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Games: Mostly Steam Deck Today

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 16, 2022

today's howtos

Raspberry Pi Leftovers

↺ Steam Deck

Valve just gave away another bunch of Steam Decks so check your email

↺ Valve just gave away another bunch of Steam Decks so check your email

> During The Game Awards 2022, Valve were giving away a Steam Deck every minute and it seems they loved throwing hardware at people so much they just did it again.

Immortals Fenyx Rising now on Steam but quite messy on Steam Deck

↺ Immortals Fenyx Rising now on Steam but quite messy on Steam Deck

> Immortals Fenyx Rising is another from Ubisoft as they continue putting their games back on Steam, and sadly this release seems a bit messy on Steam Deck.

Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translator VKD3D-Proton version 2.8 out now

↺ Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translator VKD3D-Proton version 2.8 out now

> Valve and their open source contractors sure are a busy bunch. VKD3D-Proton, which translates Direct3D 12 to Vulkan version 2.8 is out now.

Valve hit a home run with the first year of Steam Deck

↺ Valve hit a home run with the first year of Steam Deck

> What an absolutely exceptional first year Valve had with the Steam Deck, and it continues to be my main way to play games now. From playing lots of indie games, to plenty of AA / AAA that work surprisingly well on it even right at release, the Steam Deck has opened up PC gaming to many new ways to play.

Proton Hotfix from Valve gets The Witcher 3 next-gen DX12 working on Steam Deck

↺ Proton Hotfix from Valve gets The Witcher 3 next-gen DX12 working on Steam Deck

> Well, that certainly didn't take long did it? Valve have already put up an update to Proton Hotfix, that works around the crashing issue in DirectX 12 in The Witcher 3 next-gen on Steam Deck.

We may get a Steam Controller 2, plus fun updates coming to Steam Deck

↺ We may get a Steam Controller 2, plus fun updates coming to Steam Deck

> The Verge managed to speak to a couple of developers at Valve on the Steam Deck, and while most of it was already known and largely covered here on GOL already (go through our Steam Deck tag) there's a couple of interesting bits to pick out.�ICYMI: see my end of year Steam Deck article.

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