Nvidia is working with anti-cheat vendors to get competitive games running on RTX Spark and Windows on Arm

Nvidia has confirmed it's actively working with the major anti-cheat developers to get top competitive games running on RTX Spark, its new Arm-based SoC platform for Windows on Arm. It's a problem that will feel very familiar to Linux gamers — kernel-level anti-cheat has been one of the main reasons SteamOS and other Linux distros still can't run titles like Fortnite, Valorant, or Battlefield.

Nvidia told PCGamer directly: "We are working closely with game developers to ensure all the top games run great. Our ongoing collaborations are bringing Fortnite, VALORANT, League of Legends, PUBG and more to run on RTX Spark." The company specifically called out native ARM anti-cheat as the biggest hurdle, and named Easy Anti-Cheat, BattlEye, and Denuvo as the vendors it's in talks with. On top of that, developers are working on both Prism-optimised builds and fully native ARM versions of their games for the platform.

RTX Spark is Nvidia's new family of SoCs aimed at creators, AI developers, and gamers. The top chip matches an RTX 5070 in graphics performance — roughly, anyway, since actual numbers depend on whether you're running emulated or native code. Nvidia does note that GPU-bound games should take less of a hit from the Prism emulation layer, which is at least something. The flagship chip packs a 20-core CPU, 6188 CUDA cores, and 128 GB of unified memory, with smaller variants starting at 16 GB.

RTX Spark laptops and mini PCs are expected this autumn, and nobody should expect them to be cheap — especially at the top end. For Linux gaming advocates, there's a sting in the tail here: the anti-cheat problem that's kept SteamOS users locked out of major titles for years might finally get solved, just not for Linux. Nvidia says more game announcements are coming over the next few months.