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Epic Games needs your birthday to keep your account working in Heroic Games Launcher

By Liam Dawe, 19 Dec 2022

Recently, Epic Games rolled out a change to their account system aimed at protecting the younger people on their store and it has caused issues for the Heroic Games Launcher.

GE-Proton 7-43 is out should fix up Immortals Fenyx Rising, Baldur's Gate 3

By Liam Dawe, 19 Dec 2022

GE-Proton 7-43, the community-built version of the Proton compatibility layer, is out now and it comes with some useful looking fixes for Steam Deck and Linux desktop gamers.

Steam Deck now shipping across Asia, plus a new Steam Deck Stable Client update

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2022

We're about to see a whole lot more people gaming on Linux, with a shiny Steam Deck arriving at the door of many people across Asia.

Steam Deck and Desktop Steam Beta updates fix up Login UI, store updates on Deck

By Liam Dawe, 16 Dec 2022

Valve released another bunch of updates for the Steam Deck and Desktop Steam Beta Clients, along with a small Steam Deck OS Preview (SteamOS) update.

Oxygen Not Included 'Hot Shots' update out with a new animated short

By Liam Dawe, 16 Dec 2022

Klei continuing to do great work here to expand the excellent Oxygen Not Included, along with a fancy new animated short that I always enjoy from them.

Valve just gave away another bunch of Steam Decks so check your email

By Liam Dawe, 16 Dec 2022

During The Game Awards 2022, Valve were giving away a Steam Deck every minute and it seems they loved throwing hardware at people so much they just did it again.

Immortals Fenyx Rising now on Steam but quite messy on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 15 Dec 2022

Immortals Fenyx Rising is another from Ubisoft as they continue putting their games back on Steam, and sadly this release seems a bit messy on Steam Deck.

Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translator VKD3D-Proton version 2.8 out now

By Liam Dawe, 15 Dec 2022

Valve and their open source contractors sure are a busy bunch. VKD3D-Proton, which translates Direct3D 12 to Vulkan version 2.8 is out now.

We may get a Steam Controller 2, plus fun updates coming to Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 15 Dec 2022

The Verge managed to speak to a couple of developers at Valve on the Steam Deck, and while most of it was already known there's a couple of interesting bits to pick out.

Proton Hotfix from Valve gets The Witcher 3 next-gen DX12 working on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 15 Dec 2022

Well, that certainly didn't take long did it? Valve have already put up an update to Proton Hotfix, that works around the crashing issue in DirectX 12 in The Witcher 3 next-gen on Steam Deck.

Valve hit a home run with the first year of Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 15 Dec 2022

What an absolutely exceptional first year Valve had with the Steam Deck, and it continues to be my main way to play games now.

Heroic Games Launcher gets another Hotfix to clean up more issues with v2.5.2

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2022

Heroic Games Launcher continues to get cleaned up after the last major update, with v2.5.2 HOTFIX #2 now available.

Steam with Linux now available in Tesla cars (Beta)

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2022

Here come a bunch more gamers using Linux, as Tesla have rolled out a software update that enables Steam in Beta.

Steam Deck OS 3.4 gets a Death Stranding fix, plus new Client Beta and Firmware update

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2022

Three different bits of news to cover for Steam Deck updates today, as Valve pushed out three different upgrades. Here's all that's new.

Here's how to get The Witcher 3 working on Steam Deck after the next-gen update

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2022

The massive free next-gen update for The Witcher 3 is here, and out of the box now on Steam Deck it will just crash when you try to load into the game. Here's how to sort it out.

Valve has finally fixed the Steam Remote Play audio loss bug on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2022

Finally, after years of waiting, Valve has now fixed the Steam Remote Play bug that basically made the feature useless for a Linux host.

Valve improves the Steam Store on Steam Deck, plus more bug fixes in Beta

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2022

Two updates for the Steam Deck today as Valve has not only put out another Steam Deck Client Beta, they're also finally trying to make the actual Steam store better on Steam Deck.

Chained Echoes is as close as you can get to retro-styled RPG perfection

By Liam Dawe, 12 Dec 2022

I am rarely this enthusiastic about games, especially retro-styled games because so many miss the mark in numerous ways but thankfully Chained Echoes is just brilliant.

The Last of Us Part I on Steam Deck gets support from Valve and Naughty Dog Co-President

By Liam Dawe, 12 Dec 2022

Seems like the upcoming Steam release of The Last of Us Part I should work well on Steam Deck, as not only are Valve already teasing it, the Co-President of developer Naughty Dog talked about it too.