{"id":50200,"date":"2026-11-09T09:34:52","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T08:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/epic-games-launcher-is-coming-to-steamos\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T09:34:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T08:34:52","slug":"epic-games-launcher-is-coming-to-steamos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/epic-games-launcher-is-coming-to-steamos\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Games Launcher is coming to SteamOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Epic Games confirmed that its Linux launcher will officially support SteamOS and Steam Decks.<\/p>\n<p>Epic Games confirmed that its Linux launcher will officially support SteamOS and Steam Decks.<\/p>\n<p>by  Terrence O&#8217;Brien<\/p>\n<p>Nov 8, 2026, 8:52 PM UTC<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Image: The Verge<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/authors\/terrence-obrien\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Terrence O&#8217;Brien<\/p>\n<p>is the Verge\u2019s weekend editor. He\u2019s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths.<\/p>\n<p>In October, Epic Games said that it was \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/1010808\/epic-fortnite-linux-anti-cheat\">investigating<\/a>\u201d making <em>Fortnite<\/em> compatible with Valve\u2019s Linux-based SteamOS. At the time, Epic Games Launcher was in preview, but SteamOS was not specifically listed as a supported distro. Now, Communications Director Jake Jones has confirmed SteamOS compatibility, along with a handful of other distros, to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamingonlinux.com\/2026\/11\/epic-games-comments-on-planned-linux-distribution-support\/\">GamingOnLinux<\/a><\/em>. In response to a question about the AppImage being replaced with Debian \/ Ubuntu .deb downloads, Jones said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new Epic Games Launcher is still in Preview and we plan to support as many Linux distributions as possible, including Fedora, SteamOS, Cachy, Omarchy, and more.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/1029557\/epic-games-launcher-is-coming-to-steamos\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epic Games confirmed that its Linux launcher will officially support SteamOS and Steam Decks. Epic Games confirmed that its Linux launcher will officially support SteamOS and Steam Decks. by Terrence O&#8217;Brien Nov 8, 2026, 8:52 PM UTC Image: The Verge Terrence O&#8217;Brien is the Verge\u2019s weekend editor. He\u2019s covered the tech industry for over 18<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":50201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[740,140,36,108],"class_list":["post-50200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tech","tag-fortnite","tag-gaming","tag-mixtv","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}