Fortnite is coming to Linux once Epic improves Easy Anti-Cheat

Epic intends to launch Fortnite on Linux, but first, it's "rebuilding Easy Anti-Cheat" to support the move.

"Once [EAC Linux v2 is] working with a critical mass of distro maintainers, we'll bring Fortnite to Linux via the Epic Games Launcher," the company announced. "We'll also make these improvements available to other developers so they can bring their games to Linux players."

More PC games than ever are playable on Linux, thanks in part to Valve's Proton emulation, which allows many Windows games to be played on SteamOS and has been essential to the Steam Deck's success. But some of the biggest multiplayer games have been holdouts, because opening the doors to Linux represents a security and cheating risk.

For example, Facepunch COO Alistair McFarlane said last year that the studio's popular survival game, Rust, is unsupported on Linux because of cheating.

"There are no plans to support Proton or Linux," McFarlane said at the time. …