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Fortnite too, last I checked. Because they specifically disabled Linux compatibility in their anti-cheat
Is fortnite on steam though?
Good info either way, just not sure whether its relevant
It's not.
And the owner of Epic, which owns Fortnite, is rabidly anti Linux. I believe he's made some concessions to lose less of the Deck market share, but he's made many insulting and untrue statements of Linux and its users in the past as well as actively sabotaging Linux functionality in games that used to have it.