Weekly News Recap (DeckHD, Valve Getting Sued, Microsoft And Activision Deal Making Progress)

Steam Deck⌗
- Four new beta client updates – deets here
- I reviewed the JSAUX power bank and docking station
- Valve being sued over Steam Deck and Valve Index tech
- DeckHD offers to upgrade your Deck’s resolution to 1920 x 1200 and increased sRGB coverage
Native Linux Games⌗
- Kalevania might be worth looking into if you like retro side-scrollers
Hardware⌗
- Lemur Pro laptop by System76 gets a refresh with 13th-gen CPUs and DDR5 memory
- NVIDIA to launch the 4060/4060 Ti on May 24th, prices start at $300
Software Updates⌗
- VKD3D-Proton 2.9 reduces RAM requirements on first-time setup, along with many other performance improvements
- Proton Experimental 5.17.2023 fixes memory leak with Street Fighter 6, adds compatibility to Super Bomberman R
- Project+ 2.4 adds new stages and costumes
- Lutris 0.5.13 adds support for Proton and Battle.NET
- Steam desktop client (beta) improves performance with NVIDIA GPUs
Other⌗
- Steam to switch from Google Analytics to their own solution
- Apparently there are plans to support Roblox on Linux via Wine
- EU Commission approves of MS’s acquisition of Activision
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