Gaming, Launchers & Game Tools

1+ hour, 56+ min ago   (362+ words) Retro Handhelds DroidDeck 0.4.0 Comes With a Whole Lot New Under the Hood DroidDeck, the newest “SteamOS on your handheld” software on the block is coming out swinging. With the full Big Picture Mode for Steam in an app, it provides…...

6+ hour, 6+ min ago   (1220+ words) Fix the failed to initialize Steam error by launching from your Steam Library, checking your account, restarting, and repairing game files. Steam initialization can fail when the client is closed, your account lacks the game's license, or Steam and the…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (272+ words) Valve have another release ready for testing, with the Steam Client Beta - October 9th update now available bringing Remote Play updates. Nice to see that Valve are still improving the SteamRT3C Linux beta, which was initially released back in March. Valve have…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (207+ words) Valve updated the Steam Client Beta with a useful change to external Windows apps / games getting added to Steam on SteamOS / Linux. | Comments Page: 2 Valve updated the Steam Client Beta with a useful change to external Windows apps / games getting…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (472+ words) Add Unixgaming once in the Google app and our stories appear in your news suggestions. Users who want to try the newer branches without waiting for a stable rollout can switch channels directly from the Steam Deck’s desktop mode terminal:…...

19+ hour, 58+ min ago   (491+ words) Users who want to try the beta have to opt in manually rather than wait for it to arrive automatically, since Valve still treats 3.9 as pre-release software. Running that command after updating confirms the build string and channel, which matters…...

1+ day, 50+ min ago   (213+ words) ProtonUp-Qt, the open-source graphical utility that makes it easier to install and update custom compatibility tools for running Windows games on Linux, has been updated to version 2.16. One of the main changes is the addition of proton-wineland to the list…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (571+ words) Valve's beta Steam client now switches HDR off when it streams a game to an OLED Steam Deck. The change is a single line in a client note Valve titles October 9th, published at 00:42:30 UTC on October 10: "Disabled HDR when streaming…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (238+ words) You still have to register each program in Steam; the client change automates Proton selection, not game compatibility. Steam’s Preview/Beta client selects Proton by default for Windows binaries registered as non-Steam games. You still need to add each program…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (363+ words) And as of today, it's done: Ventoy just got support, still experimental admittedly, for the SteamOS recovery images, meaning the ones Valve offers on its Steam support site to reinstall the console. The problem with SteamOS came from the image…...