Kernel-level anti-cheat software is a contentious issue among gamers. It’s a solution for rampant cheating in online games, but some players see the powerful software as a huge overstep on the PCs they own.
Steam isn’t going to solve this argument, but it might help make the use of these systems more transparent. Games on Steam now have to declare kernel-level anti-cheat on their store pages.
So sayeth a new Steamworks Development post (spotted by Tom’s Hardware), which declares...