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Valve expect to make 'hundreds of thousands' of Steam Decks next month

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In a fresh interview with IGN, Valve developer Lawrence Yang spoke about a number of things and it sounds like you may get your Steam Deck perhaps a little sooner than expected.

Steam Deck gets an OS update to help solve stick drift

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As more people get their shiny new Steam Deck, more problems will inevitably appear not just because hardware can never be perfect but as more system updates roll out — there's a bigger chance for problems and recently stick drift became an issue.

Bungie say a big fat no to Proton and Steam Deck for Destiny 2

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Were you hoping to play Destiny 2 on Steam Deck or a Linux desktop using Proton? Well, you're currently out of luck.

Aperture Desk Job from Valve is out now and it's ridiculous

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Aperture Desk Job is the latest game from Valve, it's free but it's also just a tech demo to show off the Steam Deck controls and features.

Collabora talk briefly about their work with Valve on SteamOS, Steam Deck

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Collabora, the open source consulting firm that often works with Valve, has a new blog post out from developer Simon McVittie talking a little about their work on SteamOS and the Steam Deck.

Web store Fanatical offers up Steam Deck categories to buy games

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While the simplest way to get games for the Steam Deck will be direct from Steam, there's a few other stores out there that do give some amazing deals and Fanatical is one of the best.

Steam Deck - using Luxtorpeda for Morrowind, Warzone 2100 and X-COM

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The Steam Deck is clearly great with a lot of modern titles and plenty of AAA games, but what about the classics? For that Luxtorpeda can provide a great experience on Deck.

Valheim updated with full gamepad and Steam Deck support

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Time to wander through the Black Forest from your bed, as Valheim now has a fresh update available that was previously in a public Beta to add in gamepad support and work nicely with the Steam Deck.

Dying Light gets a cross-play update

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Techland might have their shiny new Dying Light 2 now available but they're apparently not even finished with the first Dying Light with a big update out now.

Inscryption from Daniel Mullins Games gets a Linux Beta

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Here's your chance to help test another upcoming native Linux build, as Daniel Mullins Games have put up a Beta you can try for Inscryption.

Watch Valve's Gabe Newell deliver some Steam Decks

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Yes it's true, Gabe Newell of Valve really did go around delivering a Steam Deck to various people and now there's an official video on it.

dbrand announces Steam Deck screen protectors

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Not only are dbrand working to bring out a fancy case for the Steam Deck with a built-in stand, they've also announced their own Tempered Glass Screen Protector.

Proton Experimental fixes Elden Ring plus Persona 4 Golden for Linux and Steam Deck

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Two popular games should be much better on Linux and Steam Deck with the latest update to Proton Experimental.

PipeWire is the future for Linux audio and I am sold on it

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Linux and audio have never entirely gotten along well together, when PulseAudio came along it actually solved a lot of problems but it's PipeWire that's the real future.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 14: Return to Na Pali

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One of the selling points of Unreal Tournament pitched to the modding scene by Epic Games was its ability to load assets from the original Unreal into the new engine. After a few years this snowballed into a concerted community effort to make the entire Unreal single player mode playable from within its own sequel.

Slay the Spire gets Steam Deck and Steam Input compatibility

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You'll soon be throwing cards around and defeating monsters with ease, as Slay the Spire now has proper Steam Input support so it's ready for the Steam Deck.

Steam Deck — but can it run Crysis Remastered? Yes

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You all likely know the meme that Crysis became by now. It used to bring PCs to a halt and make GPUs cry. How about the Steam Deck though? Can it run the newest version with Crysis Remastered? Yes.

Factorio devs experimenting with Steam Deck improvements

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Factorio is one game that I've yet to try on my Steam Deck but it sounds like it's not ideal right now. Thankfully Wube Software LTD. are working on it.

Gabe hand-delivers signed Steam Decks, sounds like a Steam Deck 2 is planned

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How would you feel if Valve's Gabe Newell appeared at your front door to deliver a signed Steam Deck? Well, some people got to find out. Also, an overview of a recent IGN interview for you.

GOverlay 0.8 is out with new features to help configure MangoHud

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For those just getting into Linux and / or people who will be testing out the Steam Deck, GOverlay can be a bit of a lifesaver to help configure some extra tools like MangoHud.