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Proton Experimental sees another small update fixing up Fallout 76, updating VKD3D-Proton
Proton Experimental continues to see rapid development to give us more great fixes to run Windows games under Linux.
Category: Valve
Half-Life 2 and the episodes get a Beta with Vulkan (DXVK) and more
Valve has put up a Beta for Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One and Half-Life 2: Episode Two as they prepare more of their own games ready for the Steam Deck.
Valve launches Deck Verified, to show off what games will work well on the Steam Deck
We've been wondering what Valve had planned to show off Steam Deck compatibility for games and now they've launched Deck Verified as their answer.
Marci from the DOTA: Dragon's Blood anime will join Dota 2 later this year
Valve has announced that the next hero joining the ranks in Dota 2 will be Marci, the silent companion to Mirana from the DOTA: Dragon's Blood anime.
Proton Experimental sees GreedFall, Eve Online and Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl working
Another update to Proton Experimental has landed as of October 11 bringing with it more fixes and even more Windows games are now working on Linux.
Get a look inside the Steam Deck in Valve's latest video
Want to see inside a Steam Deck? Valve has delivered in the latest video although they're keen to remind people not to do any of this yourself.
Scream Fortress XIII is live in the free to play Team Fortress 2
Valve has now released the latest Halloween themed event for the still popular free shooter Team Fortress 2.
Valve cancels Dota 2 live audience and refunds ticket sales for The International 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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