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Kyle Campbell

Fortnite isn’t coming to the Steam Deck, according to Epic Games CEO

The Steam Deck will  release pretty soon, but it’s probably not getting Fortnite. Not in the way of official support, that is. 

Fortnite  might not be  available on Steam, but since the Steam Deck is an open platform, developers are free to support it however they wish. On Sunday, one Fortnite  fan asked  Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney if the battle royale phenomenon would come to Valve’s device. In short: it’s not looking good.

Fortnite no, but there’s a big effort underway to maximize Easy Anti-Cheat compatibility with Steam Deck,” Sweeny said  on Twitter. He goes on to state that the open nature of the Steam Deck would make combating cheating in Fortnite  very difficult due to its popularity.

Sweeny’s comments aren’t all that surprising, considering  The Epic Games Store  and Steam are rival platforms. However, he explains that the Steam Deck using Linux is the primary issue. Since the open-source nature of that operating system makes it a hacker’s paradise. The last thing Epic probably wants Fortnite garnering cheaters on Call of Duty: Warzone’s  scale

So yeah, there’ll probably be no official Fortnite port on the Steam Deck anytime soon. It’s a shame because who wouldn’t want to floss while holding that big handheld. At least you can  play Half-Life 2  on it.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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