Even Google Couldn’t Push Linux Gaming Forward
“We were unable to reach agreement with the developers of AAA games who complained about the cost of porting their games to work on Stadia given the lack of users on Stadia even with the subsidies that we provided.”
Steam Deck 2: Not Until 2025
“We…don’t want more performance to come at a significant cost to power efficiency and battery life.”
Steam Deck Client Beta Improves Performance of Steam Input Preview Screen and Libraries with Many Collections
Three small beta updates were shipped this week.
The Steam Deck May Be Vulnerable to “Zenbleed” Exploit
Note that this is mostly speculation, for the time being.
Proton Experimental Adds Compatibility to CHAOS CODE -NEW SIGN OF CATSTROPHE-, Adds Fix for Street Fighter 6
NVAPI also gets enabled for Ratchet & Clank and Portal: Prelude RTX
Ubisoft Clarifies: They Won’t Remove Your Game Library from Inactivity
“Account deletion follows a very strict process.”
Pizza-Scented Xbox Controller? Yah, It’s a Thing
Continue to make yourself hungry even after the pizza has been eaten.
Heroic Games Launcher 2.9.0 ‘Boa Hancock’ Adds Support for Amazon Games, ProtonDB/Steam Deck Compatibility Ratings
GOG playtime is also recorded, and plenty of bug fixes made it in.
Steam Deck Client Beta Adds New Library Sorting Filter, Ability to Duplicate Controller Mappings
Three beta client updates this week.