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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday January 08 2020, @03:25AM   Printer-friendly
from the year-of-the-gaming-desktop dept.

The Register:

Linux gamers have found yet again that their ubiquitous operating system remains unwelcome in the context of mainstream entertainment.

The latest insult comes from Electronic Arts, which appears to have issued a few permanent bans to online Battlefield V players attempting to play the game on Linux systems.

Mind you, Battlefield V isn't intended for Linux; the EA game specifies that a 64-bit version of Windows 7, 8.1, or 10 is required. But those committed to Linux can get around that by using Lutris, a Linux gaming client.

Last month, a Battlefield V player claimed that attempting to play the game online using Lutris resulted in getting banned. It would seem to be the fault of EA's server-side anti-cheating system FairFight. A few others participating in the discussion thread said they too had been banned. That's not exactly a mass market catastrophe.

EA apparently considers using Linux to be cheating.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 08 2020, @05:42PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 08 2020, @05:42PM (#941128)

    >At a certain point, you just want your entertainment to be easy.

    thats why i dig mame

  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday January 08 2020, @06:03PM

    by Freeman (732) on Wednesday January 08 2020, @06:03PM (#941136) Journal

    MAME sits on that moral gray area that all Abandonware sits on, though.

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    Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"