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Valve have rolled out Steam Play into the stable Linux Steam Client, along with touch controls for Steam Link

By Liam Dawe, 29 Aug 2018

Valve seem to be moving pretty quickly with Steam Play, as a new stable Steam Client is out which includes preliminary support for the new Steam Play Beta.

Dota 2 has a new hero called Grimstroke available now, another called Mars coming later

By Liam Dawe, 27 Aug 2018

The already long list of Dota 2 heroes is now even bigger, as Valve have released an update with Grimstroke as well as teased another called Mars.

Valve are already pushing ahead with updates to Steam Play's Proton with a beta channel

By Liam Dawe, 25 Aug 2018

Valve are now offering a chance to test a beta of the next version of Proton in their Steam Play system.

Some thoughts on Valve’s new Steam Play feature and what it means for Linux gaming

By Liam Dawe, 24 Aug 2018

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With the dust settling on the absolute bomb that Valve dropped with the new Steam Play feature, I’ve had a little time now to think about the broader implications.

Valve's Steam Play should work better today, as DXVK was left in debug mode causing a performance drop

By Liam Dawe, 23 Aug 2018

It seems there was a bit of a woops with the Beta release of Valve's new Steam Play system Proton, which is now fixed.

Valve officially confirm a new version of 'Steam Play' which includes a modified version of Wine

By Liam Dawe, 21 Aug 2018

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As we speculated previously, Valve have now officially announced their new version of 'Steam Play' for Linux gaming using a modified distribution of Wine, called Proton.

Valve may be adding support for using compatibility tools for playing games on different operating systems

By Liam Dawe, 14 Aug 2018

Reddit seems to be buzzing with information from SteamDB showing indications that Valve might be adding support for compatibility tools to enable you to play games on operating systems they weren't designed for, like Wine.

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Valve have hired another developer to upstream SteamOS driver changes, including Xbox One S rumble support

By Liam Dawe, 11 Aug 2018

Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais announced on Twitter that they've hired Andrey Smirnov to help them get some SteamOS changes upstream into the main Linux Kernel.

Looks like Valve may be preparing a 64bit version of the Steam client

By Liam Dawe, 9 Aug 2018

Valve may be preparing a 64bit version of the Steam client with an update in the Steam Beta Client that was released yesterday.

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A new SteamOS beta is out with GPU driver updates and a fresh Linux kernel

By Liam Dawe, 4 Aug 2018

Not to be confused with the upcoming SteamOS 3.0, this beta update is for the current 'Brewmaster' release.

The Panorama UI for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is now live for everyone by default

By Liam Dawe, 3 Aug 2018

Valve's massive update to the interface for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is now officially live for everyone, no longer needing a launch option to be set.