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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.

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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Hamish,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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

By Liam Dawe,
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.

Terraria gets another update, this time for Steam Deck Optimizations

By Liam Dawe,
This is terrible news for my free time, as if I didn't have enough to play in bed. Terraria has a new patch out to make it even better on the Steam Deck.

The Long Dark gets fixed up for Linux with Vulkan and Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
The Long Dark, a very chilly survival game that's not really like any others recently had an upgrade. It's also a Steam Deck Verified title.

Developers - let us know if you need help with Steam Deck testing

By Liam Dawe,
Valve's new handheld PC the Steam Deck is starting to ship out but there's going to be a long wait for some, and others might not be able to get one at all for various reasons - I'm here to help.