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Here's how to fix Ghost Recon Breakpoint on Steam Deck and Linux desktop
24 January 2023 at 12:12 pm UTC Likes: 4

QuoteA word of warning though: this game has Denuvo Anti-Tamper, and so swapping around Proton versions and going between PC and Steam Deck a lot will get you locked out (as it did for me).

I recently removed few games from my wishlist, just because they have Denuvo with limited amounts of activation. It looks like you are no longer buying a copy of the game, but you are just buying a license to play it, which is sad :-(. I sometimes wonder if these kinds of "protections" are the reason that there is plenty of people just pirating the games.

Otherwise good job sharing these kind of guides :-)

State of the industry: MSI offered a chance to win the ability to buy a GPU
19 January 2023 at 2:40 pm UTC

Quoting: matiaslavikThis is why I think software rendering is the future of gaming.
You should all start playing some DOOM and Wolfenstein3D again, to prepare for the change that is to come

At some time ago, I was surprised by Euclideon technology, it was running on CPU alone and had really detailed models, but they never really prepared it for gaming (you can see some experiment on their site). Now we have Unreal Engine 5, which has similar level of detail with GPU and doesn't really need that beast of a card to run it. So I think we are on the good track, when even older GPUs could be able to run the newest games in future, because it will be more on smart usage of resources in the engine than on the brute force of GPU.

State of the industry: MSI offered a chance to win the ability to buy a GPU
16 January 2023 at 2:47 pm UTC Likes: 1

I thought that the ship shortage is over and the prices are getting back to normal. This is a nasty surprise for me.

Here's how to get The Witcher 3 working on Steam Deck after the next-gen update
14 December 2022 at 11:29 am UTC

Quoting: einherjarIt worries me a bit, everytime I read "how to get xy to work again on Steamdeck".

If it does not become a "just works" experience, it will fail over time.

Hopefully this will get better over time. Now it seems that some developers don't test it on SteamDeck before pushing the update out.

Valve are finally fixing buying games on Steam Deck that need a pop-up
5 December 2022 at 1:17 pm UTC

I am in one of those countries that need popup when paying by card. But because I never really bought anything on Steam Deck yet I didn't noticed that there is any issue with it :-D

Steam Deck top 20 for November, plus a new stable Steam Deck Client update
5 December 2022 at 12:38 pm UTC Likes: 1

It seems that my choices are not on the list :-D But it's not surprising when I'm just playing games I have in my library and never really played them before. Steam Deck is really awesome for that, I feel like I'm rediscovering the gaming world again. :-)

Valve fixes the on-screen keyboard not showing in new Steam Deck Client Beta
29 November 2022 at 12:12 pm UTC

I'm surprised to see Warhammer 40k: Darktide running on Steam Deck. I was part of beta test and it didn't even launched. They even officially said that Steam Deck is not supported in Beta. But it seems it works now. Another game to add to wishlist :-)

Steam Deck wins Best Gaming Hardware at the 40th Golden Joystick Awards
24 November 2022 at 4:23 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: itscalledrealityEDIT:
Oh I see it was a public vote, lame.
Perish the thought that anything should be decided based on what most people think.

This sounds like democracy :-D

Steam Deck wins Best Gaming Hardware at the 40th Golden Joystick Awards
24 November 2022 at 12:14 pm UTC Likes: 3

It definitely deserves that :-)

Total War: WARHAMMER III for Linux updated to v2.2.0, Immortal Empires beta available
21 November 2022 at 3:37 pm UTC

Quoting: MrBareBones
Quoting: ZlopezI still need to try it on Steam Deck. I was surprised how good it is to play Civilization: Beyond Earth on it and just want more 4X games to try on it. As a Warhammer fan TW: Warhammer series is one of my favorite :-)
Well good luck with that, because the game is considered Unsupported on Steam Deck, with the reason being that there's no good graphic settings that can be configured to make the game run well on the device. About the only game so far I've seen to have that as being a reason for being labelled as Unsupported, so if you can figure out settings to have it run well then more power to you.

I know about this, but I can still try :-)