Anticheat added to EA WRC, blocking the steam deck / proton. Patch notes: “Additionally, EA SPORTS™ WRC will not run on the native Steam OS for Steam Deck following the release of EA anticheat.”
I’ve posted this on /r/SteamDeck and /r/linux_gaming, but I think it’s not getting the attention it deserves. The game has been functioning perfectly on the Steam Deck and Linux since it released in November last year. As of two weeks ago, the game has been updated to include EA’s own kernel-level anticheat, which now blocks the game from running on the Steam Deck and Linux, and prevents software like ReWASD from running.
This isn’t fixable by the Proton devs either, as it outright blocks you with a popup that explains how the Deck and Proton are unsupported, and …
I often come across threads on Reddit and elsewhere where people say, “All modern games suck – the exceptions are indies.”
But indies aren’t the exceptions at all. Quite the opposite. They’re the majority of PC games nowadays.
Take a look at new releases on Steam. Count how many of them are AAA titles and how many are indie.
I don’t see a single AAA title released today. However, I see 50 games released so far today, and almost all of them are indies.
Granted, not all of these are great indie games. A good many of them are shovelware. But if you do a little bit of digging, you can find something great.
For example, Elixir was released today. It looks amazing. I can’t wait to get into it.
That’s pretty much the story. Most PC games are indie games, most of them suck, but if you do a little bit of digging, you can find a gem – and there’s more indie gems that get released than AAA titles.
This year has been a great year …