New GTA On-line Replace Breaks Steam Deck Assist

As we speak, Grand Theft Auto On-line obtained an replace, with the PC port of the crime sim lastly getting anti-cheating software program. But not everyone seems to be completely happy, as this replace has now made it not possible to play GTA On-line on Steam Deck.

It is perhaps laborious to imagine this, however GTA On-line is now 11 years outdated. The sport launched alongside Grand Theft Auto V again on the Xbox 360 and PS3. It later arrived on PC in 2015 and was additionally ported to Xbox One, Xbox Sequence X/S, PS4, and PS5. And whereas it’s been extraordinarily common, for almost a decade the PC model of GTA On-line has lacked a correct anti-cheat system to cease gamers from simply utilizing mod menus and different instruments to trigger chaos and acquire unfair benefits. However that modified on Tuesday, which is good, except you loved taking part in GTA On-line on Valve’s transportable PC.

On September 17, Rockstar pushed out a brand new replace for GTA On-line on all platforms. As a part of the PC model’s replace, GTA On-line now contains BattlEye, a proprietary anti-cheat software program utilized in many different video games. Most PC gamers had been completely happy about this. GTA On-line has developed a popularity through the years for being crammed with cheaters, modders, and annoying trolls. The hope is that BattlEye will cease a few of this and make taking part in GTA On-line in 2024 a greater expertise on PC.

Nevertheless, included in a brand new FAQ about BattlEye in GTA On-line, Rockstar confirms that you’ll not have the ability to play GTA On-line on Steam Deck. Gamers will nonetheless have the ability to get pleasure from GTA V’s story mode on Deck, however no on-line play is supported.

And to be clear: This isn’t solely the fault of BattlEye, which is in lots of video games, a few of which work on the Linux-powered Steam Deck. Rockstar might, in principle, replace GTA On-line to help BattlEye on Steam Deck in a future patch, however the subsequent a part of the FAQ appears to recommend that may not occur. Right here’s what Rockstar says about GTA V on Steam Deck:

Be aware: GTAV and GTA On-line are usually not formally supported on Steam Deck and all technical help questions must be directed to Valve’s Steam Deck help content material and group.

That looks as if Rockstar washing its fingers of the state of affairs and transferring on. Possibly I’m incorrect, however I wouldn’t maintain my breath that GTA On-line will ever be playable on Steam Deck once more.

In different “Rockstar updating stuff” information, an replace for the writer’s PC launcher included some folders referencing GTA 6 and Purple Lifeless Redemption.

The information had been rapidly eliminated and so far as I can inform, there wasn’t something too thrilling in there. However, it’s simply extra proof that Rockstar appears to be engaged on a PC port of Purple Lifeless Redemption. That open-world western has been trapped on consoles ever because it launched in 2010. Over the past yr or so, proof appears to be constructing that possibly, simply possibly, RDR will lastly get the PC port it deserves.

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