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Here's the most popular Steam Deck games for September 2023

By Smellbringer,
September has come and gone, the summer season has wound down, and spooks now rule the roost. But before the spooks can take hold; Valve dropped the Top 20 Most Played Steam Deck Games for September 2023.

Proton 8.0-4 is now in testing with a Release Candidate

By Liam Dawe,
Valve snuck out a Release Candidate build for Proton 8.0-4 last week, which brings with it many improvements to the main stable version of the Windows compatibility layer for Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Embracer Group continues cuts with Beamdog shedding 26 people

By Liam Dawe,
Is no studio safe from cuts? Embracer Group continues trying to reduce costs and now the latest we've seen has affected Beamdog.

Here's the most popular Steam Deck games for August 2023

By Liam Dawe,
Another fresh month and Valve has revealed what were the most played games on Steam Deck. Plenty of them are of course quite obvious based on what released recently.

Patch 2 for Baldur's Gate 3 coming with 'major performance improvements'

By Liam Dawe,
Larian only just released a MASSIVE patch for Baldur's Gate 3, and another is being planned out to come with some "major performance improvements" which sounds exciting - especially for Steam Deck players.

Over 11,000 games now rated Steam Deck Playable

By Liam Dawe,
There's currently somewhere around 92,000 games on Steam and so it's going to take a long time for Valve to check them all on Steam Deck but here's some recent picks.

5 years ago Valve released Proton forever changing Linux gaming

By Liam Dawe,
Has it really been that long? Apparently so. Valve originally announced their rebranding of Steam Play with Proton back on August 21st, 2018. Seems like a good time for a quick reflection being halfway to a decade old now with the tech that gave rise to the Steam Deck.

Baldur's Gate 3 is going to get some big updates

By Liam Dawe,
I'm still completely hooked on Baldur's Gate 3, the first time for a while I've been properly firmly sucked into a game and it's set to get some big updates too.

Overwatch 2 becomes the worst user-reviewed game on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
While other developers like Larian are riding high with Baldur's Gate 3, it seems Blizzard are not doing so well with the recent Steam release of Overwatch 2 becoming the worst user-reviewed game of all time on Steam.

Proton Experimental improves Baldur's Gate 3 launcher, Unreal Engine 4 bugs on Intel GPUs

By Liam Dawe,
A fresh Proton Experimental release is now live from August 9th, there's some nice looking fixes included so here's what to expect from it for Linux desktop and Steam Deck.

83 of the top 100 most played Steam games work on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Taking a look at the most-played games on Steam by player-count, here's how many of them should be playable on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Baldur's Gate 3 is now Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
One of the biggest RPG releases of all time on Steam, Baldur's Gate 3 has now been given the Steam Deck Verified badge of approval from Valve.

Baldur's Gate 3 out now and works on Steam Deck and desktop Linux

By Liam Dawe,
For those interested in the latest big RPG from Larian Studios, here's my quick initial report on Baldur's Gate 3 running on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Get Disco Elysium and Chivalry 2 in Humble Choice

By Liam Dawe,
The latest Humble Choice is out so here's a run-down over what compatibility to expect on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Baldur's Gate 3 on Steam Deck is 'absolutely wild' and aims for 30FPS on Medium

By Liam Dawe,
Well this is certainly exciting! Ahead of the release of Baldur's Gate 3, which is going to easily be one of the biggest releases this year, the Director of Publishing at Larian Studios teased playing it on Steam Deck on Twitter (uh, sorry on "X").

Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Pathfinder and more in this bundle

By Liam Dawe,
This seems like a game bundle not to be missed if you're an RPG fan. Humble Bundle has teamed up with Beamdog for the RPG Legends: Baldur's Gate & Beyond.

Infinity Engine replacement GemRB 0.9.2 improves Planescape: Torment support

By Liam Dawe,
GemRB is a free and open source game engine reimplementation for Infinity Engine games including Baldur’s Gate, Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale 1 and more.

Proton Experimental fixes up EA App, Grounded, The Witcher 3

By Liam Dawe,
A rather nice looking Proton Experimental update went live on June 24th, so here's a run over what to expect on Steam Deck and Linux desktop.

Proton 8.0-2 out for Linux / Steam Deck fixing the EA app (yes, again)

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has upgraded the newer Proton 8 that only launched for Linux and Steam Deck recently, with a bunch of bug fixes.

GOG are doing a Good Old Games Week sale

By Liam Dawe,
Sounds like a good time to pick up some classics, as GOG are doing a Good Old Games Week sale that lasts until May 8th, 10 PM UTC. Plus there's another free game.
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