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Helldivers 2 will use a rootkit anti-cheat, nProtect GameGuard (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by sp6@lemmy.world to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11594863

50/50 chance this breaks Deck and linux support, especially since the commenters' inquiries about it have gone unanswered.

Bogles my mind why a PvE game needs an anti-cheat at all - let alone something as invasive as a rootkit.

Source is the dev's post on, unfortunately, reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/19dp2qw/helldivers_2_nprotect_gameguard_anticheat/

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[-] astrsk@kbin.social 9 points 10 months ago

Sony and rootkit, name a more iconic duo.

What a sad state when a PvE, P2P game requires installing a rootkit. Was looking forward to this game, but now I won’t even get it on PS5, even if I was originally going to play through proton on steam.

this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2024
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