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Steam Deck changelogs now available, new update out now

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has now put live some public changelogs and will be properly announcing when updates go out for the Steam Deck.

Heroic Games Launcher now works nicely on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Something that I've been asked, repeatedly (and then some), is to show the Heroic Games Launcher on the Steam Deck. So here we are, let's take a look.

GOG suspends all sales in Russia and Belarus

By Liam Dawe,
With the ongoing brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine, many more companies are taking action and now GOG has made a big announcement with their store.

Boxes within boxes, puzzle game Patrick's Parabox releases March 29

By Liam Dawe,
Patrick's Parabox, a very clever puzzle game is going to release on March 29. This might actually be one of my most anticipated releases this year.

Castlevania Advance Collection works on Steam Deck, despite what Konami say

By Liam Dawe,
Recently, Konami released an announcement on the Castlevania Advance Collection Steam store page to say it does not work on the Steam Deck. It does.

John Romero releases new DOOM II level to raise funds to support Ukraine

By Liam Dawe,
Want to support the people of Ukraine and get a little something in return perhaps? There's a huge amount of developers throwing their support in and even John Romero has appeared with a new DOOM II level.

Popular vehicle building sandbox 'SimplePlanes' updates for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Even more developers get their games ready to be played on the Steam Deck! SimplePlanes looks like a lot of fun and it's quite a popular one too.

Toy train set sandbox 'Tracks' gets upgraded for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Love trains? Tracks looks like quite a sweet little game really and it has a new release out to help with Steam Deck compatibility.

vkd3d version 1.3 released from the Wine team

By Liam Dawe,
Not to be confused with VKD3D-Proton that the Valve team work on, the original vkd3d from the Wine team continues to be updated and a new release is out now.

Humble Heroines Bundle has some quality treats

By Liam Dawe,
Want some more games, perhaps for your shiny new Steam Deck? Well, here's a fresh bag of treats from Humble Bundle.

Virgo Versus The Zodiac gets an official Linux release

By Liam Dawe,
Virgo Versus The Zodiac, what the developer says is an "unforgiving timed actions turn-based JRPG", has been released officially for Linux (and macOS).

Oxygen Not Included got a few improvements recently to help Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Klei Entertainment did say in their January Roadmap that support for the Steam Deck would come, and some of that work has now be made live.

A round-up of our Steam Deck content — the videos keep coming

By Liam Dawe,
Since news moves fast, here's a chance for you to grab a breather and get a look at my ongoing Steam Deck content. Here's what has been shown off so far.

Fantasy themed tactical card game 'Dragon Evo' enters Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Dragon Evo is a fresh entry into the deck-building tactical card game genre and it's now available in Early Access, along with Linux support too.

Free stealth game The Dark Mod v2.10 is a HUGE upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
Inspired by the Thief series, The Dark Mod is a brilliant free and open source game and game engine for people to make various levels with. The Dark Mod version 2.10 is out now and it's BIG.

Bomb Club Deluxe is an explosive puzzle game out now

By Liam Dawe,
Bomb Club Deluxe from Antoine Latour and Lozange Lab is a fresh and quality puzzle game, all about setting off explosive chain reactions to solve a level.

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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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.