Epic won’t update Fortnite to run on the Steam Deck

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Epic won’t update Fortnite to run on the Steam Deck
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But you can always install Windows.

, Sweeney said that the company doesn’t feel confident about its ability to combat cheating inisn’t on the Steam store in any case, but Sweeney’s comments rule out a Linux version that could run on the Steam Deck.

The Steam Deck uses Valve’s SteamOS, which is based on Linux, and makes use of a compatibility layer called Proton so that Steam games compiled for Windows can run on it. Epic has made its anti-cheat software, Easy Anti-Cheat , , so developers that use it should be able to make their games work on the Steam Deck without issue. For now, though, Epic itself isn’t going to be one of them, at least not withWith regard to anti-cheat on the Linux platform supporting custom kernels and the threat model to a game of Fortnite's size, YES THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT!, Sweeney described Linux as “a terrifically hard audience to serve given the variety of incompatible configurations.

” when it was first announced, calling it “an open platform where users are free to install software [of] their choosing — including Windows and other stores.”Subscribe to get the best Verge-approved tech deals of the week.Please confirm your subscription to Verge Deals via the verification email we just sent you.

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