[MCD2-12] Game requires microsoft game services to run on linux despite not beeing supported

The game crashes upon it beeing launched on steam on linux right after prompting that it requires microsoft game services. This fails to install since they are not available on linux.

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MCD2-6 Game does not start - Linux Resolved

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Automation for Jira 2026-09-29T10:46:51Z

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[MCQA] jKakub 2026-09-29T10:53:37Z

Hi!
Thank you for your report!

We're already tracking this issue at MCD2-6, so I will resolve and link this ticket as a Duplicate.

I suggest also to browse through the main issue for potential fixes.
If you would like to add a vote and any extra information to the main ticket it would be appreciated.

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