Tag Archives: Steam Deck

While the Steam Deck has officially launched, its limited production rate has meant that early adopters are having a bitter-sweet experience. The number of supported Steam Deck titles is rather small, however it is growing every day, with almost 1500 games now Steam Deck Verified / Playable. Making the announcement …

The Steam Deck has been out for a few days now and already, those new to Linux are beginning to discover the number of emulators available. Already, we're seeing videos showing users how to set up Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo console emulators on the Steam Deck and as you would …

The Steam Deck is finally shipping, but there is a long waiting list for pre-order customers, with some not expecting to get their units until “after Q2”, putting their shipping date sometime over the summer months. Fortunately, production is ramping up, with Valve anticipating to ship “hundreds of thousands” of …

The Steam Deck officially began shipping out to pre-order customers this week, but it didn't take long for buyers to encounter issues. Some early Steam Deck units do suffer from ‘stick drift', an issue that has plagued several different kinds of gamepad over the years, including the Switch Joy Cons. …

Last week, the Steam Deck officially began shipping to the first wave of pre-order customers. It didn't take long for reports of Valve founder, Gabe Newell, hand delivering Steam Decks to hit the web, and now Valve has uploaded the footage too.  In celebration of the Steam Deck launch, Gabe …

The Steam Deck has officially launched and while Valve doesn't have a major game to launch alongside its new hardware, it has cooked up a smaller game set in the Portal universe. It might not be Portal 3, but Aperture Desk Job will be free, so it has that going …

The Steam Deck finally launched late last week after months of anticipation from fans. Early reviews of the device appear to be positive, but even so, Valve are already looking into the idea of a Steam Deck Pro. As part of the Steam Deck’s launch celebration, Valve founder Gabe Newell …

Last week, the Steam Deck officially began shipping to the first wave of pre-order customers and in a surprise move, it appears Gabe Newell was doing the rounds and hand delivering some of the first units.  Steam Deck pre-order customers, and even a few Steam users that didn't order a …

Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass is a highly valued service, offering many first and third party games for one relatively low subscription. The primary issues surrounding Game Pass is the fact that it is hosted using Microsoft’s PC’s store – though this may change in the future.

Valve's next big hardware launch, the Steam Deck, is coming in just a matter of days, with the first units set to ship out to pre-order customers this week. Before you pick up a Steam Deck, Valve has now released a tool so that users can check how many games …

Like clockwork, the developers over at Hello Games have dropped a massive new No Man’s Sky update – and as always it is 100% free. The new ‘Sentinel’ update focuses on combat, with “a total overhaul of weapon systems; new lore and stories; all-new Sentinel enemies.” In a typically massive …

We're just two weeks away from the Steam Deck launch, but Valve keeps surprising us with new things about its portable console. Recently, the game company made the CAD files of the Steam Deck publicly available, allowing anyone to create or 3D print the console's casing. The CAD files will …

While AMD’s FSR and Nvidia’s DLSS technologies are often compared, the two have little in common, with AMD’s offering being able to run on all manner of hardware. The upcoming Steam Deck will officially support AMD’s FSR – but at an OS level.

Back in November, Valve announced that it had delayed the Steam Deck launch from late 2021 to early 2022 due to on-going supply chain issues. We've been waiting for a new shipping date for the first wave of units ever since. Now, Valve finally has an update for us, with …

With the Steam Deck expected to start shipping next month, Valve is making the final adjustments before the portable consoles find their way into the hands of users. One of those final adjustments is the addition of Dynamic Cloud Sync, a new SteamWorks feature that allows games played on the …

The Steam Deck is one of the most exciting handhelds to be created due in part to its ability to play – in theory – your full Steam Library. Unfortunately, not every game will work, and the first list of unsupported games has been revealed – and it includes Persona …

The Steam Deck isn't the only portable, handheld gaming PC in town. Prior to the Steam Deck's announcement the original AyaNeo released and for 2022, there will be an upgraded model hitting the market, packing a more powerful Ryzen 5000 series APU.  The AyaNeo Next is the company's next-gen handheld …

While Valve initially planned to begin shipping the Steam Deck before the end of this year, supply chain constraints forced the launch to be pushed back by a few months. Now, Valve plans to begin shipping the Steam Deck in Q1 2022, with the first units ‘on track' to go …

The Steam Deck is a couple of months away from shipping out to customers and with this extra time, Valve will be going back to ensure its own games work well on the handheld system. Most notably, there will be updates to Dota 2 and CS:GO, Valve's two most-played multiplayer …

Recently we reported that Valve were shifting their focus from VR to the Steam Deck, with one VR title – Project Citadel – being moved to the handheld. Valve have now officially responded to these rumours. Following the report by Tyler McVicker, which claimed that a Half-Life game tentatively called …

Valve appears to be betting big on the Steam Deck. Since its announcement, the handheld device appears to have garnered a great deal of interest from developers and fans alike. Despite this, the Steam creator has confirmed that it will not be publishing any games made exclusively for the Steam …

Valve finally made its grand return to Half-Life last year with the release of Half-Life: Alyx, which also happens to be arguably the best story-driven VR game created to date. Unfortunately, we could be waiting quite some time for a sequel, as it looks like Valve has lost interest in …

Since the announcement of the Steam Deck, we've known that the handheld gaming PC is powered by a custom AMD processor, combining Zen 2 CPU cores with RDNA 2 graphics. During a series of development streams this week, Valve unveiled more about the Steam Deck's custom chip, which is codenamed …

When Valve announced the Steam Deck earlier this summer, the company planned to begin shipping to pre-order customers in Q4 this year. Unfortunately, there have been shortages in the supply chain, so the Steam Deck has been delayed to Q1 2022. 

Valve and third-party developers have been testing games running on the Steam Deck for months now. Soon, Valve will be rating games for the Steam Deck in a more official capacity, updating Steam listings with a Steam Deck compatibility notice.  Valve is in the process of reviewing the entire Steam …

While Valve doesn't recommend that users take apart their Steam Decks, the handheld system does support user-placed SSDs. For anyone curious about the internals of the Steam Deck and how to take it apart, Valve has released a new teardown video.  The video focuses on replacing the SSD and the analogue …

This week, many outlets began posting new hands-on previews for Valve's upcoming handheld gaming PC, the Steam Deck. Interestingly, one of these previews took an interesting turn, suggesting that the Steam Deck APU could also be repurposed to power a standalone VR headset.  Valve launched its own high-end VR headset, …

While Proton will ensure that almost every game available on Steam can run on the upcoming Steam Deck, and PCs running Linux, there has been a big question mark hanging over certain multiplayer titles, as not all anti-cheat solutions support Linux. Fortunately, Valve has managed to solve this issue, and …

The Steam Deck is one of the most anticipated and interesting pieces of upcoming hardware. Being the next major attempt at entering the video game hardware market, Valve looks to be wanting to hit a home run on its first try making a handheld. Valve has now answered some of …

Following the surprise announcement of the Steam Deck, fans have been eagerly anticipating the upcoming release of the Valve-developed handheld device. With the earliest shipments set for December this year, Valve has now begun to send out development kits, allowing developers to prepare their games for the upcoming hardware release. …