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Helldivers 2 will use a rootkit anti-cheat, nProtect GameGuard (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by sp6@lemmy.world to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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50/50 chance this breaks Deck and linux support, especially since the commenters' inquiries about it have gone unanswered.

Bogles my mind why a PvE game needs an anti-cheat at all - let alone something as invasive as a rootkit.

Source is the dev's post on, unfortunately, reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/19dp2qw/helldivers_2_nprotect_gameguard_anticheat/

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[–] Glitchington@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It's something I can't avoid, however I can limit it a bit. Elden Ring shipping with EAC is unfortunate, but I trust From Software a lot more after they took down DS3 to fix an RCE exploit. Sure EAC could turn on them, but I feel like a good publisher would be lawyering up the second that happened, especially if it resulted in their game damaging their customer's hardware.

Edit: not suggesting anyone should install rootkit DRM games, just sharing how I justify living with the ones I already have.

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wait, Elden Rings uses a rootkit?

Now I'm glad I never picked it up

[–] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 1 points 9 months ago

Only on Windows, on Linux it runs in user space.