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Steam Deck Beta adds way to view components, Valve confirms fan changes

By Liam Dawe, 21 Oct 2022

Valve has released another Steam Deck Beta and it's a rather interesting one, with a few nice new features along with the ability to see what components your Steam Deck shipped with. You can also now skip the intro video.

An interview with the creator of Deckmate, the Steam Deck attachment system

By Liam Dawe, 20 Oct 2022

Have you seen the Deckmate yet? I'm a big fan and use it quite often. A thoroughly useful attachment system for the Steam Deck and I had the chance to speak to the creator about it.

UNCHARTED is great on Steam Deck! Here's how to fix it on Linux desktop

By Liam Dawe, 20 Oct 2022

With UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection out now and Steam Deck Verified, I've been able to see that it does work great! However, it requires some very small tweaks to get it working on a normal Linux desktop.

GB Operator is a fun gadget for Game Boy fans tested on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 19 Oct 2022

Recently I mentioned GB Operator a little USB gadget that reads cartridges of the Game Boy, Game Boy Colour and Game Boy Advance. After giving it a go myself, I'm impressed and a little in love.

Steam Deck adds External Display Safe Mode setting, 30 second boot videos

By Liam Dawe, 19 Oct 2022

Now the official Steam Deck Docking Station is out, a lot more people are testing the Steam Deck on external displays showing up numerous issues so Valve has added a little something to help.

EmuDeck 2.0 makes emulation on Steam Deck easier than ever

By Liam Dawe, 18 Oct 2022

The Steam Deck is a fantastic system for indies, AA, AAA and everything in between but it's also great for emulation too. EmuDeck is software that can help automate the entire process of setting emulators up, and a huge new release is out now.

LOST EMBER should run nicer on Steam Deck / Linux, as dev fixes video issues

By Liam Dawe, 18 Oct 2022

LOST EMBER is an adventure game all about the power of nature. Released back in 2019, it seems recently that went back to it to ensure it works nicely on Steam Deck (and so Linux too).

Proton 7.0-5 is coming soon improving Steam Deck / Linux gaming

By Liam Dawe, 18 Oct 2022

Valve are preparing to launch the latest update to Steam Play Proton, the compatibility layer to run Windows games on Linux and Steam Deck.

LEGO Bricktales is out now with Linux support and Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe, 17 Oct 2022

Who doesn't love LEGO? ClockStone and Thunderful Publishing just recently released LEGO Bricktales and surprisingly, it came with full Native Linux support along with being Steam Deck Verified.

Steam Deck plugin system Decky Loader solves some major issues in new update

By Liam Dawe, 17 Oct 2022

Last week I showed off Decky Loader properly, a fantastic plugin system for the Steam Deck and the developers have now put up a new release solving some problems.

Play real Game Boy cartridges on Steam Deck / Linux with GB Operator

By Liam Dawe, 16 Oct 2022

GB Operator excites the collector in me, giving you a small device to plug into your PC or Steam Deck, allowing you to play real Game Boy cartridges.

UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection gets Steam Deck Verified ahead of release

By Liam Dawe, 14 Oct 2022

Are you ready for another Sony game on Steam? The UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection arrives on October 19th, and it's been Steam Deck Verified already.

Steam Deck Client Beta updated, plus official Docking Station update coming

By Liam Dawe, 14 Oct 2022

Valve has released another small Steam Deck Client Beta update to fix some lingering issues, plus they've announced a Docking Station update is on the way.

The JSAUX M.2 Docking Station for Steam Deck is a great choice

By Liam Dawe, 14 Oct 2022

After playing with it for a few weeks, here's what I think along with how to set up the M.2 Docking Station for Steam Deck from JSAUX.

Steam Deck Beta update tweaks notifications, boot video length upped to 30 seconds

By Liam Dawe, 13 Oct 2022

Fresh out the oven, Valve has put up a new Steam Deck Client Beta that tweaks how some notifications are accessed.

A lot of people were clearly waiting on the official Steam Deck Docking Station

By Liam Dawe, 12 Oct 2022

Now that the Steam Deck is available without reservation, and the official Steam Deck Docking Station has released, it appears a lot of people were waiting on Valve for docking.

Steam Deck Boot Videos get an easy app, plus videos coming to the Points Shop

By Liam Dawe, 12 Oct 2022

Recently I mentioned the new Steam Deck Repo website, allowing people to upload and download custom Steam Deck Boot Videos, well now there's an easy to use app to go along with it.