Steam Deck: Last News

Steam Deck will soon have an easier time doing so, as Valve has announced that it is doubling down on production. This news comes via a post from the official Steam Deck Twitter page that reads: “Production has picked up, and after today we’ll be shipping more than double the number of Steam Decks every week!”Additionally, the post mentions that Valve “just sent the last batch of Q2 emails” out, while “Q3 reservation emails” will be sent out on June 30. The post also notes that those waiting on their emails can check their reservation status via the ordering page for Steam Deck by logging in.The handheld gaming device was released in February after several delays, and it can be purchased in three different versions: one for £349, another version for £459, and the most expensive going for £569.

Valve has announced that the Steam Deck now has over 2000 “verified” and “playable” games on it.A post on the Steam Blog begins with the announcement that over 2000 games have been marked in the “verified” or “playable” categories for the Steam Deck. These two tags indicate that games are either wholly supported by the Steam Deck (verified), or are playable but not be perfectly optimised (playable) for the handheld PC.To get “verified” for Steam Deck, games have to meet a strict set of criteria created by Valve.

Valve has said the company is developing multiple games at the moment.Valve designer Greg Coomer spoke to Axios about the future plans for games at the company, the Steam Deck and more.Whilst Coomer didn’t reveal what Valve is working on specifically, he said that “there are multiple games in development right now at Valve, and I think they’re pretty exciting ones.”The company’s last game was Aperture Desk Job, a short experience in the Portal universe that acts as a way to show off the Steam Deck, although the game can also be played on PC as well.Before the Portal spin-off, Valve released Half-Life: Alyx, a VR-exclusive prequel to Half-Life 2. A “no VR” mod was released for the game, giving players the opportunity to play the game on their PC screen.Coomer was also asked about revisions to the recently released Steam Deck, saying that Valve is looking into a model of “monolithic updates” for the handheld, as the company doesn’t “have a completely ironed-out plan for the cadence of the hardware updates.”Interestingly, Coomer said the Steam Deck got its name as an “allusion to the form factor,” as it is an apparent reference to slang from skateboarding, sci-fi and other things the staff like.When any information will be revealed about the upcoming Valve games was not mentioned.

Steam Deck will start shipping worldwide at the end of February, and multiple developers have talked about what they like regarding Valve’s portable PC.Shipping from February 28, the Steam Deck is almost out in the hands of players, but it’s already been in the hands of developers for some time, as they’ve been adjusting their games and testing the hardware to make sure titles run on it when it launches.In preparation for the launch, PC Gamer talked to plenty of developers to get their opinions of the Steam Deck.Jonathan Smårs, of Iron Gate said: “I was surprised how well games work on it without any changes, and how good it feels to play on it. Valheim worked from day one on Steam Deck without any changes”.“The graphic settings need to be set down a bit compared to my high end PC of course, but I’m still impressed with what such a small handheld can handle without any platform specific optimizations,” Smårs added.“The touchpad for the mouse, I dare say, might be one of the best I’ve ever used,” added Raymond Doer, owner of SixtyGig Games.

blog post by developer Valve, it has revealed the official release date for its portable system the Steam Deck as February 25.Originally planned to be released last year in time for the holidays, Valve’s portable console the Steam Deck was delayed for two months owing to global computer chip shortages. After the wildly successful pre-order period, Valve then focused on the Steam Deck as its highest priority.Despite the delays Valve reassured customers in both December and January that the Steam Deck was still on course for its February release. Now in an official blog post Valve confirms the release date as February 25 and explains further the purchasing process.People who pre-ordered the Steam Deck will only be allowed to purchase the model they applied for.

Valve has released an update to developers that announced Easy Anti-Cheat is now compatible with Steam Deck software.A post from Valve provides details of the support and should allow many games to be supported on the Steam Deck with minimal input from the developers.“Our team has been working with Epic on Easy Anti-Cheat + Proton support over the last few months, and we’re happy to announce that adding Steam Deck support to your existing EAC games is now a simple process, and doesn’t require updating game binaries, SDK versions, or integration of EOS. Alongside our BattlEye updates from last year, this means that the two largest anti-cheat services are now easily supported on Proton and Steam Deck.”The post also includes a link for developers using BattlEye or Easy Anti-Cheat to follow, with documentation on how to enable Proton support (via PCGamesN).“Related to this, we’re going to start submitting Deck Verified test data for tested titles that use anti-cheat middleware on Monday, January 24.

Steam Deck designers at Valve have said they think that the portable will be a good upgrade option for PC players.In a recent interview with Steam Deck designers Greg Coomer and Lawrence Yang, Rock Paper Shotgun talked to them about what they expect from the console.“We don’t have a strong prediction that a bunch of people are going to choose it as their first PC” Coomer said, “but as a lot of people choose to upgrade their existing PCs, we feel fairly confident that Steam Deck will be a choice that they make.”Yang concurred that the Steam Deck is a “viable choice,” and that “you can do everything you’d do on a PC with it, and it’s just a little PC that you can plug stuff into.”The interview goes on to talk about screen resolution and how

Valve has said there have been no problems with running the latest games on the Steam Deck.In a recent video interview with IGN, Valve developers discussed the Steam Deck’s technical capabilities, and the custom APU (accelerated processing unit – AMD‘s own brand of CPU) that is able to deliver “the best performance and the best battery life possible”.According to developer Pierre-Loup Griffais, the team had been testing games from across the Steam back catalogue.“But the real test for us was games that were coming out last year.