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@alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca • 1 year ago

Steam games will now need to fully disclose kernel-level anti-cheat on store pages

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Steam games will now need to fully disclose kernel-level anti-cheat on store pages

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@alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca • 1 year ago
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Valve announced a change for Steam today that will make things a lot clearer for everyone, as developers will now need to clearly list the kernel-level anti-cheat used on Steam store pages.
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    I didnt buy Helldivers 2 because of it. Explained why to all my friends who kept trying to convince me to buy it. I didn’t convince them, they didn’t convince me… but hey I appreciate the warning in the future.

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      Meanwhile hd2 runs just fine under Linux, without kernel fuckery.

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      Yeah, i mean it’s not useless to make it visible. It’s a good news in the end.

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      Funnily enough it was HD2 that finally convinced a few of my friends to hop on over the Linux

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