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The curse of anti-cheat rears its head once more.

Recently, we reported onAMD’s anti-lag getting players banned in games like Counter-Strike 2and other games.

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Apex Legends takes down Steam Deck users

What does this mean for Linux and Steam Deck players?

Respawn is working on a fix, so sit tight and give it a few more days.

Why won’t Apex Legends work on Steam Deck?

Image of anti-cheat error screen in Apex Legends

Steam Deck players are being greeted with a similar message when trying to play Apex Legends.

The Apex Legends build for Linux and, in turn, Steam Deck was broken in the latest patch.

reckon it’s the easyanticheat_x64.so file for Linux was removed, causing this issue.

Anti-cheat has been a long-time issue for Steam Deck Players.

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