Dang I was really hoping to get a real feel for Microtransactions 6: vibe coded edition.
Quick question: what exactly happens when Microsoft flips the switch on rootkits like they are planning to do? EA gonna just pack it up? (I can dream)
I haven’t looked at technical proposals or anything, but I’ll bet that they will propose the equivalent to the Google Play Integrity.
Your anticheat software won’t work unless you are booting Windows from supported hardware with a working TPM2 module and an unmodified kernel signed by Microsoft.
Oh no!
Well, anyway…
No tux, no bux
Simple as
Pro-tip: buy it on steam, open it so that Steam recognizes play time, write heinous review, issue refund.
It would be a real shame if someone were to organize a group of Linux players for the launch, to leave negative reviews about how they can’t play the game on their Steam Deck…
The monkey’s paw curls and… BF6 is now playable on Steam Deck, but Linux is still forbidden.
How would that work? Steam deck is Linux.
It has already happened. I don’t remember which game but basically they detect the Steam Deck and make an exception only specifically for that.
That’s fine by me. If they open Pandora’s box a little bit somebody will pry it open the rest of the way.
Does anyone have a recommendation for another arcade 64 vs 64 FPS mp game on Linux?
Previously I used BF for that, but now that I’ve transitioned to Linux that is not available obviously.
Squad?
Squad even has imo the best Star Wars mod (Galactic Contention). just be aware it’s a much slower pace than battlefield/Cod and heavily depends on teamwork
Just be aware that it’s a lot less ‘first person shooter’ and more ‘strategy game from a first person perspective’ these days. I’m still so mad about their infantry combat overhaul.
Also, more importantly, squad is only sort-of compatible with linux. They’ve got DRM that does break things on the linux side on occasion since it’s not directly supported.
I’ve been playing Squad fairly frequently for a long time on Linux, usually without issue. Most game aren’t technically supported, but they work perfectly fine, as long as the devs don’t purposefully block it. With that said, I’m pretty sure OWI has said they actively support Linux now, with them recently adding support for Squad44 too.
(The current playtest this weekend for the next big update to UE5 won’t let me join servers though, and I’m pretty sure it’s an issue with Linux support.)
I also wouldn’t say it’s a strategy game in first person. Certainly that is a way some people will be playing, but most are playing an FPS, just much slower paced than most, and where you need to follow orders and work together to be effective.
Not really arcade
BF4 has 64 players total, BFBC2 has 32 players total.
you can still play BF3 and 4 with some work arounds. Liam (guy’s site that this article is from) posted the other week on his site how to get 3 and 4 working. nothing major at all just a couple extra steps to get it going which is no biggie if you’re on linux, you’re used to the extra steps.
Battlebit
Holdfast is a pretty awesome. Most servers are 150 players but I have seen some at 64 and 200 players. It has proximity chat and most players have mics which can be funny at times. I cannot recall a game where you can talk to the enemy during a game, usually it was only in the lobby.
if its anything like 2047 nothing lf value was lost
They’re going back to battlefield 4 for this one. Honestly I haven’t been this excited for a pvp game in years, possibly since Titanfall 2. The gameplay they’ve been showing off looks incredibly fun.
Make sure you pre order it! And get the gold edition too!
Battlefield 1942 for me.
Fook, I was going to write it almost in the same words
It’ll probably be unplayable on most systems for the first 6 months if the last few battlefield releases are anything to go by 😂
I know the resounding opinion is “so?” but things like this are the only things that keep me on Windows, sadly. My squad plays Warzone, and may play this. At the very least, when I upgrade I’ll probably dual boot, but this is still dumb to me. You’d think the Steam Deck would encourage people. Ah well.
Wow, I havent heard of BF since BF3… it seems i will continue not hearing about it
Oh no. Anyways.
Bfv was unplayable due to dice
Welp, guess I’m never playing it then. 🤷
I was hoping that steam deck would get some love. Those games are a pain but I have friends who play it.
I have a windows VM but ea cheat doesn’t lile vms either
Tin foil hat time but I said last year on Mastodon that the reason EA was killing games like Apex and Battlefield for Linux was that soon Microsoft was going to announce their own handheld and EA has close ties with MS due to EA Play on Gamepass for example. Sure enough less than a year later Microsoft announces their Xbox Handheld with Asus and guess which games will work on that.
Basically it’ll be “you want to play Madden and Battlefield on a handheld? well don’t buy the SteamDeck, get this Xbox Handheld instead!”
That’s fine, lots of others games to choose from.
Will they also be missing out on microtransactions and quick time events??
