An nameless reader quotes a report from Gaming On Linux: Valve introduced a change for Steam right this moment that can make issues loads clearer for everybody, as builders will now want to obviously listing the kernel-level anti-cheat used on Steam retailer pages. Within the Steamworks Developer submit Valve stated: “We have heard from increasingly more builders lately that they are in search of the correct solution to share anti-cheat details about their recreation with gamers. On the similar time, gamers have been requesting extra transparency across the anti-cheat providers utilized in video games, in addition to the existence of any extra software program that will probably be put in throughout the recreation.”
Builders with video games already on Steam can even want to do that, as it is not only for new video games developing for launch, and it is usually a part of the discharge course of now too. So Valve will probably be doing checks on video games to make sure the notices are there and proper. Nevertheless, it is solely being compelled for kernel-level anti-cheat. If it is solely client-side or server-side, it is optionally available, however Valve say “we typically assume that any recreation that makes use of anti-cheat expertise would profit from letting gamers know”.
