Steam Deck⌗

keep your expectations in check when it comes to Steam Deck Verified
when buying a MicroSD card, you should be looking for a U3 A2 UHS-I
new Deck client beta improves slider controls and adds some other fixes
dbrand has revealed the full specs for the Project Killswitch accessory. Seems pretty similar to the DeckMate

Native Linux Games⌗

apparently the developers are done with Splitgate and are moving on to their next project
25 new Linux games on Steam

Slippi 2.5.0 adds desync detection and M-EX support. 2.5.1 was released shortly thereafter to address the one-millionth desync detection rate for Animelee users
Rare 1.9.0 RC 1 adds tons of bug fixes
Wine 7.16 fixes Saints Row (2022) and adds plenty of other bug fixes
Proton Experimental fixes the launcher for Final Fantasy XIV once again
Heroic Games Launcher 2.4.1 adds improvements and general bug fixes. A hotfix was later made to fix issues with the Epic login

if you happen to own an AMD-based OneXPlayer Mini, you might find this fan control driver to be useful
Boiling Steam gets a new contributor
Google is retiring Stadia. Something that I saw from 10 miles away

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