Steam Deck⌗

• CryoByte33, author of Cryoutilities, has a guide on how to undervolt and overclock your Deck
• Halo: MCC now supports online multiplayer, with a few caveats
• Genshin Impact is now playable with a few tricks
• no such thing as a “Steam Deck killer”
• beta client updates this week range from wake animation skip, improved perf of dual trackpad typing, the fixing of distorted audio, and autosave fixes
• a report from Omdia suggests 1.6 million Decks were sold last year, and expect three million this year

Software Updates⌗

• ProtonUp-Qt 2.8.0 improves startup time, enhanced functionality to game list
• GE-Proton 7-54 adds a few fixes for The Last of Us and the Uncharted Collection
• Heroic Games Launcher 2.7.0 brings several improvements and bug fixes

Other⌗

• Emulators no longer allowed in retail mode on Xbox Series
• I reviewed the Super Mario Bros. movie
• The Last of Us mod apparently improves performance with decreased stuttering