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Steam Beta updated with Indonesian support, 4K high quality streaming preset
Valve has released a new Beta version of the Steam client for desktop and Steam Deck, plus an expansion to add in Indonesian language support.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Looks like Valve will sell refurbished Steam Decks
Valve seemed to let slip a bit early that they plan to sell refurbished models of Steam Deck for cheaper prices but the store pages were quickly hidden.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Team Fortress 2 gets another update with lots of fixes
With the Summer Event live until September 15th, 2023 it seems Valve still aren't quite done updating Team Fortress 2 with the renewed popularity.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Dolphin Emulator devs give up on Steam release
After all the ruckus recently about the Dolphin Emulator for Wii and GameCube coming to Steam, and then being blocked - the team has now given up with the Steam release.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Valve release new stable update for Steam Deck and desktops
Valve has bundled up all the recent Beta updates for Steam Deck and desktop Steam into a fresh stable update so here's a list of what's new.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Valve appear to be banning games with AI art on Steam
Here's an interesting one on Steam publishing for you. Valve appear to be clamping down on AI art used in games due to the murky legal waters.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Steam Deck now the global #1 top seller on Steam
With the Steam Summer Sale 2023 now in full swing, and with a big discount on the Steam Deck, it has risen back up the Steam charts.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Valve appear to be banning games with AI art on Steam
Here's an interesting one on Steam publishing for you. Valve appear to be clamping down on AI art used in games due to the murky legal waters.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Valve pulls in another graphics driver developer for Linux gaming
Valve clearly still have plenty of big ambitions for Linux gaming and Steam Deck, and as it turns out recently they pulled in yet another developer to work on open source graphics drivers.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Valve moving away from the Battle Pass in Dota 2
As Dota 2 comes up to the 10 year anniversary, Valve developers have put up a blog post going over some of their thoughts on the future.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Steam Deck OS update brings graphics driver fixes - ready up for SteamOS 3.5
Valve has now released two small graphics driver updates for Steam Deck OS (SteamOS) 3.4.8, which means the Preview update channel is now ready for a big update to drop.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Immersion Corporation sues Valve over Steam Deck and Valve Index haptics tech
Immersion Corporation have a history of taking on companies and winning, with Valve being the latest in the firing line over Immersion's patents.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Valve gave Steam store search a very useful upgrade
Valve announced a fresh upgrade to the Steam store search, making it a lot more useful so here's a run over what's new and improved.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Valve limits Steam store pages to 2 trailers before screenshots
I don't know about you, but I used to get a little annoyed by endless amounts of trailers on Steam pages that didn't really show much. Valve have been paying attention again to what players want to see.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
As always, great insights on the state of gaming & #SteamDeck from someone who's been covering it for 14 years.
I'd love to hear someone devote an entire podcast episode to one of his concerns: Does #Valve have TOO much of a stake in Linux gaming? What happens if they stop investing effort into it?
Give it a listen: https://linuxdowntime.com/linux-downtime-episode-70/
Valve improving Mesa graphics drivers on Linux for a "secret" game
Here's something interesting for you. Valve developers seem to be improving the Mesa graphics drivers right now towards a secret game.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Prepare to see a lot more of Epic Online Services, with Epic's new self-publishing
While the Epic Games Store doesn't support Linux or Steam Deck officially, this industry news is something we should all know about with Epic now opening up self-publishing along with some new rules for their store.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Valve reveals a whole bunch of upcoming Steam Sales
Valve has now revealed most of their upcoming big Steam Sales and Steam Fests, here's all the details.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Valve tricks Dota 2 cheaters and then bans 40,000 of them
In a new post titled "Cheaters Will Never Be Welcome in Dota", Valve mentioned how they managed to get a whole lot of cheaters to show themselves and then gave them a swift boot to the buttocks.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Valve promise a proper big Team Fortress 2 update is coming
Wait, what year is it? Someone pinch me, I must be dreaming. Valve announced a proper big update is planned and on the way for Team Fortress 2.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/steam-deck-beta-fix-on-screen-keyboard-gyro-improvements-linux-input-fix/
#SteamDeck #Steam #Valve #Gaming
Steam Deck and Steam Beta fix on-screen keyboard, Gyro improvements, Linux input fix
More goodies coming to the Steam Deck and Steam Desktop Beta, as Valve sure do like to work quickly to solve bugs and add features.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
And now, we can have coherent, polished, and more put together custom consoles (with working games for them) other than the xbox and playstation.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/valve-suffers-a-huge-leak-from-various-games-like-portal-half-life-2-and-team-fortress-2/
#Valve #Steam #Gaming
Valve suffers a huge leak from various games like Portal, Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2
It seems the season of leaks is continuing with Steam developer Valve now having a bunch of content from their games leaked online.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/valve-remind-people-to-be-careful-where-you-buy-a-steam-deck/
#SteamDeck #Valve #Steam
Valve remind people to be careful where you buy a Steam Deck
Recently the official OnDeck Twitter account from Steam creator Valve posted a PSA (public service announcement), reminding people on being careful where they buy a Steam Deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/steam-breaks-more-records-with-33-million-online-and-over-10-million-gaming/ #Steam #Valve #PCGaming
Steam breaks more records with 33 million online, and over 10 million gaming
Valve started the year off rather nicely by breaking two of their own records recently with users online and users actually gaming.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/12/neon-prime-from-valve-is-reportedly-a-third-person-shooter-close-to-release/
Neon Prime from Valve is reportedly a third-person shooter close to release
Neon Prime isn't here yet, and there's nothing actually confirmed about it, but data miner and leaker Tyler McVicker gave a fresh overview on what to expect.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
While it's annoying for #LinuxGamers, it's going to help developers of Proton and of big game engines to clean up messy edge cases and improve performance and compatibility for everyone.
Team Fortress 2 update adds VScript and you can now run Linux inside it
Not only has Team Fortress 2 been updated but it seems like quite a huge one thanks to the addition of VScript, and you can now run Linux inside it. That's right, TF2 came to Linux back in 2013 and now TF2 itself can run Linux.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#OpenSource #gaming
Half-Life 2, Portal, Portal 2, Left 4 Dead 2 all get upgraded with DXVK 2.0 Vulkan
With the recent release of DXVK 2.0, the Direct3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan translation layer, it pulled in DXVK-Native for Native Linux builds and so Valve has upgraded Half-Life 2, Portal, Portal 2, Left 4 Dead 2.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)