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Steam Survey for January 2025 shows Linux still above 2%
3 Feb 2025 at 5:01 pm UTC Likes: 1

Why these Ubuntu's (core / snap and regular) are separated there makes no much sense.
You could be using the snap version of Steam on any distro. Same as flatpak.

The new trailer for sandbox strategy game Antimatter shows off the epic scale
28 Jan 2025 at 3:33 pm UTC

Perhaps they will earn enough from it to get real translations done by people who actually understand context and the languages properly.
As an alternative, being open enough and having a large enough community to have fan translations to correct what the auto-complete has come up with. But, yeah, professional localisation would be heaps better than entrusting the user experience to auto-complete.

GDC 2025 survey shows PC game development growing with lots interested in Valve's Steam Deck
23 Jan 2025 at 6:37 pm UTC Likes: 5

Seems like they need another pass over this one to correct some text errors.
The corrections box is a GOL feature that more websites should copy.

Linux 'fascinates and terrifies' the dev of DEAD LETTER DEPT. but they're supporting it anyway
23 Jan 2025 at 3:06 pm UTC Likes: 10

Hey, I think I lived this already.

Linux fascinates and terrifies.
That's not an unhealthy mindset for a new user. I wish them luck.

over the hill is an offroading exploration game announced by the art of rally devs
23 Jan 2025 at 3:03 pm UTC

It seems you'll probably need Proton to play it on Linux.
Boo. I really loved Art Of Rally on the Deck, and I'd like to pay full price for this one, but if it's Windows-only then I'm not gonna.

A fresh Steam Deck Verified games round-up for January 2025
15 Jan 2025 at 2:31 pm UTC Likes: 1

Lost Words: Beyond the Page
I'd forgotten this wasn't Verified already - the little one and I played through it quite early in our Deck exploration. It's good but it is about loss and grief, so there's that.

Lenovo Legion Go S with Valve's SteamOS is official, expected to launch in May
7 Jan 2025 at 5:00 pm UTC Likes: 8

Will you be picking one up?
Nope. As Stella points out there are no trackpads, the sticks are in the wrong place, and I've already got a Deck. If my Deck were to die before a Deck 2 is out I'd get another Deck rather than one of these or any of the other devices with no trackpads & the sticks in the wrong place.

Lenovo Legion Go S with Valve's SteamOS is official, expected to launch in May
7 Jan 2025 at 4:56 pm UTC

The SteamOS version is due in May with a starting price of $499.99.
It's a shame they aren't launching simultaneously; hopefully the hardware reviewers will also test with the likes of Bazzite while they're waiting.

Steam / Steam Deck Beta update brings improvements for Startup Animations, Steam Input and more
7 Jan 2025 at 10:16 am UTC Likes: 2

It's interesting to see the startup animation improvements, likely another step towards better support of running Steam / SteamOS on more handheld devices that we expect to see launching with or updating with support for SteamOS this year.
And TVs, since they're going to be 16:9 rather than 16:10.

Slavic fantasy story-driven mystery adventure The End of the Sun releases January 29
3 Jan 2025 at 12:50 pm UTC

Hmm.

The initial graphics preset is set to 'Highest' and is not automatically adjusted based on hardware. For minimal requirements, we recommend changing the graphics preset in the main menu before starting a new game.
If they've identified that it's an issue, they really could do with identifying a solution before release. Especially if they'd like the green tick.