Steam Deck Kena: Bridge of Spirits is running fairly decent on my side, although apparently others are reporting framerate issues. Will have a review soon Metroid Prime Remastered on Steam Deck? Here’s a guide new Deck client beta fixes offline cloud sync bug while adding per-device controller configurations, when multiple types of the same gamepad are connected if you wanted to replace the bootloader screen, you can do that dbrand temporaily pulls sales of the Project Killswitch accessory due to issues with the Delta fan need to transfer files from PC to Deck and vice-versa?

New Proton Experimental update has landed today. The following titles are now playable: Pico Park: Classic Edition Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind Darkstar One Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb Crazy Machines 3 Fixes have been added for the following: Final Fantasy IV (3D Remake) should now have audio Return to Monkey Island should now react to mouse clicks after recent game update See the patch notes on GitHub.

Whelp, I never thought this would see the light of day. But it did. As It’s FOSS brought out earlier today, Tuxedo Computers has finally made their tailor-made distro, Tuxedo OS, available outside of their own hardware. You can download their ISO and install it on any computer now. No need to use their WebFAI flash drive. Meaning that you can hopefully install it with a graphical interface, while being able to configure your partitions, and not have to use an Ethernet connection.

Reddit user Bar_Har spotted a Deck running Genshin Impact during the Tokyo Game Show. Apparently the game isn’t available on Steam, and playing it on Linux requires disabling the anti-cheat software that it uses. And even then, your account is at risk of getting banned. So who knows. Maybe that particular Deck was running Windows. Or, for all we know, that could just be a picture blown up in fullscreen. Or maybe Valve really is working with the developers of the game to get it to run nicely on the handheld.

EDIT (2/12/2023): this is for the UNOFFICIAL remaster. Not the official. If you’re like me, you were probably left with a bad taste in your mouth after this year’s Nintendo Direct. No Metroid announcements whatsoever. There were rumors of an official remaster of Metroid Prime coming this year. It would have made sense considering this year marks the 20th anniversary of the beloved title. But, of course, our expectations got crushed.

The folks over at System76 have been quite busy. A few months ago the Oryx Pro got Alder Lake processors and RTX 30-series Ti GPUs. And just last week they released the new version of the Thelio desktop with swappable accents. Now they’ve upgraded the Oryx Pro once more, both in terms of the screen and the RAM. The RAM has been upgraded from DDR4 to DDR5. According to the press documentation, this newer class of RAM boasts “50 percent faster transfer speeds” over the previous generation while drawing less power.

Two new Deck client updates have been pushed out to the Beta/Preview channel, both of which have come out on the same day. The first mostly focuses on fixes, including cloud sync being attempted while offline. Virtual menu previews in the Configurator now highlight the appropriate button when navigating to its associated command in the command list. On the Preview channel, a few more bugs have been fixed pertaining to the resolution dropdown screen, changing resolutions causing a crash, and the resolution dropdown sometimes showing an incorrect current resolution.

The folks at PressEngine were kind enough to send over a review copy of Kena: Bridge of Spirits to me. While I won’t have the full review until a few weeks from now, I at least wanted to give a brief overview of how this game plays on Deck. Kena: Bridge of Spirits is Deck Verified. And, low and behold, they finally got the rating right this time. It works well out of the box with Proton 7.

UPDATE (10/7/2022): this tutorial is no longer relevant, Valve has made it easier to replace the bootloader video with this week’s update to the Steam Deck client. The beauty of the Steam Deck is how insanely customizable it is. We can go so far as replacing the Steam intro video when turning the device on, or when switching to Game Mode. So if you wanted something like this: Your browser does not support the video tag.

Steam Deck DeckCleaner is a great utility for freeing up some of your hard drive space SteamOS beta improves FSR frame pacing, plus a new update for the stable Deck client with tons of changes curious how the repair process works? I’ve documented it Valve says “we don’t consider the Nintendo Switch to be a competitor” Canadians, you may temporaily be on hold as far as your reservation is concerned Native Linux Games I reviewed Flashout 3, a racing game closely inspired by the Wipeout series 26 new games out this week Hardware System76 unveils a rebranded Thelio desktop with swappable front accents.