Weekly News Recap ($2,000 Steam Game, Valve Secrets, Stadia Deck Theme)

Steam Deck⌗
- the JSAUX ModCase is a pretty decent modular case
- alternatively, Gardiner Bryant did a review on the Project Killswitch
- JSAUX clear case not only allows you to see your Deck’s internals; it also comes with three different sets of back buttons depending on your tastes
- Android support via Waydroid on Gamescope could potentially be coming
- dbrand unveils the SwitchDeck, the Switch-like skin for your Deck
- Monday’s Deck client update (beta) fixes JoyCon gyro and shows more content in Mode Settings
- Tuesday’s Deck client update (beta) allows the OSK to be moved
- Friday’s Deck client update (beta) fixes OSK when opened with gamepad and reworks the gyro drift autocalibration
- new Deck theme: Stadia
- GOL goes over their thoughts on the Deck after a year of having it
- more and more EA titles are getting a “Playable” rating
Hardware⌗
- Boiling Steam reviews the Framework laptop
News⌗
- People Make Games did a documentary going over the secrets of the multi-billion dollar behemoth
- looks like someone found a solution for getting rid of the random crashing on Forza Horizon 4
- visual novel dev sells his life story on Steam for $2,000
Software Updates⌗
- Wine 8.0 contains over 8,600 changes, brings D3D perf improvements and improved hotplugging support
- DXVK 2.1 adds HDR support via Gamescope on AMD, shader compilation improvements
- Proton Experimental 1.23.2023 fixes native scrollbar issue with the FFXIV launcher, improves multi-touch support
Other⌗
- Phoronix compares the performance of five different kernels for Arch Linux
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