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Epic Games looks for engineer to improve Linux anti-cheat support
Epic Games is hiring a Senior Game Security Engineer for its Anti-Cheat team, and the listing directly mentions Linux. The role is part of Epic Online Services in Cary, North Carolina, and covers Epic's own titles as well as third-party games. In case you didn't know, Epic Games owns Easy Anti-Cheat, which was acquired in 2018.
The listing says the engineer will "champion Linux anti-cheat capabilities for Epic." Epic also wants deep knowledge of Linux and Windows OS internals, development and security practices on both systems, x86-64 reverse engineering experience and C/C++ security experience.
This does not confirm that Fortnite or other Epic games are coming to SteamOS or Linux. It does show that Linux anti-cheat is now important enough to appear in a dedicated security role at Epic.
Easy Anti-Cheat already supports Linux, macOS and Steam Deck through Epic Online Services. However, support still depends on each developer enabling and maintaining it for their game. That is why many multiplayer titles still do not work on Steam Deck or other Linux-based gaming systems, including Fortnite (which is quite ironic).
This could be a very important step in removing one of the biggest barriers for gaming on Linux.
And with Nvidia also making a push with their drivers on Linux, things are looking up for the future.
