Steam Deck⌗

• Pierre-Loup Griffais has posted some pictures of prototype Decks
• GOL did a short overview of the DeckMate accessory
• new Deck client beta adds improvements pertaining to screenshot management, as well as a virtual menu overhaul
• Hideo Kojima has been seen using a Deck at TGS
• Boiling Steam has a video recap of this year’s TGS, most of which pertains to the Deck

Native Games⌗

• Project Heartbeat 0.16 adds new song, audio improvements, and Project DIVA Mega Mix+ loader
• Left 4 Dead 2 is still getting updates a decade later (presumably because of improving the experience on Deck)
• Valheim gets crossplay support
• Golf With Your Friends is free-to-play this weekend, plus a new update adds a sports-themed DLC cosmetic pack
• 25 new Steam games this week

Hardware⌗

• the Oryx Pro by System76 is a excellent gaming laptop; just know that the screen is 1080p

Software Updates⌗

• GE-Proton 7-33 pulls in the latest Wine fixes for GTA V, Red Dead Redemption 2, and BioShock Collection
• Godot 4 beta adds a crapton of features, improvements, and bug fixes
• Yuzu adds LDN support (local wireless multiplayer)

Other⌗

• I reviewed Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed. Not too bad of a game
• still some time left for the Steam Tokyo Game Show sale get some games at a discount while you can!
• W4 Games raises $8.5 million for the growth and support of the Godot engine
• GPU prices may go down following the ethereum merge
• EVGA will no longer produce graphics cards to due frustrating issues while working with NVIDIA

Cover image credit: Boiling Steam