At present, 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 pleased, as this replace has now made it unattainable to play GTA On-line on Steam Deck.
It is perhaps onerous to consider this, however GTA On-line is now 11 years previous. 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 Collection X/S, PS4, and PS5. And whereas it’s been extraordinarily well-liked, 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 sweet, until you loved enjoying 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 consists of BattlEye, a proprietary anti-cheat software program utilized in many different video games. Most PC gamers had been pleased about this. GTA On-line has developed a status through the years for being stuffed with cheaters, modders, and annoying trolls. The hope is that BattlEye will cease a few of this and make enjoying GTA On-line in 2024 a greater expertise on PC.
Nonetheless, included in a brand new FAQ about BattlEye in GTA On-line, Rockstar confirms that you’ll now not be capable of play GTA On-line on Steam Deck. Gamers will nonetheless be capable of take pleasure in GTA V’s story mode on Deck, however no on-line play is supported.
And to be clear: This isn’t totally the fault of BattlEye, which is in lots of video games, a few of which work on the Linux-powered Steam Deck. Rockstar may, 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 which may not occur. Right here’s what Rockstar says about GTA V on Steam Deck:
Be aware: GTAV and GTA On-line will not be formally supported on Steam Deck and all technical help questions needs to be directed to Valve’s Steam Deck help content material and neighborhood.
That looks as if Rockstar washing its palms of the state of affairs and transferring on. Possibly I’m fallacious, 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 Pink Useless 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 Pink Useless Redemption. That open-world western has been trapped on consoles ever because it launched in 2010. Over the past 12 months or so, proof appears to be constructing that perhaps, simply perhaps, RDR will lastly get the PC port it deserves.
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