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Steam Deck reaches over 16,000 playable and verified games

By Liam Dawe,
Another great milestone for the popular Steam Deck from Valve, which in the last day or so managed to hit over 16,000 games that have been rated as Playable and Verified.

Black Myth: Wukong shows very clearly Valve are selling a lot of Steam Decks

By Liam Dawe,
Valve don't exactly like to give out sales numbers, so we often have to make educated guesses but sometimes with huge hits like Black Myth: Wukong, it gives us a slightly clearer idea on how the Steam Deck is actually selling.

The Jackbox Megapicker has been corrupting some Steam Decks

By Liam Dawe,
A bit of an oops here with the newly released The Jackbox Megapicker, with the Native Linux version causing the Steam Deck to get corrupted.

Steam Deck LCD 64GB and 512GB discounted until July 11

By Liam Dawe,
If you're still somehow on the fence about buying a Steam Deck, here's a good chance for you to get one cheaper as Valve given two models a discount.

The KINGDOM HEARTS series is live on Steam - SE giving away multiple Steam Decks

By Liam Dawe,
Square Enix have now released the KINGDOM HEARTS series on Steam, enabling many more people to experience the grand adventure on Steam Deck and desktop Linux easily with Proton.

PS1 love-letter survival horror game Crow Country gets Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Ahead of the release of May 9th, SFB Games have managed to get their upcoming survival horror game Crow Country that's a love-letter to classic PlayStation horror games Steam Deck Verified.

Proton 9.0 has another Beta release fixing DEATHLOOP and Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

By Liam Dawe,
Getting closer to the stable release of Proton 9, the compatibility layer that allows running Windows games on Steam Deck and Linux Desktop PCs with another Beta update.

Age of Empires IV gets a fix for Steam Deck / Linux online play desyncs

By Liam Dawe,
Age of Empires IV just got a fresh 2024 patch and excitingly, it gets an official fix for Steam Deck / Desktop Linux multiplayer problems.

100 Steam Deck OLEDs will be given away during The Game Awards 2023

By Liam Dawe,
The Game Awards 2023 is approaching and just like last year, they will be hosting a giveaway so you can win! This time it's the Steam Deck OLED for 100 people!

Steam Deck global top seller again thanks to cheaper LCDs and the Steam Deck OLED

By Liam Dawe,
Not exactly a surprise but still great to see for Steam Deck fans for the ongoing support from Valve, as the Steam Deck is now firmly the global top seller on Steam once again.

After over 80 weeks the Steam Deck leaves the top 10 global sellers on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
At one point it seemed like there was just no stopping the Steam Deck but now it seems after being available for 1 year and around 8 months or so, the Steam Deck has started to move down the top sellers on Steam.

Bazzite is a new Fedora-based Linux for Steam Deck and gaming PCs

By Liam Dawe,
Want to try something a little different? Bazzite was recently announced as a custom Fedora 38-based Linux image designed to bring the best Linux gaming to PCs and Steam Deck.

Now official: you can buy a refurbished Steam Deck from Valve

By Liam Dawe,
After it was leaked a bit too early, Valve have now confirmed and put up all three Steam Deck models to buy refurbished direct from the Steam store.

Looks like Valve will sell refurbished Steam Decks

By Liam Dawe,
Valve seemed to let slip a bit early that they plan to sell refurbished models of Steam Deck for cheaper prices but the store pages were quickly hidden.

Steam Deck hitting retail stores in Japan from April 29th, South Korea to follow

By Liam Dawe,
Komodo announced today that they're expanding the retail presence of the Steam Deck into Japan now, with South Korea to follow after.

Valve doesn't need much to make a Steam Deck 2 a huge success

By Liam Dawe,
With the Steam Deck recently having a first anniversary, no doubt many are thinking on what's next — I certainly am. Valve don't exactly need much to make a Steam Deck 2 a success either.

Steam Deck thoughts a year later

By Liam Dawe,
It's been close to a year since the Steam Deck launched, so here's where things currently stand and my thoughts on it.

Valve remind people to be careful where you buy a Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Recently the official OnDeck Twitter account from Steam creator Valve posted a PSA (public service announcement), reminding people on being careful where they buy a Steam Deck.

Valve adding a Steam feature for game transfers between PCs and Steam Decks

By Liam Dawe,
Something it seems Valve has been working on for a while now, is an easy way to transfer game installs between PCs and Steam Deck.

Here's the winners of the 2022 Steam Awards

By Liam Dawe,
The voting is over and The Steam Awards 2022 winners have been announced, so here's a run over each of them.
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