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MySims and MySims Kingdom from EA get Steam Deck support
15 Apr 2025 at 10:29 am UTC Likes: 2

You can't use both at once, so, if you nudge the trackpad any joystick or button input will allow the controller to regain functionality.
They should really fix that. Properly handling mixed mouse and controller input should be the norm going forward.

Mesa 25.1 will make Indiana Jones: The Great Circle playable on older AMD GPUs
10 Apr 2025 at 8:05 am UTC Likes: 1

What is GFX10/9/8 in this context? Which "older GPUs" does this affect exactly?
GFX8: GCN3 (Volcanic Islands) & GCN4 (Arctic Islands/Polaris)
GFX9: GCN5 (Vega)
GFX10.1: RDNA (Navi 1)
GFX10.3: RDNA2 (Navi 2)
GFX11: RDNA3 (Navi 3)
GFX12: RDNA4 (Navi 4)

Linux shoots back up the Steam Survey for March 2025 with Simplified Chinese dropping
2 Apr 2025 at 10:34 pm UTC

Ok, i see you managed to got to those numbers. HOW exactly?
You click on the dropdown menu to pick "Linux only" exactly as I said, and exactly as I showed you a picture of.

Linux shoots back up the Steam Survey for March 2025 with Simplified Chinese dropping
2 Apr 2025 at 9:06 pm UTC

But these totals, where exactly they can be seen? There is no link to those as far as i can tell.
https://i.ibb.co/39jWpVqG/Screenshot-20250402-220235-2.png [External Link]

https://i.ibb.co/Kj1DJTRS/Screenshot-20250402-220316-2.png [External Link]

Linux shoots back up the Steam Survey for March 2025 with Simplified Chinese dropping
2 Apr 2025 at 7:38 pm UTC

@dziadulewicz You're looking at the totals rather than the Linux-specific stats from the dropdown menu.

Western point and click adventure Rosewater is out now
2 Apr 2025 at 5:24 pm UTC Likes: 2

I picked this one up immediately. Love me some point & clicks. They've got a demo up, but anyone that likes point & clicks will probably like both this and Lamplight City.

Linux shoots back up the Steam Survey for March 2025 with Simplified Chinese dropping
2 Apr 2025 at 4:20 pm UTC Likes: 3

FWIW, this month is probably an undercount of China, just like we've historically had the big spikes from overcounting China. The trend, and Valve's own aggregate data, has English and Simplified Chinese about equal, so either one coming up significantly higher than the other shows noise in the data collection.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has lost its Steam Deck Verified rating
31 Mar 2025 at 10:01 am UTC Likes: 1

Hopefully it's the start of a comprehensive re-evaluation of the ratings. "30 fps at native resolution and default settings" is their stated benchmark for "performs well on Deck," and that's fair enough - as long as the rating actually reflects that. Obviously there have been cases where games don't manage that, and it hasn't been reflected in Valve's rating; that needs to be fixed.

Historical strategy game Old World switches to Vulkan for Linux / Steam Deck
31 Mar 2025 at 9:29 am UTC

This has been on my wishlist for a while. 4X games benefit from a big screen and, since getting my Deck, I spend less time playing games at my desk. I'll get round to it eventually, I'm sure. It's just got to be a time when I'm more in the mood for a 4X game than for sitting on the sofa.