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Introversion classic Darwinia gets remastered with better Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, Apr 19, 2022

Darwinia was originally released back in 2005, and now Introversion Software has done a massive remaster.

Steam Deck Client Update out, plus Valve dev clarifies a tweak for Gaming Mode (updated)

By Liam Dawe, Apr 19, 2022

Two bits of official Steam Deck news to cover this morning, as there's a new small Steam Deck Client Update out plus we now know what special performance tweak is done in Gaming Mode compared with Desktop Mode.

Looks like the Steam Deck will get Refresh Rate Switching

By Liam Dawe, Apr 18, 2022

Valve continue to cook up plans for more exciting upgrades to the Steam Deck, with Refresh Rate Switching looking like it's on the way.

Steam Deck was the Steam top seller for the week ending April 17

By Liam Dawe, Apr 18, 2022

Even more supporting evidence towards the Steam Deck being a nice success for Valve, with SteamDB reporting that the Steam Deck was the #1 top seller last week.

Online co-op shooter GTFO adds 'partial' Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, Apr 14, 2022

GTFO, the scary online co-op shooter from 10 Chambers recently had another update, and with it the developers claim they added in "partial" support for the Steam Deck.

Valve updates Portal to improve Steam Deck performance

By Liam Dawe, Apr 14, 2022

Valve sure do give a lot of love to their games (okay, most, I hear the rumbling of TF2 fans in the background) and a new update has rolled out for the original Portal to help the Steam Deck.

Yes, the Steam Deck will eventually get Ray Tracing, once the AMD GPU driver matures

By Liam Dawe, Apr 14, 2022

There's been a lot of talk lately about Ray Tracing and the Steam Deck, especially after the recent Digital Foundry video but there's a few things that need to be cleared up.

No Man's Sky got a huge 'Outlaws' update and works well on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Apr 13, 2022

No Man's Sky, a Steam Deck Verified title that also works great on Linux desktops with Steam Play Proton recently got another massive free update.

Back 4 Blood adds experimental support for Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Apr 13, 2022

Back 4 Blood, the zombie shooter from Turtle Rock Studios has a fresh update out, and the developer has gotten it working on Linux and Steam Deck with Proton.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection broke on Linux and Steam Deck, here's a quick fix

By Liam Dawe, Apr 12, 2022

With a recent update to the Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Xbox Game Studios included the needed Easy Anti-Cheat file for Linux / Steam Deck to work online but they broke it in the process for some.

Steam Deck Plugin Loader gets another release, should work better now

By Liam Dawe, Apr 11, 2022

The community-built Steam Deck Plugin Loader continues to mature, with version 1.1.0 out now fixing some issues.

Duck Game gets a patch for Proton, now works on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Apr 9, 2022

Duck Game, an action platformer from Landon Podbielski and Adult Swim Games has been updated to enable it to work properly with the current version of Proton 7 and gets it working on Steam Deck.

Godfall Ultimate Edition seems to run well on Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Apr 9, 2022

Godfall Ultimate Edition released onto Steam on April 7, a former Epic Store exclusive, and now thanks to the Steam release it runs very nicely on Linux and Steam Deck with Proton.

War Thunder gets officially Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe, Apr 8, 2022

Gaijin Entertainment has updated War Thunder, and as a result it went through Deck Verified once again to get a fully Verified status for the Steam Deck.

Valve marks the first month of the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Apr 7, 2022

Valve has released a news post going over some of the changes and improvements of the Steam Deck over the first month since the initial release.

Steam Deck gets a small update to fix Downloads, adds Triggers for Keyboard

By Liam Dawe, Apr 7, 2022

Here we go again Steam Deck fans, another upgrading ready and waiting to be downloaded. This time though, it's a pretty small one with only a few changes.

How to give Valve feedback when Steam Deck (Proton) games have issues

By Liam Dawe, Apr 7, 2022

While this may be something Linux users are used to, players new to the Steam Deck should be aware of how to catch issues for Valve to hopefully fix up Proton.

Xbox Games Studios talk up more of their games on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Apr 7, 2022

Still a little weird to see but Xbox Games Studios have talked about more of their games running on Steam Deck, a system powered by Linux.

The Hand of Merlin to get full Native Linux and Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, Apr 7, 2022

Developer Room-C Games working with Croteam have announced that The Hand of Merlin will see full Steam Deck support, as work continues on their Native Linux version.