While EA and Ubisoft have returned to Steam, their games are simply running from their own launchers with Steam added as an extra step. (Ubisoft released a Steam Deck specific patch in January, and then broke it with a launcher update weeks later) The latest versions of Proton's experimental version now support Ubisoft's newly updated Connect launcher, making their games compatible with SteamOS/Linux once more. Thankfully, Valve and the creators of Proton have quickly created fixes for these compatibility problems, though these problems have highlighted how problematic 3rd party launchers are for gamers on Linux and Steam Deck. Ubisoft has become the newest developer to break the Steam Deck compatibility of their games by updating their Ubisoft Connect launcher, making games like Ghost Recon Breakpoint, The Division 2, Watch Dogs Legion, and Assassin's Creed Valhalla unplayable on Steam Deck/Linux. This is what happens with both EA and Ubisoft games, and these design decisions are wreaking havoc with Linux and Steam Deck when these 3rd party launchers are updated. In effect, their games launch their own 3rd party launcher though Steam (albeit in the background), and then run their games as normal. While many third party developers have returned to Steam in recent years, almost all of them have added their newest games to Steam with a 3rd party launcher added on. Valve fixes Ubisoft's mess - Ubisoft Connect update breaks Linux/Steam Deck game compatibility
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