Just a month before Halo: The Master Chief Collection to run on the new hardware.
While Epic and Valve previously announced all the way back in September that echoed these concerns with the BattlEye software on Steam Deck.
Well, according to the Steamworks team's latest update, it "is now a simple process" to add Steam Deck and Proton to games running Easy Anti-Cheat and BattlEye – and offer instructions on how developers can do this.
"This means that the two largest anti-cheat services are now easily ed on Proton and Steam Deck," the update confirms. The first test data for "tested titles that use anti-cheat middleware" will apparently go live this Monday, January 24th. "We're very excited to be able to make this announcement as it means partners can continue to use their existing cheat prevention tools while adding for more amazing games on Steam Deck," the update concludes.
Time will tell, of course, whether things are as straightforward and hunky-dory as this update from Steamworks makes out – but if things are truly sorted for games running EAC and BattlEye then everything's set for the Steam Deck's release next month. Hopefully.