Steam Deck's Latest Developer Update Is a Promising Sign for Multiplayer Games
Creating an entirely new platform is no simple process, but Valve has never been one to shirk at such challenges. The Steam Deck is already proving to be an exciting new system, bringing a full-fledged PC experience to players' hands. However, the Steam Deck isn't a typical gaming PC. It doesn't run Windows, but rather Linux with a Valve-made compatibility layer named Proton. Ensuring PC games are fully compatible on Steam Deck is no simple matter. Valve is moving forward, though, with its latest effort focusing on streamlining approval processes for games with anti-cheat.
Anti-cheat services for PC video games are complex by design. They're built to protect multiplayer systems in games from cheaters, while also protecting themselves from the cheaters at the same time. Since the Steam Deck isn't a Windows-based PC, even popular anti-cheat systems won't run by default. Valve has to work with its partners to ensure compatibility, which it has. Today, Valve announced that Steam Deck will now support Epic Games' Easy Anti-Cheat software, but that's just one step in Valve's effort to support anti-cheat on Steam Deck.
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What today's announcement from Valve confirms is that games utilizing Easy Anti-Cheat will be able to go through a straightforward process to get reviewed and approved for Steam Deck support. Valve warns, however, that games that don't support either Easy Anti-Cheat or BattlEye, a previously confirmed anti-cheat service, will receive an Unsupported rating until they do.
Easy Anti-Cheat is one of, if not the most widespread anti-cheat service in the video game industry. Games that use the anti-cheat service include
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