[PC] Game refuses to start after anti-cheat check

I cannot even access the main menu without bypassing a faulty anti-cheat check and launching the .exe directly, and even then, it’s offline. The game absolutely refuses to launch through Epic Launcher or the default desktop shortcut, and even if it does, it’s offline. Which doesn’t work for a multiplayer game at all.

Tried restarting multiple times, tried verifying the install through Epic’s Store launcher, made sure my nvidia drivers are up to date.

Intel i-7 7700k 4.20ghz
16 GB ram
GTX 1070