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As Epic Games continue ignoring Linux / Steam Deck for Fortnite they're putting it on Windows Arm (www.gamingonlinux.com)
submitted 16 hours ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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[–] pory@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Anti-cheat is always malware (or at best it's DRM), that sometimes reduces cheating in games.

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

I see trash like Fortnite not being available on Linux as an absolute win.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 3 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

Why are they specifically against Linux?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

The market isn’t big enough to warrant supporting a launcher + game on it

Windows ARM is just Windows and as laptops continue to drop x86 it’s worth migrating as well

Also it ensures their engine can support ARM meanwhile it already supports Linux

We know it’s not anticheat because the first thing Epic did when they bought Easy was give it Linux support

[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Timmy has a personal hatred for Linux for some reason. He keeps shitting on it on Twitter.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 12 points 14 hours ago

Fuck that guy. UT2k4 shipped with a Linux installer that never showed up on steam/gog before they delisted it.

[–] gl38@feddit.uk -3 points 7 hours ago

There are so many variations/forks/distros of Linux that it is basically impossible to control the gameplay experience (prevent cheating) in a way that Epic want to. At least that's what they say.

[–] CapitalType@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 14 hours ago

They afraid linux hackers will nuke their game the second they allow them play.