have some issues, and Unsupported games that will not run at all. Unfortunately, both Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Halo Infinite are in the Unsupported category, alongside Microsoft Flight Simulator X and Gears 5.

Multiplayer games on Steam Deck are a special case, since running through a compatibility layer to work on a different OS is something that games are not generally designed to do. The Proton compatibility system working as well as it does is a major technical achievement reached thanks to both Valve and the open-source WINE project Proton is adapted from, but given the nature of games from different studios running on different engines, it would be unreasonable to expect perfection. Still, though, whether developers decide to support the Steam Deck and Linux as a whole depends on how well the platform performs long-term.

The Steam Deck, while not a perfect platform, could be the