Will Valve’s Steam Deck be able to run games that use Epic’s Easy Anti-Cheat?

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Valve’s latest handheld gaming device, the Steam Deck, is set to have its official launch next month, February 2022 finally.

With its release date drawing closer, enthusiasts who have been waiting to get their hands on the device are pretty curious as to what the Deck can run and what it can’t.

While the device’s SteamOS will allow players to access every single title present in the Steam library, there have been specific reports by beta testers, which hint that not all games are perfectly compatible with the Deck just yet.

This has led many to wonder if the upcoming device can run titles that use Epic’s Easy Anti-Cheat, and fortunately, it seems that it will.

Epic Games did announce back in September 2021 that they will be expanding the availability of Easy Anti-Cheat to Linux and macOS. They have also explicitly mentioned that they will be working on compatibility for the Steam Deck and its Proton technology which allows Windows games on Linux.

In a recent blog post, Valve has also confirmed that they are collaborating with Epic Games to make it significantly easier for developers who use Easy-Anti Cheat to release their games on the handheld gaming PC.

In the blog, Valve states,

Developers will have a much easier time porting their games to Valve's latest device, and as fans will be getting all of their games on one platform, many feel that this will be one of the most significant selling points for the Deck.

As the device is now compatible with both Easy Anti-Cheat and the BattlEye anti-cheat software, games like PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege will have a very smooth transition to the platform.