Nobody likes cheaters in their games. EA and Respawn are even less fond of them. Cheating in Apex Legends has been a problem before - you may recall a major incident during a regional tournament that made waves online through sheer absurdity.
In a recent blog post, EA notified customers of their latest steps in the war against cheating. All Linux systems, including the Steam Deck, are officially barred from accessing the game.
EA has not, and likely will never, do a tell-all about the specific issues they had with Linux. But if the solution involved banning the operating system outright, it wasn't likely a small thing.
But we are not completely without an explanation. EA has discussed, in broad terms, why they had such a large issue with the platform.
Thanks to the Steam Deck's flexibility, it is still possible to play Apex Legends on the platform—you just have to install and set up a whole new operating system.
EA also fully intends to take these anti-cheat measures further. While their next steps may not include blocking another OS, they're not opposed to drastic measures for keeping their game cheater-free.
While they specified that today's move...
