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GTA V, one of the most popular Steam Deck games, is now ‘unsupported’


Why, BattlEye?

Grand Theft Auto V was one of the top ten most played games on Valve’s Steam Deck handheld this past week. And it’s not answering one key question: why didn’t it flip the alleged switch that lets BattlEye anti-cheat work on the Steam Deck? Valve enabled BattlEye for the Steam Deck years ago, and a number of games with the anti-cheat software successfully made the jump.

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