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Epic is bringing Fortnite to Linux - The Verge
Publisher description: Epic is working on bringing Fortnite to Linux through its Epic Games Launcher and is rebuilding its Easy Anti-Cheat software.
NewsAPI | Oct 14, 2026 | Jay Peters
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He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Epic is working on bringing Fortnite to Linux through its Epic Games Launcher. While Epic’s Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) service does support Linux, Fortnite itself does not, and in February 2022, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said that for Fortnite, “We don’t have confidence that we’d be able to combat cheating at scale under a wide array of kernel configurations. ” But now, Epic says it’s planning to rebuild EAC for Linux, which it is calling EAC Linux v2.
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