Steam Deck⌗

• Monday’s client beta fixes remote play and adds new gyro activation options
• evidently Crysis 2 and 3 Remastered are working great on Deck
• if you want to play local or online multiplayer with Nintendo Switch emulation on Linux/Steam Deck, here’s a guide

News⌗

• Ubisoft is bringing more of their catalogue over to Steam
• Steam Autumn sale is live until Tuesday
• Nintendo issues DMCA takedowns for Switch game artwork on SteamGridDB
• Garfield Kart - Furious Racing is free to grab over on Fanatical

Hardware⌗

• I took a look at the Thelio desktop (i5-13600K, RTX 3060)
• Thelio desktop gets customizable accent
• getting a customized GameCube controller in the next few days…powered by open-source firmware. You’re not gonna wanna fite me in Smash. Review coming soon

Software Updates⌗

• Wine 7.22 fixes Saints Row (2022)
• Cemu 2.0-18 adds fixes for the AppImage, adds a delete shader cache option
• Heroic Games Launcher 2.5.0 beta 3 adds HLTB, improved UI navigation
• WinesapOS 3.2.0 improves Mac support, decreases image size, improves gamepad support, increased stability, and tons of other changes/improvements
• Proton Next 7.0-5 adds support for over a dozen new titles, and dozens more of bug fixes
• ChimeraOS 37 upgrades to PipeWire, increases responsiveness of Chimera web app
• ProtonUp-Qt 2.7.6 improves Lutris game detection and STL installation
• Ryujinx LDN 3.0 adds connectivity to actual Nintendo Switch consoles, improves performance for tons of titles including Pokemon Scarlet & Violet
• OpenRazer 3.5.0 adds support for more devices, adds a few improvements and bug fixes

Other⌗

• be wary of Steam reviews and Deck ratings
• Ryujinx gets ported to MacOS!
• need to monitor your hardware’s sensors? Try Hwmon Handheld Fan Controller