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Valve cancels Dota 2 live audience and refunds ticket sales for The International 2021

By Liam Dawe, 4 Oct 2021

Seems like Valve can't catch a break with The International 2021 thanks to COVID-19. After having to move venues, they've now cancelled and refunded all live tickets.

XIGNCODE3 anti-cheat working towards Steam Deck support by launch

By Liam Dawe, 1 Oct 2021

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XIGNCODE3 is another popular anti-cheat like Easy Anti-Cheat and BattlEye that currently causes issues for Linux and it's going to hopefully see support for Linux and the Steam Deck by launch.

Steam Play Proton 6.3-7 is out now, Proton Experimental gets DLSS for DX12 games on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 1 Oct 2021

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Two big bits of news for Steam Play Proton today with two new versions getting released so let's take a look and see exactly what's new for the Windows compatibility layer.

Valve's Steam Deck dev kit got the early benchmark treatment

By Liam Dawe, 30 Sep 2021

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Shared on a Chinese news website, one lucky recipient of the Steam Deck developer kit decided to show off some benchmarks although they probably weren't supposed to.

'Deckard' is apparently the codename for a possible standalone Valve VR headset

By Liam Dawe, 29 Sep 2021

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Back in June we reported on a patent from Valve that indicated work progressing towards their next VR headset and it appears the codename is Deckard.

New Steam Client Beta adjusts the Vulkan pre-caching system and PipeWire for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 29 Sep 2021

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Another day another Steam Client Beta release and this time Valve has done some adjustments to the Vulkan pre-caching system for Linux.

Looks like Valve sent out quite a lot of Steam Deck developer kits

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2021

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You probably heard recently that Valve was readying up Steam Deck developer kits and now we can see that quite a lot of developers have received one.

A first Release Candidate for Proton 6.3-7 is up with more games working

By Liam Dawe, 24 Sep 2021

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Time for a weekend of testing for many of you? A fresh version of Steam Play Proton is on the way, with a CodeWeavers developer on GitHub announcing a Release Candidate build of Proton 6.3-7.

Valve answer questions about the Steam Deck in a new FAQ, anti-cheat for all Linux systems

By Liam Dawe, 23 Sep 2021

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After gathering questions from pretty much everyone, Valve has put up a new official FAQ page for the Steam Deck that answers some pretty important questions and it's good news.

Operation Riptide is live for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

By Liam Dawe, 22 Sep 2021

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Operation Riptide is the 11th operating for Valve's free to play shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

Proton Experimental adds more game-specific fixes in the latest update

By Liam Dawe, 22 Sep 2021

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Continuing to roll in more fixes, Proton Experimental has another update that's small but it has some needed improvements.

New patent from Valve appears for "instant play" of games and more

By Liam Dawe, 21 Sep 2021

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Published today is a new patent from Valve that (amongst other things) might allow for an "instant play" feature for games being downloaded from Steam.

Dota 2 to drop OpenGL and 32bit, Vulkan default on Linux and TI 21 tickets on September 22

By Liam Dawe, 17 Sep 2021

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With The International 2021 tournament fast approaching Valve has given an update on the future of Dota 2 with some major underlying tech changes planned to come in.

Proton Experimental gets DEATHLOOP working on Linux with AMD GPUs (update: NVIDIA too)

By Liam Dawe, 17 Sep 2021

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Valve and CodeWeavers have updated Proton Experimental again, the special testing version of Proton that brings in some of the latest fixes for the Windows-game compatibility layer. UPDATED.

Steam Deck dev-kits are on the move Valve say, as some already have it

By Liam Dawe, 14 Sep 2021

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Valve has given a short update on the dev-kits for the upcoming Linux powered handheld Steam Deck, with more developers being able to get their hands on it soon.

Steam has turned 18 years old and PC gaming has never been the same since

By Liam Dawe, 13 Sep 2021

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It's truly hard to imagine just how much Valve managed to change what PC gaming is thanks to Steam. On September 12, the Steam client celebrated 18 years.

Valve rolls out big Steam client update with new Downloads Page & Storage Management

By Liam Dawe, 10 Sep 2021

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After being in Beta since the end of July, Valve has now released a big update to the stable version of the Steam client for everyone which has the new Downloads Page & Storage Management.

Valve catches a break in the Steam Controller patent trial versus Ironburg

By Liam Dawe, 29 Aug 2021

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In the ongoing saga between Ironburg Inventions and Valve, a new ruling appeared on August 17 that gives Valve another chance to invalidate some parts of the patents involved.

Steam Play Proton 6.3-6 is out now with lots of fixes and new game support

By Liam Dawe, 21 Aug 2021

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Following on from the Release Candidate testing earlier this month, Steam Play Proton 6.3-6 has rolled out to improve Windows games running on Linux.

Valve puts up a Steam Deck trailer and the head of Xbox seems to really like it

By Liam Dawe, 15 Aug 2021

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Valve has remembered they have an official YouTube channel with the release of a new advert for the Steam Deck, plus the Steam Deck gets a nod of approval from an unlikely source.

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