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Steam Deck Verified highlights for April 2024
23 Apr 2024 at 2:01 pm UTC Likes: 1

What have you been playing recently?
Great list of games you posted, Liam. As of now, I've been playing Alan Wake Remastered through Geforce Now and once that's done, I'll either go back to Battlefield 1 to complete the war stories or jump into Alan Wake 2. Otherwise, it's back to the sea of installed games that I've forgotten about but need to complete before starting another round of backlog cleaning.

What a great time to play a library of games that'll last you for a long time and it's hard to resist new games that keep coming out every year. Poor wallet :cry:

Dead Island 2 arrives on Steam boasting of Steam Deck support
23 Apr 2024 at 1:18 pm UTC

Quoting: pantherWorks fine for me on my Desktop PC, Install - Start - Play.
Haven't tried it on my Deck yet. With the known problems, I don't like the way they advertise it either.

Epic Games Store account linking is not required and can be skipped [1].
!link [External Link]

However, the Epic Games Online Service is installed in the background.

[1] https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3229797640 [External Link]
I wouldn't be surprised if this is the same way whenever Alan Wake 2 gets released on Steam someday (or never).

Dead Island 2 arrives on Steam boasting of Steam Deck support
22 Apr 2024 at 5:07 pm UTC Likes: 5

I was thinking about getting this game last year on Epic when they were offering those coupons for extra discounts but decided against it since I didn't feel like using their crappy launcher to play it. Now, I'll wait for it to be heavily discounted in the future since I'm a patient gamer with a never ending backlog :smile:

Win a Steam Deck OLED or a golden egg game bundle in Fanatical's Mystery Egg Bundle
22 Apr 2024 at 5:02 pm UTC Likes: 1

These mystery bundles are always a crap shoot just like the lottery and the most you'll get out of all of this are games that a lot of people didn't want. Good luck to anyone that wins the golden egg or Steam Deck OLED but don't expect anything more from buying these bundles :grin:

Ghost of Tsushima PC specs revealed - should work on Steam Deck
18 Apr 2024 at 3:48 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: rustigsmed
Quoting: ToddL
Quoting: rustigsmedsony have been releasing a lot of their games on GOG looks like this one isn't?:sad:
I'd say give it some time since they did release God of War this year on GOG.
im starting to think with the Playstation overlay being introduced and integrated with the game it might mean it wont be drm free ever.
From what I read, the Playstation overlay is optional if you're only playing single player but mandatory for multiplayer. Not sure if that'll be a problem whenever they decide to release it on GOG since there's cross play with PC (Steam, Epic) and PS5, which might not be a problem for them to implement on GOG unless I'm wrong. GOG does provide crossplay documentation for those that want to implement it with their platform: https://docs.gog.com/sdk-crossplay/#:~:text=To%20allow%20multiplayer%20connections%20between,the%20GOG%20GALAXY%20Multiplayer%20feature [External Link].

Ghost of Tsushima PC specs revealed - should work on Steam Deck
18 Apr 2024 at 1:33 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: rustigsmedsony have been releasing a lot of their games on GOG looks like this one isn't?:sad:
I'd say give it some time since they did release God of War this year on GOG.

Emulation tool RetroDECK brings in Ryujinx for Nintendo Switch, many other improvements
16 Apr 2024 at 2:21 pm UTC Likes: 3

As long as Nintendo doesn't come after Ryujinx, it sounds like something I may checkout in the future when I get done with my never ending backlogs :grin:

Steam FPS Fest 2024 is live with tons of great discounts
16 Apr 2024 at 2:18 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Geppeto35Then I create a character, then I try to interact with one of the object on the first desk from the very start (in the room of the character) ... got back to the Desktop directly.
Tried on my dual boot on windows, same experience on the same object... Seriously? Supposed to be a AAA game or something like that, but no credit in this company to do stuff seriously?
This is why many people like to call them Bugthesda for a reason :wink:

Riot Games talk Vanguard anti-cheat for League of Legends and why it's a no for Linux
11 Apr 2024 at 11:39 pm UTC Likes: 5

Good thing single player games are here to stay since it seems like more and more game companies will resort to these tactics to stop cheaters and bots. It sucks for those that love to play multiplayer games on Steam Deck/Linux but get blocked by anticheat software, even if they're not the ones doing the cheating :angry:

The first handheld to use PlaytronOS is some Web3 thing - the SuiPlay0x1
10 Apr 2024 at 4:18 pm UTC Likes: 8

So if blockchain web3 stuff is your jam, then you might be interested in this I guess? Not one for me honestly.
I'm going to agree with you there, Liam. I don't like the design of the device and blockchain is the last thing I want when it comes to handheld gaming :sick: