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Proton Experimental brings HDR to Mass Effect Legendary Edition and Injustice 2

By Liam Dawe, 9 Dec 2023

Valve put up a brand new release of Proton Experimental for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux, which brings a sprinkle more HDR and some great bug fixes.

Cautiously hyped for Light No Fire from the No Man's Sky team at Hello Games

By Liam Dawe, 8 Dec 2023

Light No Fire is another interesting game announcement coming from The Game Awards 2023, coming from Hello Games, the crew that created No Man's Sky.

You absolutely need to try Mechabellum during the Steam Free Weekend

By Liam Dawe, 7 Dec 2023

Mechabellum has sucked away more of my time than I would care to admit right now, and you too can see what all the fuss is about during the Steam Free Weekend.

Skyrim Special Edition updated with Steam Deck support, ultrawide res, bug fixes

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2023

I'm as surprised as you are but The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition just got a brand new update that includes Steam Deck support. And paid mods are back.

A favourite and top Steam Deck game Brotato is expanding with new content

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2023

Brotato is a great game, absolutely one of my favourites, it's also one of the most played Steam Deck games and the good news is that it's set to expand!

Cyberpunk 2077 gets another big upgrade with a Metro System, new Accessibility options

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2023

One of the most popular single-player games on Steam, Cyberpunk 2077 has received another big free update for all players.

Sons Of The Forest adds FSR 2.0 and better settings for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 4 Dec 2023

Sons Of The Forest is one game that was sadly a little too much for the Steam Deck to handle at the release, but now it seems it should run a fair bit better.

Songs of Conquest working on improved Steam Deck / Gamepad support

By Liam Dawe, 4 Dec 2023

Songs of Conquest is an impressive Early Access turn-based strategy adventure game and it has a new Beta available you may want to test on Steam Deck or with a gamepad.

Huge update to Baldur's Gate 3 adds an Epilogue, new game modes and willy physics

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2023

Well that's quite an upgrade Baldur's Gate 3 just got, and one of my absolute favourite games of this year. Might be time to jump back in again!

Battle.net broke in Wine / Proton - here's how to fix for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2023

Ah launchers, don't you just love them? A reoccuring nuisance for Steam Deck and desktop Linux gaming is that they can and will break and the latest to break (again) is Battle.net. Here's how you can fix it for now.

Proton Experimental fixes Baldur's Gate 3, improves Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2

By Liam Dawe, 30 Nov 2023

Valve released a fresh Proton Experimental update for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux to finish up November so here's what's new and improved.

GUNHEAD from Alientrap gets Steam Deck improvements

By Liam Dawe, 28 Nov 2023

GUNHEAD is the latest release from Alientrap who also made CRYPTARK, Capsized and Wytchwood. It's also just been updated to improve it on Steam Deck.

Over 5% of The Pale Beyond players were on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 27 Nov 2023

Here's an interesting little data point for you, as the developers behind the polar exploration and survival game The Pale Beyond have given an update on Steam Deck engagement with their game.

VKD3D-Proton 2.11 released with DirectX Raytracing enabled by default

By Liam Dawe, 24 Nov 2023

An exciting release of VKD3D-Proton has arrived! VKD3D-Proton 2.11 brings with it some big improvements for the Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translation layer used in Valve's Proton for Linux PC and Steam Deck.

Please save me I have discovered Leaf Blower Revolution

By Liam Dawe, 24 Nov 2023

It's cold and blowy outside, there's leaves everywhere and so the obvious solution to keep warm is to stay inside and play a game about blowing away leaves.

Hell Let Loose now works on Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 24 Nov 2023

Here's a fun one I managed to somehow miss recently, but it seems that Hell Let Loose has hooked up Easy Anti-Cheat to work on Linux / Steam Deck.

Hunt: Showdown anti-cheat now fixed for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, 23 Nov 2023

After being left broken for about a week, Crytek have now fixed up their Easy Anti-Cheat for Hunt: Showdown to work on Steam Deck / Linux again.

Diablo IV free to play on Steam until Tuesday

By Liam Dawe, 23 Nov 2023

Here's a chance for you to see if you actually want to buy Diablo IV. Not only is it 40% off on Steam and works great on Steam Deck and desktop Linux with Proton but it's also temporarily free to play.

GE-Proton 8-25 released, should fix a bunch of early 2000s games

By Liam Dawe, 22 Nov 2023

A small hotfix release of GE-Proton went up with GE-Proton 8-25 containing two changes, but for players of classic games it might be a good release to try.