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Dorfromantik gets controller upgrades for the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Dorfromantik is a ridiculously popular peaceful building strategy and puzzle game and now it should work a little better on the Steam Deck.

Here's how to transfer files from your PC to a Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Want to transfer files to and from your PC to a Steam Deck? It's easy and here's how you can do it in a few minutes.

Steam Deck had an update fixing Steam Cloud conflicts, Steam Input improvements

By Liam Dawe,
With the Steam Deck now out in the wild, there's a lot more people finding issues and so Valve are moving quickly to get as many quirks fixed as possible. A new system update rolled out late last night.

Get some Boomer Shooters in the latest Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for some retro shooter action? Humble has a mighty fine Best of Boomer Shooters Bundle available now.

DXVK v1.10 and VKD3D-Proton v2.6 out improving Proton for Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Two vital open source projects for the Steam Deck had new releases today, with the DXVK and VKD3D-Proton layers that translate Direct3D / DirectX to Vulkan.

Valve open sources SteamOS Devkit Client for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Want to develop for the Steam Deck / SteamOS and get testing? Now it's a whole lot easier, as Valve has now put up the tools needed under open source licenses.

One Deck Dungeon gets 'optimized' for the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
One Deck Dungeon developer Handelabra Games Inc. announced recently that a new upgrade is available, which should make the experience on Steam Deck much nicer.

XCOM 2's multiplayer being removed but will still work on Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
XCOM 2 developer Firaxis Games has announced that the multiplayer modes are going to be shut down, if you're using the Windows version that is.

Bungie has more to say on Destiny 2 for Steam Deck and it's still a no

By Liam Dawe,
Recently, I highlighted that Bungie gave a very clear no to Destiny 2 on Steam Deck. Seems a lot of people noticed and Bungie has issued an update — but it's still a no for now.

Steam Deck Verified and Playable hit a thousand games

By Liam Dawe,
Just about a week after the Steam Deck formally released, we have officially hit over one thousand games that are either Steam Deck Verified or Playable.

Steam Deck changelogs now available, new update out now

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has now put live some public changelogs and will be properly announcing when updates go out for the Steam Deck.

Heroic Games Launcher now works nicely on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Something that I've been asked, repeatedly (and then some), is to show the Heroic Games Launcher on the Steam Deck. So here we are, let's take a look.

GOG suspends all sales in Russia and Belarus

By Liam Dawe,
With the ongoing brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine, many more companies are taking action and now GOG has made a big announcement with their store.

Boxes within boxes, puzzle game Patrick's Parabox releases March 29

By Liam Dawe,
Patrick's Parabox, a very clever puzzle game is going to release on March 29. This might actually be one of my most anticipated releases this year.

Castlevania Advance Collection works on Steam Deck, despite what Konami say

By Liam Dawe,
Recently, Konami released an announcement on the Castlevania Advance Collection Steam store page to say it does not work on the Steam Deck. It does.

John Romero releases new DOOM II level to raise funds to support Ukraine

By Liam Dawe,
Want to support the people of Ukraine and get a little something in return perhaps? There's a huge amount of developers throwing their support in and even John Romero has appeared with a new DOOM II level.

Popular vehicle building sandbox 'SimplePlanes' updates for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Even more developers get their games ready to be played on the Steam Deck! SimplePlanes looks like a lot of fun and it's quite a popular one too.

Toy train set sandbox 'Tracks' gets upgraded for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Love trains? Tracks looks like quite a sweet little game really and it has a new release out to help with Steam Deck compatibility.

vkd3d version 1.3 released from the Wine team

By Liam Dawe,
Not to be confused with VKD3D-Proton that the Valve team work on, the original vkd3d from the Wine team continues to be updated and a new release is out now.

Humble Heroines Bundle has some quality treats

By Liam Dawe,
Want some more games, perhaps for your shiny new Steam Deck? Well, here's a fresh bag of treats from Humble Bundle.