Warzone is the most technically challenging Call of Duty game available today, and it’s available on Steam Deck. There hasn’t been much testing of the game on Deck yet, but if you turn off all of your settings, you should be able to reach 60FPS or higher regularly.
Steam OS 3.0, based on the Arch Linux architecture, operates on this new device. It’s a Linux distribution built from the ground up with Wine and Proton. Valve Software’s Proton is a new program that works with the Steam Deck to make Windows games playable on Linux.
The most significant drawback of this design is that it does not support kernel-level anti-cheats. The anti-cheat software “Vanguard” from Valorant and “Ricochet” from Warzone are both Kernel-level. This kernel-level anti-cheat keeps track of any other programs running in the background while the game is being played.
This, in turn, aids in determining if a player is abusing unapproved software to obtain an unfair edge in competitive multiplayer games. Another reason Warzone isn’t compatible with this device is that Ricochet is a first-party kernel-level anti-cheat.
As a result, even if players wish to play the Battle Royale game on the move, Warzone is not playable on the device. Specific games that employ a third-party kernel anti-cheat like Easy Anticheat, on the other hand, can be played on the Steam Deck.
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