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Epic Games plans SteamOS support for its new launcher

Epic's communications director says SteamOS is among the Linux distributions it plans to support. A release date is still pending.

Barak Eliyahu – site manager of The Checkpoint Daily

Illustration of an Epic Games Launcher library with game tiles and a friends list
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Epic Games plans to add SteamOS support to its new launcher, which is still in preview. Jake Jones, the company’s communications director, said the plan includes other Linux distributions such as Fedora and Omarchy. GamingOnLinux’s report

Jones said Epic is testing ways to distribute the launcher and plans to restore the AppImage format during November. The company has yet to announce a SteamOS availability date or its installation method.

In October, Epic said it was working separately on anti-cheat support for Fortnite on Linux and planned to bring the game over once enough distribution maintainers were on board. A release date for the Linux version of Fortnite is also pending. Epic’s preview announcement

Source: GamingOnLinux(opens in a new window)

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