GloriousEggroll seems to be on a…glorious streak with plenty of updates coming to GE-Proton in just a matter of days. Since GE-Proton7-22 (or 7-21?) we’ve been able to get Halo Infinite multiplayer to run out-of-the-box on NVIDIA, and it will work on AMD with GE’s Mesa patch. GE-Proton7-23 came a day later to make games easier to work with FSR. And yesterday we got yet another update that fixes the Death Stranding crash and adds FSR support on ultrawide monitors.

It’s been a few months since the last 1.9.0 update for the InfiniTime firmware for the PineTime. Version 1.10.0 mostly has under the hood changes, which are “very important for the maintenance of the project,” but there are still some goodies here for you and I to enjoy. Here’s some of the new features: Timer app has a re-designed UI to make the buttons easier to press. You can also hold the buttons down to quickly change the value notifications can now be dismissed by right-swiping the screen you can now record GIFs with InfiniSim sleep time is now faster improved colors on the LCD There’s also been a few bug fixes, including the track progress now correctly being displayed in the Music app and the alarm should now always ring.

Just when you thought that there hadn’t been any updates in a while for the Deck, today we get “a very nice set of bug fixes.” Such as when scrolling through a EULA causing navigation issues, deleting a screenshot causing crashes, and the controller configurator not loading when Steam Cloud is disabled. Those things should no longer be a problem. Patch notes are as follows: Fixed an issue where clicking in-game links when offline would get Steam Deck into a bad state Fixed navigation issues in the game EULA dialog Fixed crashing issue when deleting a screenshot Fixed the controller configurator failing to load when Steam Cloud is disabled Fixed configurator failing to load when encountering corrupted controller layout files Fixed controller virtual menus being limited to 4 active menus Fixed a bug causing the touchscreen to occasionally be stuck in mouse-emulation mode when accessing the configurator in-game You can also see the patch notes on Steam.

Looks like we’re finally able to run Halo Infinite on Linux by means of GE-Proton7-22. Take it with a grain of salt though as this is in the early stages. The game refuses to run on my desktop with an NVIDIA GPU but it looks like it’s running pretty well on my Deck, albeit with some missing textures. Someone on the GitHub issue tracker mentioned using a custom-patched Mesa library in order to get the weapons and players to properly render…and it looks like the Nobara Project already has this patched version of Mesa.

Good news for those of you still waiting on your Deck pre-order: now that the wave of Q2 emails have been sent out, Valve will reportedly be increasing the rate at which the device will be produced at the factory. @OnDeck reported on Twitter that “production has picked up, and after today we’ll be shipping more than double the number of Steam Decks every week!” They’ll even be sending Q3 emails a day early, on June 30th.

Since the announcement of the Steam Deck, portable PC gaming consoles have been proliferating the market. We have another one coming next month: the AOKZOE (pronounced “a-okay-zoey”). AOK is translated into English as “perfect,” while ZOE is translated as “sports life.” Devices start shipping in September. From the photos I was sent it looks like this handheld will have a kickstand. The color of the face buttons kind of reminds me of the SNES controller.

Steam Deck LTT installed a heatsink/fan on the Deck turns out the Deck handles Super Smash Bros. Melee quite well, as well as Metroid Prime Trilogy plugins can enhance the overall functionality of your Deck my fellow acquaintance podiki wrote an article about the modern wonders of the excellent sleep mode Steam Deck is back to being #1 for Steam top sellers Steam Deck HQ gets a UI makeover, go give the website owner a follow if you miss your pre-order opportunity after you get the email, you can contact Steam support with a grace period of a few days if, for some reason, you wanted to use Desktop Mode in Gaming Mode, you can do that with a bash script a user managed to install a 2242 M.

Ever wanted to quickly launch Flatpak applications from the Quick Access menu without having to add them as shortcuts on Steam in Desktop Mode? Or automatically enable the night light when it’s the right time? Or customize the CPU frequency? Play music? Customize the Home screen to look like the Switch’s home menu? That’s all possible thanks to Steam Deck plugins. The best part: just run a few commands from the terminal, and install your plugins from the plugins “store.

For those who are still waiting on their Decks to arrive, know that I feel your pain. I had to wait a long time too. But if there’s any sort of comfort that I can give, it would be that FedEx – the company responsible for shipping Valve’s handheld PC – will soon be rolling out a program for delivery drivers to take photos of their deliveries, proving that they actually delivered to the customer.

Prepare to burn a hole in your pocket as the Steam Summer Sale is now live. Sale will go on until July 7th. Here’s some notable titles on sale: DRAG – 75% off, native Them’s Fightin’ Herds – 40% off, native Project Heartbeat – 40% off, native Gang Beasts – 50% off, native Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga – 25% off Forza Horizon 4 – 67% off TUNIC – 10% off Hot Wheels Unleashed – 50% off Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl – 70% off Guilty Gear -Strive- – 40% off Hades – 40% off Among many others.