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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.

PC gaming handheld Steam Deck will mean the end of the existing ‘Big Picture mode’ on Steam, Valve has confirmed.Big Picture mode swaps the web browser-style layout of the default Steam client for a cleaner user interface emphasising larger tiles for games.

Valve‘s newly announced handheld, Steam Deck, has already been generating interest in the industry, and that includes Ubisoft who may be considering putting its games back on Steam.The publisher had previously pivoted away from the PC platform, instead partnering with the Epic Games Store, while also running its own digital storefront.However, as reported in IGN, an investors call yesterday (July 20) with Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot hinted that the Steam Deck might persuade the company to release its future games on Steam again.“We’re happy to see Steam Deck coming to the industry, it shows that it continues a flow of very innovative new hardware coming to the market,” he said.“So we will look and see how big it becomes, but if it’s big we

Steam Deck, the upcoming portable PC from Valve, has had its technical specifications updated which indicate a better memory bandwidth.Spotted by Twitter user Locuza (thanks, PC Gamer), the tech specs webpage for the Steam Deck has updated to show the RAM being quad 32-bit channels with speeds up to 5,500 MT/s.A discussion and curiosity is resolved now.Van Gogh, which is used by Valve's Steam Deck, has 4 UMCs.I expected 4x 16-Bit (a memory channel under LPDDR5 is actually 16-Bit wide).

Dota 2 fan decided to draw the games heroes in just a minute each, and shared the results of this task online.Redditor LiquidEV set themselves the challenge of drawing 120 of Dota 2’s heroes, but only gave themselves 60 seconds for each and every sketch. You can see the post embedded below.

Valve‘s new Steam Deck has been designed to let players access their PC gaming library on the go, just like any PC.However, as reported in The Verge, as the Linux-based SteamOS also powers this new handheld, this impacts what games are compatible on the system.Less than 15 per cent of all games on Steam officially support Linux and SteamOS.

Valve‘s popular competitive game Dota 2 has got the go ahead on a new location for its yearly tournament, The International, with a £29million ($40million USD) prize pool.The tenth International (TI10) for Dota 2 is going to be held at the Arena Nationala in Bucharest, Romania, and will begin on October 7.The group stage will run until October 10, with the main stage beginning on October 12, and the finals planned for October 17.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO) has seen a player count drop of close to 17% on Steam since Valve started charging for Prime Status.According to SteamCharts, CS:GO saw a drop of 16.75% (that’s 110,541.8 users) in its player numbers from May to June this year. This drop has persisted, with the last 30 days on the chart having an average player count of 537,011.6 (-2.25% from June).Whilst unconfirmed, the large drop off in player numbers is likely due to Valve’s recent decision to charge players for Prime Status.

Valve’s Anti-Cheat ban system may now have an exception when it comes to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive esport tournaments.In a post on the Counter-Strike blog last week, it was revealed that competitive players who have been VAC banned may receive flexibility if the ban is over five years old.Explaining the rule in more detail, it went on to say “Moving forward, a VAC ban will only disqualify a player from an event if it was either received less than 5 years prior, or if it was received at any time after their first participation in a Valve-sponsored event (e.g., after participating in a qualifier for an RMR event).”Counter-Strike staff were quick to remind players that “VAC bans stay in place with all of their other effects; the only

Nintendo has decided not to allow Super Seducer 1 and 2 to be released on their Switch storefront after a period of review, according to an email published on Twitter.The message from Nintendo, published by Richard La Ruina – the man behind the games – said that the ban was due to explicit content. “While testing the Games we did realise that they contain particularly explicit content,” read the email.