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Check your Steam Library against Steam Deck compatibility easily
16 Feb 2022 at 11:18 am UTC

Quoting: audiopathik
Quoting: basedBlack Squad unsupported? That has to be a mistake, right? I'm playing it on Linux without issues, just gotta have BattlEye thing installed from the library
SteamDeck Verified also takes into account support for the handheld and onscreen controls and is just not the exact same thing as supported by Proton or even running on Linux natively.
Forgot to take that into consideration

EDIT: After further investigation (as in just checking Playable category) that can not be the case. otherwise e.g. RimWorld would not be in Playable

Check your Steam Library against Steam Deck compatibility easily
16 Feb 2022 at 5:43 am UTC

Black Squad unsupported? That has to be a mistake, right? I'm playing it on Linux without issues, just gotta have BattlEye thing installed from the library

Game devs don't seem convinced on the Steam Deck from the GDC 2022 survey
21 Jan 2022 at 11:27 am UTC Likes: 4

I think it being only sold on steam and no retail would hurt sales

Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard
18 Jan 2022 at 5:44 pm UTC

I see this as good news.
ActiBliz work culture is so disturbingly bad that I really cannot see how this is a bad thing, Microsoft being the owner now they would get in trouble for whatever Kotik (intentional) does, or at least I hope that would be the case.
This might also mean Blizzard games/future Blizzard games could go over Steam which is a dream-come-true for me.
Bobby should've been fired and jailed ASAP but this ain't a perfect world ig

Easy Anti-Cheat not as simple as expected for Proton and Steam Deck
10 Jan 2022 at 11:20 am UTC

So it will most likely take years to get near the same mp support on Linux.
Unless another multiplatform AC releases.
Even this is not guaranteed, since players can just install Windows. I assume most Deck players would be tech savvy enough to do this - The product won't be sold outside of Steam itself

Proton Experimental sees new fixes for DEATHLOOP, Forza Horizon 5
2 Jan 2022 at 6:48 pm UTC

First they gotta fix Forza Horizon 4, cause that's just as unplayable :(