Did you know you can play online multiplayer with Nintendo Switch games on Linux? It’s possible thanks to Ryujinx’s LDN build. Today the LDN build got an update that now enables Vulkan. This means improved performance on AMD and Intel, and all GPU vendors “will enjoy drastically reduced shader compilation stuttering!” Mind you, the last time we saw an update to LDN was back in November, so all the changes made to the main branch since then have made it over to the new 2.

Quite a few new games are playable with today’s Proton Experimental update: Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull Re-Volt Warhammer: Vermintide 2 Aspire: Ina’s Tale Battle Realms: Zen Edition WARRIORS OROCHI 3 Ultimate Definitive Edition OUTRIDERS Some fixes and improvements have also been added: Fix cutscene stutter in Disgaea 5. Fix Thrustmaster HOTAS having non-functional dial in Elite Dangerous. Fix raytracing in Crysis Remastered. Fix Planet Zoo randomly crashing. Improve video playback in Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen.

So what can I say about the Lifesaver accessory for the Deck? Though it may be a simple, 3D-printed piece of plastic, it works wonders when it comes to keeping the Deck from slipping out from its case. Steam Deck HQ recently did a review on this, and now that I’ve got one, here’s my take on it. Your browser does not support the video tag. Let’s face it: any of you Steam Deck owners out there have probably gotten lazy at one point and put the Deck in the case without zipping it up.

It’s a pretty audacious title to have for a game. First, it makes the pronoun “you,” rather than “we” or “they.” You suck at parking! Second, it claims that you already suck at parking, even though you haven’t even played the game. And yet, I have to admit, true to the name of the game, I suck at parking. You Suck at Parking is basically a game where you control a car, and your goal is to get it parked in the desiginated area.

A little over a week ago Valve pushed an update to the Preview branch that reverted a VRAM workaround for Red Dead Redemption 2 and fixed some issues regarding random stutter and performance drops if the performance HUD was enabled. Well, that update is now available in the Stable branch, starting today. There’s also improved performance for Forza Horizon 5 from a beta update that shipped a couple of days later.

The past few beta updates to the Steam Deck client have now been pushed to the stable branch. Notably, some fixes were added to Offline Mode, a couple of fixes to the on-screen keyboard have made it in, and the hot/cold temperature notification has temporarily been disabled “while we address issues with false postives.” Patch notes are as follows: Offline Mode Fixes We’re continuing to look at making the user experience of playing games without an Internet connection a better, more intuitive experience.

Proton 7.0-3 has now bumped to 7.0-4. Included in this update are seven newly playable titles: Aquarist - My First Job Trove Chuzzle Deluxe Zuma’s Revenge! Karmaflow The Rock Opera Videogame - Act I & Act II The Rising of the Shield Hero: Relive The Animation Disgaea 5 Quite a number of bugs have been fixed, including game-specific fixes for Elden Ring, Final Fantasy XIV, and Civilization IV: Fix Elden Ring getting stuck on a white screen on first launch.

Small update out for Beta and Preview Steam Deck-ers. Today’s Deck client update (beta) mostly focuses on improving the offline experience. Patch notes are as follows: Fixed issue where rebooting while in Steam Offline Mode would cause games to fail to launch Fixed the Cloud Sync error notification popping up when offline Disabled Steam Offline Mode button when not connected to the internet, as trying to do this currently gets Steam Deck into a bad state.

I have been informed of a bundle of games on Steam that are all available natively for Linux. It’s called the Linux & Chill bundle. It consists of six titles, ranging from a Chess-like game to unraveling colorful, abstract designs one color at a time. Seems like it mostly consists of puzzle-like games. Per the description from the Steam store page: A bundle for those who are often forgotten. From developers who care for Linux users and want them to chill while playing a variety of relaxing games.

Steam Deck I recently compared Ryujinx against Yuzu. Yuzu won, but take it with a grain of salt as it’s using half-resolution the Portal skin – it’s amazing. Raffle is still going on! the DeckMate is a pretty nice accessory new beta Deck client update fixes stuttering and adds keyboard fixes. If you’re opted into the Preview branch, you’ll also get a performance improvement with Forza Horizon 5 we could be seeing an update to the kernel soon we’ve hit a little over 4.