Steam Deck news round-up for early May 2023
Since there's so much happening and it can be hard to keep track, here's a little round-up of some happenings with the Steam Deck (and Steam as a whole) plus a little gaming news.
Category: Misc
GE-Proton 8-2 is out now fixing Shatterline, various Daedalic games and more
GE-Proton 8-2 is the latest release of the community-made version of Proton, the translation layer from Valve for Steam Deck and Linux desktop.
itch.io is hosting another Türkiye & Syria Earthquake Relief Mega Bundle
Support charity and get access a whole bunch of cool stuff in the Türkiye & Syria Earthquake Relief Mega Bundle hosted by itch.io.
Need a new controller? The 8BitDo Ultimate C 2.4G looks great
If you're in need of a new controller, the 8BitDo Ultimate C might just be what you need as 8BitDo revealed their slimmed-down version of their pricier Ultimate.
Goodbye to Roblox on Linux with their new anti-cheat and Wine blocking
You might have seen recently that I covered the upcoming updates for Roblox, and now it's here blocking Wine with their new anti-cheat.
Valve gave Steam store search a very useful upgrade
Valve announced a fresh upgrade to the Steam store search, making it a lot more useful so here's a run over what's new and improved.
Get a bunch of easy-going games in this latest bundle
Another fresh Humble Bundle landed recently, this time focusing on games to have a bit more of a relaxed time with. Here's what's in the Easy-game Games Whitehorn Showcase bundle and what compatibility to expect on Linux and Steam Deck.
Nreal Air and Steam Deck together - quite mind-blowing
Recently I was sent over a package with the Nreal Air, so I've spent a fair bit of time testing out these AR glasses with the Steam Deck to see what all the fuss is about.
Steam will now scale better with KDE and GNOME
In the latest Beta release for Steam from May 5th, Valve finally did some more work on scaling the UI of the Steam Client.
Cartridges is another Linux game launcher and it's super-clean
If there's one thing we're not short on, it's launchers. There's some kind of launcher for everything including Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher, Bottles and more. Now there's also Cartridges.
GOG reveal some stats on how they're doing
Game store GOG has a new blog post up detailing how they're doing, and it seems like things are starting to go a bit better for them.
Discord username system changing to make it easier to find people
After years of technical debt, Discord has announced a big change is coming to their username system to make it easier to find the people you want to connect with.
Framework gives more detail on their AMD Ryzen laptop
Recently Framework excited everyone over their big DIY laptop upgrades, and now they're giving more detail on the Framework 13 Laptop with AMD Ryzen.
AMD Render Pipeline Shaders SDK adds Linux support
One for game developers here and anyone tinkering around with graphics APIs, as AMD has announced the next upgrade to their Render Pipeline Shaders SDK and now it has Linux support.
Steam Deck hits over 9,000 games rated Verified and Playable
Another juicy milestone for Valve with the Steam Deck, as it now has over 9,000 games rated as either Verified or Playable.
Get a bunch of Rhythm games in this game bundle
Do you have the moves? Are you quick on the finger? Check out the Feel the Rhythm bundle over on Humble Bundle. Here's what compatibility to expect on desktop Linux and Steam Deck.
Valve limits Steam store pages to 2 trailers before screenshots
I don't know about you, but I used to get a little annoyed by endless amounts of trailers on Steam pages that didn't really show much. Valve have been paying attention again to what players want to see.
GE-Proton 8-1 released, mainly pulling in Proton 8 upgrades
GE-Proton has a new release out with 8-1, which is mainly pulling in a whole bunch of improvements from Proton 8 and Proton Experimental.
OBS Studio 29.1 is out now with AV1 / HEVC for YouTube
One for content creators here, as the excellent OBS Studio just released version 29.1.0. This brings initial support for AV1 / HEVC on YouTube.
Heroic Games Launcher 2.7.1 hotfix 1 fixes up Epic Games login
Having some troubles with Epic Games on the Heroic Games Launcher? You weren't alone and a new hotfix is out to get it sorted.
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