Game Pass comes to Steam Deck thanks to the Edge browser on Linux

Steam Deck It is already in the hands of some of the gamers who pre-ordered Valve’s Pocket PC which as you know has an operating system called Steam OS based on Linux which is focused on giving us a special Steam interface designed for this PC, although it also gives us the possibility of “messing around” outside of it and using other system functions.

Precisely thanks to this, from now on players who have Steam Deck will be able to enjoy their subscription to Game Pass since Microsoft has published a new beta of the Edge browser for Linux that allows the Xbox Cloud Gaming cloud gaming service to run and, With this, access to the entire Game Pass library via streaming, something totally valid, especially for turn-based or strategy role-playing games, for example.

Also, Microsoft seems to be quite involved with the Steam Deck, as it seems no coincidence that it released this beta of Edge on Linux right after the release of Valve’s “console” and even has a page dedicated to listing games that have been optimized specifically for Steam Deck. its use with the Steam Deck which you can access by clicking here.

Halo Infinite or Gears 5 do not support the anti-cheat system

Precisely in that list of Microsoft games optimized for Steam Deck we do not find Gears 5 or Halo Infinite, nor Halo MCC or Microsoft Flight Simulator. These four games are not supported, at least for now, by the anti-cheat system since both Easy Anti-Cheat and BattlEye do not work on SteamOS at the moment, something that we hope can change in the future for more enjoyment. of games on the Valve console.