Steam Deck on track for the end of February
Good news, following the previous delay and even with the pandemic and global shortages Valve has announced that the Steam Deck is still on track to ship by the end of February.
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Proton Experimental fixes up Sea of Thieves voice chat
Today a small bug-fix update went out for Proton Experimental, as Valve continues readying it up ahead of the launch of their handheld Steam Deck.
Looks like Portal 2 is the first Steam Deck Verified title
As we come closer to the February launch date of the Steam Deck, it appears Valve are now starting to actually go through and tick titles for their Deck Verified program.
Check out the original Half-Life with Ray Tracing
Want to play with some real-time path tracing in Half-Life? Well, a modder is doing just that and has released a small teaser to show it off.
There it is - Steam breaks 28 million users online
Well, that didn't take long now did it? After hitting a new high on January 2 that was very close to the big milestone, just today Steam officially passed 28 million users online.
Steam Labs Experiment 13 upgrades the store tag hubs
Valve are always tweaking something on Steam and their latest experiment is an upgrade to the Store Hubs, the areas on Steam where you can browse through all the random tags.
Steam Deck 'on track' for February, Valve hopes for millions by end of 2023
Seems Valve really are expecting big things from the SteamOS 3 Linux-powered Steam Deck handheld, according to a new report from PC Gamer.
SteamOS for the Steam Deck gets slimmed down to 10GB
One thing that is a little concerning is how much storage the bottom edition of the Valve Steam Deck will have without plugging in a microSD card, seems we now have a better idea.
Experimental Vulkan support is here for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
As we suggested it would be, Valve has announced that experimental Vulkan support for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO) has landed and can be tried out right now.
Dota 2 gets a new Battle Pass, Controller Support, New Event Mode
Valve has pushed out a fresh major upgrade for the popular free MOBA game Dota 2, with one bit clearly preparing for the upcoming Steam Deck handheld.
Valve show off exclusive Steam Deck case for 512GB model
While all variants of the Steam Deck will come with their own case, the top-end 512GB model will include a slightly different design and Valve has now shown it off.
Valve broke Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on Linux, Vulkan may come soon
Despite Valve pushing many areas of Linux gaming, including the upcoming Steam Deck handheld which will use the Arch-based SteamOS 3, they still totally break their own games. UPDATED.
Smissmas 2021 is live in Team Fortress 2
It's getting cold now and more games are opening up their festive events and Valve is no different. Smissmas 2021 is now officially live in Team Fortress 2.
More BattlEye titles for Proton on Linux including DayZ, ARMA 3 now supported
Valve has announced today that BattlEye support on Linux with Steam Play Proton has expanded, with new titles available.
Valve shows off 'Design Validation' units of the Steam Deck
While we sit and attempt to wait patiently for the Steam Deck to arrive next year after the delay, Valve has given out some fresh shots of their new Design Validation (DV) units.
Steam Next Fest gave developers a '500%' increase in converting wishlists to sales
Valve has written up a short blog post going over how their Steam Next Fest has improved things for developers, and it seems by a huge amount in some cases.
November marked 7 months of Linux rising on Steam & 5 months above 1%
I think we can now firmly say that we are the 1%? Another month is down as so the latest Steam Hardware Survey numbers are out and it continues being very positive for Linux gaming.
Valve reportedly developing a Half-Life shooter-strategy hybrid
There's been some reports circulating thanks to YouTuber Tyler McVicker (previously known as Valve News Network) that goes into some detail about what Valve is up to. Seems like we might get an RTS/FPS hybrid for the Steam Deck.
Valve puts up official developer FAQ for the Steam Deck
With the Steamworks Virtual Conference: Steam Deck over now, Valve has put up their own official set of answers to various common questions.
Capcom shows off official video of Devil May Cry 5 on the Steam Deck
As more developers get their hands on a Steam Deck devkit, we're seeing plenty more show their games and now Capcom has taken a turn with Devil May Cry 5.
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- Linux performance overlay MangoHud 0.8.0-rc1 out now for testing with Intel GPU support and lots of improvements
- NTSYNC for Proton / Wine now in Linux kernel 6.14 that "Should make many SteamOS users happy"
- The ridiculous Steam Brick just makes me want a proper Steam Machine
- Steam / Steam Deck Beta update will no longer bug friends in-game when you reconnect
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