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Wireless HORIPAD for Steam gets a firmware fix for the Steam Deck OLED
6 Jan 2025 at 11:39 pm UTC

Anyone else getting a virus warning from google drive when trying to download this?
Just tried it based on your comment, and yep, Google throws up a virus warning. The link is useless as a result, sadly.

Wireless HORIPAD for Steam gets a firmware fix for the Steam Deck OLED
6 Jan 2025 at 3:39 pm UTC Likes: 8

Looks like you need Windows to run their firmware updater
Huh. I'm out then.

The most popular Linux gaming articles of 2024
1 Jan 2025 at 6:18 pm UTC Likes: 7

That's about 8 articles every day, assuming you took the weekends off (which you didn't always) and didn't take any holidays (which you barely did!). Amazing work ethic. Thanks so much for all your contributions, Liam. Here's to a more relaxed 2025. Let's say... 7 articles a day, eh? :grin:

Prime Gaming - December 20th edition round-up for Steam Deck / Linux
20 Dec 2024 at 2:41 pm UTC Likes: 1

Man, it's a lot of clicking to claim this many games!!

Looking through the 100 or so games I've claimed on Prime in the past two or three months, I'd say the standouts have been:

  • Dishonored

  • Bioshock

  • Monster Train

  • Shogun Showdown

  • Planet of Lana

  • The Outer Worlds

  • Dredge

  • Star Wars: Bounty Hunter

  • Plague Tale: Innocence


With a shout out to early freebies like Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Prey, Wolfenstein: New Order, Control, Ghostrunner and the Neverwinter Night games.

I'm not a fan of Amazon, but the Prime bundle is decent value. If only they, you know, paid tax and treated their employees like humans.

I suppose there are even more games worth a shout, but those were on Epic, and I ain't touching that shit.

New Steam Controller 2 and VR controller designs got leaked
20 Dec 2024 at 1:53 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: bialyikarPersonally, I don't need the right analog stick, so it could be gone. The greatest strength of this controller is replacing this stick with its touch counterpart.
Well, couldn't agree less with this. I never ended up using my SC1 becuase it lacked a right thumbstick. The haptic pad replacement is a poor and frustrating substitute in most twinstick shooters. Love that the Steam deck has a full set.

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl gets a massive patch with an AI overhaul and lots of A-Life fixes
19 Dec 2024 at 9:13 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: Caldathras
Quoting: Jarmer110 gb patch. That's just absurd, are you basically just redownloading the entire game?
My thoughts, exactly.
Even there, I think the idea of a 110 gb game is ridiculous. Maybe I just don't play AAA games.
110Gb is pretty big. I play a bit of AAA and looking at my top installed games, it would place third.

I seem to remember that the Mass Effect trilogy/remaster was gigantic too, before I un-installed it.

Tactical Breach Wizards has a Beta with improvements for Gamepad and Steam Deck verification
18 Dec 2024 at 6:45 pm UTC Likes: 1

GoTY for me. Absolutely awesome writing and the implementation is masterful.

The Last of Us Part II Remastered comes to PC on April 3, 2025
13 Dec 2024 at 10:10 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: kellerkindtYay! But also ugh: "Requires 3rd-Party Account: PlayStation Network (Supports Linking to Steam Account)"
As the article notes, but yeah, by this point, we shouldn't be surprised. Sony have set out their stall. This will be in every game they produce from now on. They learned their lesson with HellDivers 2. They'll be up-front about the requirement on every title from here on in.

Here's the most played Steam Deck games for November 2024
2 Dec 2024 at 4:08 pm UTC Likes: 2

It'll never stop blowing my mind that people play Cyberpunk or Elden Ring on this thing. Incredible.