Bad news, Steam Deck shooters: Electronic Arts has determined that Linux is "a path for a variety of impactful exploits and cheats" in Apex Legends, and it has thus decided to block anyone using ...

Apex Legends did have anti-cheat software that did run on the Steam Deck — specifically, the game uses Epic Games’ Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC), which has been compatible with the Linux gaming ...

Apex Legends losing Linux support as EA continues fight against cheaters. “In our efforts to combat cheating in Apex, we've identified Linux OS as being a path for a variety of impactful ...

While Respawn attributed cutting Linux support as a primary reason for the cheating decline, it noted that other anti-cheat initiatives had been used since the start of Season 23 of Apex Legends. ...

Electronic Arts has blocked Steam Deck players from its cooperative shooter, Apex Legends. Stating that "the openness of the Linux operating systems makes it an attractive one for cheaters and ...

Cheating software running on Linux is more challenging to detect than Windows-based kernel-level tools, and they require an increasingly higher level of attention from the Apex Legends team ...

Yet another title under the EA umbrella has taken steps to block Linux OS gaming PCs, and the Steam Deck, from being able to access the game.The Apex Legends team posted an update blaming Linux ...

A recent post on X from the official Apex Legends handle announced that Respawn Entertainment and EA have collectively decided to withdraw the game's support compatibility from Linux OS.

EA has made the decision to block Linux gamers - including, of course, Steam Deck owners (at least those who haven't switched away from SteamOS) - from playing its popular battle royale, Apex Legends.

This was also because there was no official support to run Apex Legends on Linux. Moreover, EAC was not compatible with the operating system. Ad. How to download and enjoy Apex Legends on Linux? Ad.

Respawn’s hero shooter Apex Legends is up and running on Linux. We were clued into this 5 days ago thanks to SteamDB, when a new Apex Legends branch named “Steam Deck Testing” showed up.

Bad news, Steam Deck shooters: Electronic Arts has determined that Linux is "a path for a variety of impactful exploits and cheats" in Apex Legends, and it has thus decided to block anyone using ...