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Valve dev details more on the work behind making Steam for Linux more stable

By Liam Dawe, Nov 12

Steam Game Recording was recently released, which came as part of a big Stable Steam Client update that noted it had fixes for "miscellaneous common crashes" on Linux. Now we know a little more on what's happening behind the scenes.

New Steam Beta has more Game Recording improvements and a Linux fix

By Liam Dawe, Nov 12

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Valve released another update to the Steam Beta Client for Steam Deck and Desktop Steam, which includes more improvements and tweaks to Game Recording.

Valve announced the Steam Deck OLED: Limited Edition White

By Liam Dawe, Nov 12

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I am terribly jealous of anyone who is able to grab one of these. Valve just announced the Steam Deck OLED: Limited Edition White is coming soon.

Steam Beta gets fixes for WiFi on Steam Deck, plus AMD GPU startup crash on Desktop

By Liam Dawe, Nov 9

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Following on from the big release of Steam Game Recording in the stable Steam Client, there's a new smaller Beta available for Steam Deck and Desktop.

Steam gets new tools for game devs to offer players version switching in-game

By Liam Dawe, Nov 8

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Valve announced something that I'm sure a lot of game developers and players will appreciate: new APIs to allow developers to have version switching directly in their games!

Valve's Deadlock adds proper Steam Input support with Steam Deck improvements and a new hero

By Liam Dawe, Nov 8

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While we still have no idea when Deadlock from Valve will get a properly public launch, since it's still invite-only, they do keep expanding the game in some major ways. Another big update just rolled out to this third-person MOBA.

Steam Game Recording has officially launched

By Liam Dawe, Nov 6

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No longer should you need external software just to record a fun clip of gameplay on Steam desktop and Steam Deck, with Steam Game Recording now officially live for everyone.

Steam Deck comes to Australia on November 19

By Liam Dawe, Nov 6

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G'Day gamers. Valve announced that the Steam Deck will release in Australia on November 19, so our friends down under can finally officially join the club.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.20 update released for everyone

By Liam Dawe, Nov 4

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Valve are acting quickly to clean up some Steam Deck problems from the huge SteamOS 3.6 update with a new SteamOS 3.6.20 update released for everyone.

Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey

By Liam Dawe, Nov 2

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The Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out for October 2024, and the Linux user share has gone back up again to exactly 2%.

Here's the most played Steam Deck games for October 2024

By Liam Dawe, Nov 1

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Another month has finished! So here's a look back over what games people have been playing the most on Steam Deck for October 2024.

Black Mesa has a new Beta with 'WAY better' support for Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Oct 31

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Crowbar Collective have a fresh Beta available for Black Mesa, their fan-made reimagining of Valve Software's Half-Life. This brings with it some nice improvements all across the game, especially for Linux platforms like Steam Deck.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.20 Beta has an updater fix and Metaphor: ReFantazio performance improvements

By Liam Dawe, Oct 31

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Following on from the huge SteamOS 3.6 update for Steam Deck, Valve has put up SteamOS 3.6.20 Beta with a few more improvements.

Steam games will now need to fully disclose kernel-level anti-cheat on store pages

By Liam Dawe, Oct 30

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Valve announced a change for Steam today that will make things a lot clearer for everyone, as developers will now need to clearly list the kernel-level anti-cheat used on Steam store pages.

Steam Beta adds plenty of Game Recording improvements plus a Steam Play update

By Liam Dawe, Oct 30

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Valve rolled out another two Steam Client Beta updates recently, as they continue pushing the Game Recording system towards a stable release. The fixes are the same for Steam Deck and Desktop since it's a Steam Client update.

Steam's Halloween Sale is here with some frightful deals

By Liam Dawe, Oct 29

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While you likely don't actually need any more games, just a few more to fill up your backlog wouldn't hurt right? Steam Scream Fest is now live with lots and lots of Halloween discounts.

Steam Beta removes option to globally disable Steam Play plus Game Recording improvements

By Liam Dawe, Oct 26

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Another fresh Steam Client Beta for Desktop and Steam Deck fixing up some bugs, plus some improvements for Game Recording.

Deadlock from Valve gets 6 new experimental heroes and new stylized rendering of heroes

By Liam Dawe, Oct 25

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Valve continue expanding their upcoming game Deadlock, the online third-person MOBA shooter. The latest update is quite a big one too.

Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.6 officially out with improved performance, Mura Compensation, lots more

By Liam Dawe, Oct 24

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Valve has now officially released SteamOS 3.6 for Steam Deck to the stable channel, bringing with it lots of big improvements all across the system.

Proton Experimental gets a big change for video playback in games on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, Oct 23

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Valve released a new update to Proton Experimental with a big change for how they handle video playback, and hopefully give a nice compatibility boost for Windows games on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

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