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Minecraft on Steam Deck Guide with Prism Launcher (and gamepad support)

By Liam Dawe,
Prism Launcher has been released for Minecraft, rising from the ashes of the controversy with PolyMC (that you should no longer use). Here's all the info on it, plus a fresh Steam Deck Guide.

UNCHARTED is great on Steam Deck! Here's how to fix it on Linux desktop

By Liam Dawe,
With UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection out now and Steam Deck Verified, I've been able to see that it does work great! However, it requires some very small tweaks to get it working on a normal Linux desktop.

The JSAUX M.2 Docking Station for Steam Deck is a great choice

By Liam Dawe,
After playing with it for a few weeks, here's what I think along with how to set up the M.2 Docking Station for Steam Deck from JSAUX.

Decky Loader, get easy Steam Deck Plugins and make colours POP!

By Liam Dawe,
Did you know you can extend the Steam Deck with various plugins? I’m going to show you how to do it, and some of what’s available using Decky Loader.

Here's how to play Overwatch 2 on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
While you might struggle to get in due to ongoing server issues, Overwatch 2 is out now free to play and it can run quite nicely on Steam Deck and Linux desktop. Here's how to get Overwatch 2 installed and running.

Transferring files from PC to Steam Deck with FileZilla FTP

By Liam Dawe,
Want another way to transfer files from a PC (Linux / Windows) over to a Steam Deck? Here's how to do it using the FileZilla FTP application.

Custom boot animations for the Steam Deck are pretty sweet

By Liam Dawe,
Did you know you can change the boot animation on the Steam Deck? Well you can and the community has naturally gone and done some pretty amazing things with it.

Distrobox can open up the Steam Deck to a whole new world

By Liam Dawe,
Distrobox is a way to use pretty much any other Linux distribution in your terminal, along with full GUI apps and now it supports the Steam Deck with SteamOS too.

Classic racer Re-Volt returned to Steam — here's how to work it on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Re-Volt is a retro delight from the year 1999 that originally came to GOG in 2013. Sadly it was pulled from sale when it was found to contain code written by the community, that the release did not have permission to use. Now it's back and on Steam too.

Steam Deck Tips and Tricks Part 2

By Liam Dawe,
Since a lot of people liked the first set of tips and tricks for the Steam Deck, here's a Part 2 with just a few more that some of you might find useful.

Top quick Steam Deck tips and tricks

By Liam Dawe,
Since Valve are ramping up production and a ton more people than expected will get their Steam Deck this year, plus the expansion into Asia, it was a good time to get some basic quick tips and tricks sorted for you.

Modern Diablo game engine devilutionX sees new release, how to get it on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Do you want to play the classic Diablo RPG? Well, not only does GOG have it and the Hellfire expansion but the Native Linux devilutionX game engine can make it even better. Here's how to get it working on Steam Deck (and Linux desktop!).

GE-Proton 7-27 has the Halo Infinite campaign and videos working on Steam Deck & Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Recently I showed off Halo Infinite running quite nicely online on the Steam Deck and now GE-Proton 7-27 that just went up makes the process even smoother and the campaign and videos now work too.

You can now get Halo Infinite online to work on the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
It's taken quite a while but you can at least now play Halo Infinite multiplayer on Steam Deck (single-player not tested).

Among Us modding on Steam Deck is quite easy here's a quick guide

By Liam Dawe,
Among Us works quite nicely on the Steam Deck but what about if you want to get some mods going? It's actually surprisingly easy to do so here's how to do it.

Starship Troopers: Terran Command on Steam Deck and Linux — a quick guide

By Liam Dawe,
Starship Troopers: Terran Command just released from The Artistocrats and Slitherine Ltd. but getting it on running on Linux desktop or Steam Deck requires a few steps.

Here's how to get Steam Deck and Gamepad controls in Minecraft

By Liam Dawe,
Want to get a better Minecraft experience on Steam Deck or with Gamepads as a whole? Thanks to a new mod, it's easily possibly with the latest versions of Minecraft.

How to play The Elder Scrolls Online on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
The Elder Scrolls Online is currently noted as Unsupported on Steam Deck but don't let that stop you. Getting it running is actually pretty simple.

Diablo Immortal works on Steam Deck, plus a fix for Battle.net being slow

By Liam Dawe,
Since Diablo Immortal is the hot new thing, I decided to attempt to give it a go on Steam Deck. Turns out the Battle.net launcher really hates some connections, here's a fix and a Diablo Immortal video.

V Rising now works on Linux and Steam Deck with Proton Experimental Beta

By Liam Dawe,
V Rising, the latest huge Steam hit can now run on Linux desktops and Steam Deck, thanks to updates to the Beta version of Proton Experimental.
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