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Latest Comments by Liam Dawe
A round-up of recent Steam Deck news for you
29 Jun 2023 at 7:02 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Philadelphus
Quoting: finaldestGreat news to see continued support on the deck. I am curious as to how many steam deck units valve have now sold.
No official numbers, but there've been some estimates of possibly around 2 million, maybe reaching 3 million by the end of the year. (Source: an Ars Technica article I read this morning about Jsaux and how they become such a big provider of Steam Deck accessories.)
*taps the sign* https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/04/report-steam-deck-to-pass-3-million-sales-during-2023/

Valve pulls in another graphics driver developer for Linux gaming
27 Jun 2023 at 3:14 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: 1ace
Rosenzweig previously worked on Asahi Linux for the reverse-engineering of the Apple Silicon GPU
And she still does 😉
You're right, I misread the date line for that one. Ps *taps correction feature* ;)

Steam Deck compatibility with Starfield to be discussed "later down the road"
27 Jun 2023 at 2:22 pm UTC Likes: 3

Updated to include AMD partnership details.

Valve pulls in another graphics driver developer for Linux gaming
27 Jun 2023 at 1:42 pm UTC Likes: 7

Quoting: CatKillerI wonder if the focus is going to be Borealis (Steam on Chromebooks)? Steam on x86 Chromebooks is all well and good, but there are am awful lot of Arm Chromebooks out there. Having Arm performance expertise in-house would make it a whole lot easier to target those.
I reckon some of it is going to be towards whatever the Deckard VR headset turns out to be, since it will seemingly have a standalone mode.

Micro-strategy and base building game Kingdom Eighties is out now
27 Jun 2023 at 9:27 am UTC Likes: 1

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GOG giving away classic RPG Eschalon: Book II - plus Yakuza series now on GOG
20 Jun 2023 at 10:58 am UTC

Quoting: spajdrexYou forget to mention also first part!
https://www.gog.com/game/eschalon_book_i [External Link]
The article already noted the first part is free, it has been for some time.

Retro 2D platformer Zool Redimensioned is now Steam Deck Verified
18 Jun 2023 at 1:36 pm UTC Likes: 4

Heh the feature list was from Steam. I assume by “original” they simply meant unedited. I originally played it on Amiga.

Get PAYDAY 2 and lots of DLC in this Humble Bundle
17 Jun 2023 at 7:17 am UTC Likes: 10

Quoting: Guest
Quoting: WoodlandorI thought we were supposed to be mad at Payday 2 for dropping the native Linux port :wink:
My impression is that Liam thinks that people upset about them dropping the native port for Proton are elitist, because it shouldn't matter whether or not it's native, as long as we can run the game.
That’s not what I’ve said. I understand that people will be upset about a Native port being dropped. But there’s a difference between playing games because games are fun, and people who just refuse to play a game because of Proton - my point is about Native zealot behaviour. Do whatever you want, it matters not to me and I will continue to cover all ways of gaming on Linux.

Factorio adds controller support in experimental update
16 Jun 2023 at 12:52 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: hardpenguinIt... it didn't have controller support before? B.. but they had a Nintendo Switch release already 😵‍💫
A lot of console ports a done by a third-party, and they end up having their own code-base that's separate.

PAYDAY 2 devs to ensure it works with Proton on Linux and Steam Deck
15 Jun 2023 at 2:22 pm UTC

Indeed, so Native or not, the risk is pretty much the same unless the developer is truly dedicated to their Linux build which is...rare.