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Gorgeous 3D adventure platformer New Super Lucky's Tale is now Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe, 22 Dec 2022

New Super Lucky's Tale appears to be one that somewhat flew under the radar. Originally released in 2020, it looks quite wonderful and after an update it became Steam Deck Verified.

SteamOS 3.4 is out now for Steam Deck (updated)

By Liam Dawe, 22 Dec 2022

Pulling in tons of improvements for desktop mode, along with a healthy dose of bug fixes elsewhere, the SteamOS 3.4 update for Steam Deck has been released.

Proton Experimental fixes The Witcher 3 — plus better steering wheel support

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2022

Valve has updated Proton Experimental for Steam Deck and Linux desktop with a few quick fixes so here's the usual run over what's new.

Whisker Squadron: Survivor blends Vampire Survivors with a Star Fox-like shooter

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2022

A new on-rails survival rogue-lite shooter? Sign me up. Whisker Squadron: Survivor is from the same team as Race the Sun, and the first in the Whisker Squadron series. There's also a demo right now.

GameMaker makes a few more open source moves with extensions

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2022

Well, I have to admit I am surprised that the takeover of YoYo Games (who develop GameMaker) by Opera has been largely positive with them making more moves towards open source.

Steam Deck shipping update for Asia notes a few issues but plenty get it this year

By Liam Dawe, 21 Dec 2022

Valve and Komodo have given an update on the shipping of the Steam Deck through Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

Retro fuelled FPS 'Selaco' has easily one of the best demos I've ever played

By Liam Dawe, 20 Dec 2022

Selaco, an upcoming GZDoom-based shooter from Altered Orbit Studios has been featured before and I'm bringing it back again here because of the huge upgrade to the demo. It's simply fantastic.

My game of the year 2022 is the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 20 Dec 2022

You think I'm joking? I'm not. Okay, okay. It's not a game but I'll get to that in a moment. The Steam Deck has transformed everything about gaming for me.

KDE Plasma gets Wayland Fractional Scaling, Fixing Multi-Screen and a Steam Deck updater

By Liam Dawe, 19 Dec 2022

I continue to be truly amazed by all the work going into KDE Plasma. Not only is it my desktop environment of choice on Linux, it's Valve's too as it powered the desktop mode on Steam Deck. It's about to get some juicy upgrades too.

Epic Games needs your birthday to keep your account working in Heroic Games Launcher

By Liam Dawe, 19 Dec 2022

Recently, Epic Games rolled out a change to their account system aimed at protecting the younger people on their store and it has caused issues for the Heroic Games Launcher.

GE-Proton 7-43 is out should fix up Immortals Fenyx Rising, Baldur's Gate 3

By Liam Dawe, 19 Dec 2022

GE-Proton 7-43, the community-built version of the Proton compatibility layer, is out now and it comes with some useful looking fixes for Steam Deck and Linux desktop gamers.

Steam Deck now shipping across Asia, plus a new Steam Deck Stable Client update

By Liam Dawe, 17 Dec 2022

We're about to see a whole lot more people gaming on Linux, with a shiny Steam Deck arriving at the door of many people across Asia.

Steam Deck and Desktop Steam Beta updates fix up Login UI, store updates on Deck

By Liam Dawe, 16 Dec 2022

Valve released another bunch of updates for the Steam Deck and Desktop Steam Beta Clients, along with a small Steam Deck OS Preview (SteamOS) update.

Oxygen Not Included 'Hot Shots' update out with a new animated short

By Liam Dawe, 16 Dec 2022

Klei continuing to do great work here to expand the excellent Oxygen Not Included, along with a fancy new animated short that I always enjoy from them.

Valve just gave away another bunch of Steam Decks so check your email

By Liam Dawe, 16 Dec 2022

During The Game Awards 2022, Valve were giving away a Steam Deck every minute and it seems they loved throwing hardware at people so much they just did it again.

Immortals Fenyx Rising now on Steam but quite messy on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 15 Dec 2022

Immortals Fenyx Rising is another from Ubisoft as they continue putting their games back on Steam, and sadly this release seems a bit messy on Steam Deck.

Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translator VKD3D-Proton version 2.8 out now

By Liam Dawe, 15 Dec 2022

Valve and their open source contractors sure are a busy bunch. VKD3D-Proton, which translates Direct3D 12 to Vulkan version 2.8 is out now.

We may get a Steam Controller 2, plus fun updates coming to Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 15 Dec 2022

The Verge managed to speak to a couple of developers at Valve on the Steam Deck, and while most of it was already known there's a couple of interesting bits to pick out.

Proton Hotfix from Valve gets The Witcher 3 next-gen DX12 working on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 15 Dec 2022

Well, that certainly didn't take long did it? Valve have already put up an update to Proton Hotfix, that works around the crashing issue in DirectX 12 in The Witcher 3 next-gen on Steam Deck.