Epic Games confirms it's bringing Fortnite to Linux

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    "excerpt": "Sweeney reposted an Epic Games-partnered content creator who claimed Epic Games was prepping Easy Anti Cheat for Linux ahead of the official announcement. Recently, an Epic Games partner claimed that Epic is developing a new version of Easy Anti Cheat that will work on Linux, and will then pave the way for a Fortnite release on Linux. It would simply have been a rumor, save for the fact that Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney himself retweeted it, and then Epic Games announced it soon after. Sweeney shared the post from Epic Games content creator ShiinaBR , who made the following claim about Fortnite’s future on Linux: Fortnite is coming to Linux Epic Games is now rebuilding Easy Anti-Cheat, and once development has progressed far enough, Fortnite will be released on Linux https://t.co/KicVl0l9Zw Given that the man at the top of the company is sharing that teaser, it could already have been assumed the claim was true, but then Epic Games itself confirmed the claim with an announcement shortly after. Help us bring more awesome games to Linux This is an open call to Linux distro maintainers and the wider Linux community, with a goal to work together and bring fair multiplayer gaming to Linux players. We’re rebuilding our Linux anti-cheat into EAC Linux v2 so that Linux players can have a similar level of protection against cheaters as Windows users do. We’ll pilot EAC Linux v2 with...",
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