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Epic Rebuilds Easy Anti‑Cheat to Bring Fortnite to Linux

The company will pilot a redesigned EAC that relies on built‑in Linux security features instead of a persistent kernel driver to enable multiplayer on compatible distributions.

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Overview

  • Epic announced Wednesday that it is developing EAC Linux v2 and published technical details alongside a preview native Linux Epic Games Launcher.
  • The new design drops a Windows‑style kernel driver in favor of Linux platform primitives such as Secure Boot attestation, TPM 2.0, signed kernels and modules, measured boot, IOMMU, kernel lockdown, and eBPF/BPF LSM.
  • Epic will pilot EAC Linux v2 live in Fortnite first and says there is no public release date while the company refines the system with feedback from that test.
  • The company is working with distribution maintainers to align defaults so fewer users must reconfigure their systems and warns that devices lacking required features—currently including the Steam Deck—will show an error instead of triggering account bans.
  • If validated, Epic plans to offer the rebuilt anti‑cheat to other developers, a move that could open competitive multiplayer titles to native Linux releases but will require users to enable specific hardware and boot‑security settings.