EA Broke Down Battlefield 1 and Other Installments of the Series. Steam Deck and Linux Users Get Telling Message
Battlefield 1, like the next installments in the series, received new anti-cheat protection. Unfortunately, it has broken the game for Linux and Steam Deck users.
We recently informed about the sudden implementation of an anti-cheat system into Grand Theft Auto V, which broke the game on Steam Deck and likely resulted in DDOS attacks on Rockstar's servers. Now, on the 8th Anniversary of Battlefield 1, a similar fate was prepared for the players by Electronic Arts. Yesterday, an update was released that included a new security feature, which broke the game for many users.
According to players on Reddit, kernel-level anti-cheat is preventing users from playing the game on Linux PCs and Steam Deck. When trying to start the game, the following message appears.
However, it is worth noting that this is not an unexpected move from EA. The company announced such a change some time ago and a similar fate befell both Battlefield 2024 , as well as Battlefield V. Both titles do not run on Linux-based platforms, and an EA representative officially confirmed that the system is not supported.
In this case, however, the outrage of the players is somewhat greater, undoubtedly influenced by the fact that Battlefield 1 is a very popular part of the series and is rated much higher than the later released BF2042 or BF5. There are still a lot of people playing it on Steam to this day, so taking away that opportunity from some of them is not a pleasant thing to do.
It is also worth mentioning that several people in the comments reported that after the latest update the game also stopped launching on Windows 10. So the matter might be a bit more serious this time, and EA should take a closer look at it.
