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Steam Deck Verified has issues, Grand Theft Auto V edition
As I continue to use the Steam Deck that Valve sent over for both work and play, I tried Grand Theft Auto V and the initial setup was a massive nuisance.
Steam Deck gets a 15FPS option, new keyboard themes
Valve has a fresh upgrade out for the Steam Deck giving you even more performance control, plus you can now buy new keyboard themes in the Points Shop.
Wine 7.4 changes the default theme and more PE conversion work
Another couple of weeks and even more work has been done on the Windows compatibility layer Wine in development version 7.4 that's out now.
Heroic Games Launcher now on Flathub, even easier to run Epic Games on Steam Deck
Heroic Games Launcher, the community-made open source app for the Epic Games Store, is now available as a Flatpak on Flathub making it even easier to install and setup on Linux and Steam Deck.
Getting Minecraft and mods on Steam Deck is nice and simple
Want to get Minecraft working easily on Steam Deck or a normal Linux desktop without much fuss? Here's one way you could do it and it makes it easy.
Space Crew: Legendary Edition gets Steam Deck fixes, noted as Playable
Space Crew: Legendary Edition is another game that has been updated for the Steam Deck, with official verification noting it as Playable.
Proton Experimental fixes Apex Legends, Xbox login and more for Linux and Steam Deck
Proton compatibility with Windows games is going to be an ongoing improvement for many years, and Proton Experimental is where all the latest comes in first for Linux and Steam Deck.
Even Xbox Game Studios are talking about Steam Deck compatibility
Yes, even a fair few games that Microsoft / Xbox publish will work out of the box on the Steam Deck.
Four nerds talk about Steam Deck, Valve, Linux and more
I had the absolute pleasure of a very long and relaxed chat with some other Linux content creators: Nick from The Linux Experiment, Jason from Forbes / Linux4Everyone and Gardiner Bryant.
Windows drivers roll out for Steam Deck but Valve won't support it
Out of the box, the Steam Deck comes with SteamOS 3 Linux and overall apart from early quirks and bugs it does work very well but they're now providing Windows drivers — with a big caveat.
Here's how to get the EA App on Steam Deck with Bottles
Another guide for you today. For those of you who want to use the EA App on the Steam Deck (or a Linux desktop!), here's one of the possible ways to do it using Bottles.
Google plans their own version of Wine to run Windows games on Stadia
Stadia is something we don't really talk about here too much now, as Google has let it slide considerably from the original aim but it's still going and it seems Google still has some interesting plans for it.
There's already over 1,200 titles either Verified or Playable for Steam Deck
While there are issues with the Deck Verified system, Valve continues on noting down more titles as being either Deck Verified or Playable.
Core Keeper is a great blending of Minecraft, Terraria and more
Possibly one of the best starts for a game I've seen in Early Access for some time, Core Keeper seems like an absolute delight so far.
Factory building sim shapez.io got mod support recently
shapez.io is a game about building an ever-expanding factory, that cuts up various shapes to make other shapes. It's gloriously engrossing and time consuming and now there's modding involved too.
Steam Deck software updated with lots of controller configuration fixes
Valve continue working quickly to fix up issues that are flowing in against the Steam Deck software, with a new update out now and ready to download onto your Deck.
Apex Legends gets Steam Deck Verified
The day we've all been waiting for right? Apex Legends from Respawn and EA has now been officially Steam Deck Verified.
An update on installing Epic Games on Steam Deck, plus accessing the SD Card
This is a short update to my previous guide on installing the Epic Games store on the Steam Deck using Proton, plus how to enable access to an SD Card.
Heroic Games Launcher gets closer to a Flathub release
Heroic Games Launcher is a great multi-platform alternative client for Epic Games and GOG, which helps get your games working on Linux and Steam Deck and a new release is out with version 2.2.2.
Heroes of Might and Magic II reimplementation 'fheroes2' gets some nice AI upgrades
If you want to play the classic Heroes of Might and Magic II on Steam Deck and Linux with a more up to date game engine, that includes plenty of enhancements you should look to fheroes2.
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