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Latest Comments by CatKiller
There's already over 1,200 titles either Verified or Playable for Steam Deck
9 Mar 2022 at 8:08 pm UTC Likes: 2

Because I like numbers:
Quoting: Purple Library GuyHow many games are in the Steam catalogue again?

65,237 [External Link]. Today.

And how many come out in a year these days?

11,862 [External Link] games were released in 2021. So a bit over 32 per day. And increasing.

Bungie has more to say on Destiny 2 for Steam Deck and it's still a no
4 Mar 2022 at 2:08 pm UTC Likes: 6

Quoting: GuestOn the other hand, this news isn't all that surprising, since Bungie is really just Microsoft Game Studios. It was one of the first companies that Xbox Game Studios bought.
Nope. Bungie bought themselves out in 2007. Then they went into a 10 year partnership with Activision, which they terminated early. They're currently in the process of being bought by Sony.

Heroic Games Launcher now works nicely on Steam Deck
3 Mar 2022 at 7:08 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: dubigrasuFunny thing now, I can't access the survey.
That happens when they're updating the results. It's often unavailable for several days.

Toy train set sandbox 'Tracks' gets upgraded for Steam Deck
3 Mar 2022 at 12:07 pm UTC Likes: 1

It looks interesting, so I've added it to my wishlist, but it's not supported on Linux, so I'll be waiting for a significant discount before buying it.

Humble Heroines Bundle has some quality treats
3 Mar 2022 at 3:08 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: TrainDocCan Gears singleplayer be played offline? Curious for those who are interested, I'm just an observer when it comes to gears.
No idea; I just looked them up on SteamDB.

Humble Heroines Bundle has some quality treats
3 Mar 2022 at 12:11 am UTC Likes: 3

For those for whom this is useful information, some of these titles have already been through the Deck verification testing process. Celeste, Cloudpunk, and Scarlet Nexus all got the Verified status. Gears 5 got Unsupported.

Collabora talk briefly about their work with Valve on SteamOS, Steam Deck
2 Mar 2022 at 3:03 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: sarmadDid they mention if all those components are open source?
I don't know about these bits in particular, but Collabora's expertise and policy is open source first.
We believe that developing the vast majority of software publicly in a collaborative fashion must become the standard. Of course there will always be room for differentiated value; we don't suggest that every line of code must be made public (although that would be nice). Assisting customers maximize their use and contributions to Open Source is our raison d'être.
https://www.collabora.com/about-us/open-source.html [External Link]

Bungie say a big fat no to Proton and Steam Deck for Destiny 2
2 Mar 2022 at 12:55 am UTC Likes: 17

Quoting: AussieEeveeI can fully understand not wanting to spend the time and resources to make a native port.
They already spent those resources. The Stadia version uses Vulkan and runs on Linux.

The next release of free RTS 0 A.D. will have some new graphics options
23 Feb 2022 at 6:35 pm UTC Likes: 2

is it something you will notice while you're scrolling the camera around?
Possibly more so as you're scrolling around. Without AF, textures at an angle (which is most of them, because perspective) tend to shimmer as the camera moves.

Valve adds official Steam Deck compatibility checker, 762 games Playable or Verified
23 Feb 2022 at 1:54 pm UTC Likes: 6

Quoting: rustybroomhandlethe Deck's weird aspect ratio.
Heresy!