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Proton Experimental fixes Final Fantasy XIV Online launcher

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has pushed out another update to Proton Experimental, the special version of Proton you can try that has more features before they roll out to the stable versions.

Gamescope from Valve pulls in support for NVIDIA Image Scaling

By Liam Dawe,
Gamescope, an open source project from Valve that's part of what powers the Steam Deck, now has support for NVIDIA Image Scaling.

Proton Experimental bumps minimum driver version, more playable on Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
The latest update to Proton Experimental has landed for running Windows games on Linux and Steam Deck. Here's all that's changed.

Steam Deck gets some quick fixes, main Steam Client update with Deck Verified Collections

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released a small update for the Steam Deck, along with an update to the main desktop Steam client.

Steam Deck gets per-app performance profiles, hardware survey and loads more

By Liam Dawe,
Another absolutely huge update for the Steam Deck just landed, with Valve clearly taking on lots of feedback to make it the best handheld gaming device around.

Wolfire versus Valve antitrust lawsuit to continue

By Liam Dawe,
After it seeming like Valve might have won in the lawsuit from Wolfire Game, the story appears to be far from over.

Sorted by revenue, the Steam Deck has been the number 1 top seller for 4 weeks

By Liam Dawe,
Not exactly a big surprise given the price but the Steam Deck has managed to stay at number 1 of the Steam Weekly Global Top Sellers list.

Check out an hour of cancelled Half-Life game Ravenholm

By Liam Dawe,
Ravenholm, one of the names that Arkane gave to their Half-Life game, was previously shown off back in 2020 and now we have a lot more footage of it.

Steam Deck hits 2,500 games Verified or Playable

By Liam Dawe,
Another big milestone has been hit for the Steam Deck from Valve. There's now at least 2,500 games that have been through Deck Verified to be classed as either fully Verified or Playable.

Steam Deck gets a small update to add more keyboard layouts

By Liam Dawe,
Continuing to improve the typing experience with the Steam Deck on-screen keyboard, Valve has released a new Steam Deck Client update with additions.

Linux user share on Steam hits second highest percentage in years

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have put out their usual monthly Hardware & Software Survey and it's looking pretty great for Linux overall. April 2022 showed a big boost to Linux gamers.

Proton Experimental fixes video playback in Ember Knights, Ghostwire: Tokyo and more

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has put up a new build of Proton Experimental for April 27, this is the special version of Proton you can switch to that has all the latest fixes but less testing.

SteamOS 3.2 Beta brings a new Steam Deck Fan Curve, experimental Refresh Rate Switching

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has only just put SteamOS 3.1 into the Stable channel with tons of improvements and there's already a Beta available for SteamOS 3.2 with some big goodies.

Steam Deck gets a lock screen, window switcher and more

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has released a huge upgrade for the Steam Deck that includes some much requested features, that should dramatically improve the overall experience.

dbrand made a slick 'Teardown' skin for the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Remember the days where you could buy tech with clear casing? I loved my Game Boy Pocket that had it, and now you can sort-of get there thanks to dbrand with their Teardown skin for the Steam Deck.

The upcoming Steam Deck Dock got an upgrade, now called a 'Docking Station'

By Liam Dawe,
At some point, Valve quietly tweaked the specifications for the upcoming official Steam Deck Dock and it's actually better than what they said originally.

Proton 7.0-2 out now with many more games playable on Steam Deck and Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has now officially released the latest version of Proton, the Steam Play compatibility tool that allows Windows games to run on the Steam Deck and Linux desktops.

Proton Experimental updated, fixes Resident Evil Revelations 2 for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Valve recently put up a new version of Proton Experimental, the compatibility layer that runs Windows games on Linux and the Steam Deck handheld.

Erik Wolpaw to Valve on Portal 3 — 'we should just do it'

By Liam Dawe,
Erik Wolpaw, a writer on the likes of Half-Life 2, Portal, Portal 2, Half-Life: Alyx and more thinks Valve really should just go ahead and make Portal 3 already.

Steam Deck Client Update out, plus Valve dev clarifies a tweak for Gaming Mode (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
Two bits of official Steam Deck news to cover this morning, as there's a new small Steam Deck Client Update out plus we now know what special performance tweak is done in Gaming Mode compared with Desktop Mode.
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