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Steam games will now need to fully disclose kernel-level anti-cheat on store pages (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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Valve announced a change for Steam today that will make things a lot clearer for everyone, as developers will now need to clearly list the kernel-level anti-cheat used on Steam store pages.

In the Steamworks Developer post Valve said: "We've heard from more and more developers recently that they're looking for the right way to share anti-cheat information about their game with players. At the same time, players have been requesting more transparency around the anti-cheat services used in games, as well as the existence of any additional software that will be installed within the game."

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[-] django@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 4 days ago

This will make filtering for games, which might run on linux much easier.

[-] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago

FYI - the owner of this site, gamingonlinux, was a mod on the !linux_gaming@lemmy.ml community until they were caught abusing their moderator powers. Then they deleted their account and complained on mastodon that it's stupid design that mod logs are public. [Screenshot]

Instead, here's a link to the official post https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/4547038620960934857

[-] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

What mod abuse did they do?

[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago

That screen shot is gold. Gaming on Linux is dead to me. Thanks for sharing. It should all be public.

[-] thejevans@lemmy.ml 21 points 4 days ago

I've been able to return some games based on news that they will be adding kernel-level anti-cheat. I'm glad Valve is doing this right.

[-] brainw0rms@hexbear.net 9 points 4 days ago

lea-w

[-] ruckblack@sh.itjust.works -3 points 4 days ago

I hope someday that hexbear users learn how to use their words.

[-] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

Me when I have to cope with not having any cool emojis

[-] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

Yeesh....that might come back to bite you....

[-] ruckblack@sh.itjust.works -4 points 4 days ago

Oh I'm so scared

[-] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 days ago

Cool

[-] AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 4 days ago

Excellent

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