War Thunder gets BattlEye anti-cheat enabled for Linux

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/war-thunder-gets-battleye-anti-cheat-enabled-for-linux/

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perviouslyiner@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Game famous for leaking classified information gets extra, extra access to the computers of military people, fml, really?!

AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

I think you might be overestimating the computer acumen of the military.

petrescatraian@libranet.de · 1 pts · 1y

I mean, are you running War Thunder on your Abrams tank or F35?

ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 1y (6 replies)

Yeah I saw this. But it can’t be kernel level right

Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz · 21 pts · 1y (3 replies)

It won't be on Linux. Many games that support Linux use a less invasive version of their anti-cheat for Linux.

Unfortunately that is sometimes used as an excuse for not supporting Linux or dropping Linux support.

ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I would be very very disappointed if they dropped Linux.

JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 1y (1 reply)

But only hackers and cheaters use Linux, didn't you know???

In our efforts to combat cheating in Apex, we've identified Linux OS as being a path for a variety of impactful exploits and cheats. As a result, we've decided to block Linux OS access to the game. While this will impact a small number of Apex players, we believe the decision will meaningfully reduce instances of cheating in our game.

random_character_a@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Gotta get somethind to level the playing field when playing FPS on a steam deck against people with mouse+keyb controls. /s

hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Seems like it is. The price you pay to play these games is to have proprietary spyware running with root access on your device

ComradeMiao@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y

Well they never did it before. Hope that doesn’t start