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Kernel-level anti-cheat software is a contentious issue among gamers. It’s a solution for rampant cheating in online games, but some players see the powerful software as a huge overstep on the PCs ...

Steam Deck wins yet again.

Any existing or upcoming Steam game with a kernel mode anti-cheat is now required by Valve to disclose it on the store page in a new section. Seeing anti-cheat solutions on games is not an uncommon ...

Steam Machine release date remains unannounced as Valve clears Vulkan 1.4 certification with an AMD Navi 33 GPU and Neptune ...

A new Steam beta update is making it easier for gamers to check the status of Secure Boot and TPM on their gaming PC, must-have requirements for anti-cheat in plenty ...

Going forward, when you submit a new game to Steam, if your game installs a client side, kernel mode anti-cheat, you will need to fill out this new field. We will be going through old games and ...

Last week, Rockstar added BattlEye support to Grand Theft Auto V, offering some much-needed anti-cheat protection for the game’s highly successful GTA Online multiplayer mode. That anti-cheat support ...

Battlefield 1 received an update on October 22 that updated the game's anti-cheat and in the process removed any compatibility for the Steam Deck. This isn't the first EA game to adopt an anti-cheat ...