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Capcom has released a video showcasing how Devil May Cry 5 runs on the Steam Deck, leaving fans impressed with how the game looks on Valve‘s handheld console.Posted yesterday (November 24), the video shows a selection of gameplay from Devil May Cry 5 running on the Steam Deck.The video description states the gameplay comes courtesy of Devil May Cry 5‘s lead game designer, and shows off levels as Nero, Dante, V, and Vergil.While Devil May Cry 5 launched back in 2019, it’s still impressive to see

Valheim developers Iron Gate have revealed they are “excited” about the Steam Deck, the new handheld console from Valve.In a new interview with TheGamer, Iron Gate programmer and designer Jonathan Smårs has said that “Valheim worked pretty much as-is on the Steam Deck without any real issues, both the Linux version and through proton.

Valve has outlined more details of its upcoming handheld gaming PC Steam Deck, revealing hardware features players can expect to benefit from.The details came as part of a Steamworks Virtual Conference, a series of six streamed videos that, while targeted at developers creating games for the Steam Deck, was free for anyone to watch.One of the most interesting – and nerdy – revelations is the name of the Steam Deck’s system on chip or SOC.

Valve has reached an agreement with Microsoft to waive the fee required for paid mods of its games that need a Havok engine license. This comes from TF2 Cut Content Wiki on Twitter, who had reached out to Valve regarding the price and payment for a Source developer repository license.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and League Of Legends broke viewership records over the weekend, with esports tournaments for each game attracting millions of viewers.Last weekend (November 6 – November 7) was an action-packed two days for esports fans.

Valve has announced that the process of getting BattlEye anti-cheat software into Steam Deck titles is quite simple. According to a Steamworks development post, all developers need to do is reach out to BattlEye to enable the anti-cheat software to get it working on the Steam Deck.“BattlEye on Proton integration has reached a point where all a developer needs to do is reach out [to] BattlEye to enable it for their title,” says the post from November 6.

Nintendo programmer has shared a video showing that Nintendo 64 classic The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time had functioning portals before the game Portal. The video comes from Giles Goddard – who worked at Nintendo in the ‘90s and was responsible for the iconic Super Mario 64 opener with the interactive Mario face – who shared the tech demo on his Twitter.Viewable below, you can clearly see that the player camera goes through a crystal, taking it from a round room instantly to a long corridor.

Steam store will look like on the Steam Deck and it’s looking quite intuitive so far.READ MORE: How Skábma: Snowfall is Trying to Save a CultureOriginally spotted by PCGamesN, Djundik shared a look at the Steam Deck’s new UI which Valve is supposedly calling “tablet mode”.

Stars Of Blood – a cancelled Valve game that Gabe Newell described as “a space pirates game” – has been revealed, showcasing what the sci-fi title would have looked like.As shared by Twitter account Obscure Game Aesthetics (thanks, VGC), artwork for Stars Of Blood has been sitting around in Valve’s archive for years.The artwork reveals a mix of environments, including a glimpse of a cluttered futuristic city that look like a mix of Half Life‘s City 17 and Cyberpunk 2077‘s Night City.

Valve released a new Steam client beta yesterday (October 28), which allows gamers to play Windows games that used the company’s old DRM software on Linux.For Linux users, the issue of games that make use of Valve’s own custom executable-generation (CEG) DRM not launching was reported via Github back in 2018.Earlier today (October 29), a post from GamingOnLinux reported that Linux users with the latest version of Proton Experimental using Steam Play can now play Windows games that use the old

Valve to reverse its ban on blockchain games on Steam.In an open letter, the 29 NFT developers and technology advocacy groups ask Valve “to take a chance on this rapidly growing technology” pleading to the company’s “pioneering vision”.Earlier this month, Steam updated its rules and guidelines to ban games built on blockchain technology. In the updated rules, it explained that it would now prohibit applications that “issue or allow exchange of cryptocurrencies or NFTs”.

Steam Deck, Half-Life 2 has received a number of updates, including ultrawide support.As first spotted by YouTuber Tyler McVicker, the update includes fixes to bugs from almost a decade ago, an expanded FOV slider, and adjustments to the UI, in order for the game to support ultrawide monitors.The update also includes the neccesary adjustments to prepare Half-Life 2 for the Steam Deck, Vavle’s upcoming handheld.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has praised Sony, Oculus and Valve for their strides in VR, but has reiterated that the company has no interest in joining the space.READ MORE: Why ‘Katamari Damacy’ might be gaming’s purest expression of comedy through playIn a discussion as part of the Wall Street Journal’s WSJ Tech Live event, and transcribed by VGC, Spencer answered questions from viewers, including regarding if he had any plans for Xbox to join the VR race.“I think that when we think about immersion,

Valve has revealed that it is reviewing “the entire Steam catalogue” to identify Steam Deck compatibility levels for every game on the platform, though confirms that not all games will be playable on the console.Yesterday (October 18), Valve shared news on how the company will assign “Deck Verified” status to games.

Valve has officially revealed the newest hero who will be joining the Dota 2 roster.Announcing the news during The International 2021 with a new character trailer, Valve confirmed that the newest Dota 2 hero to be featured in the MOBA is Marci, best known for her debut in the animate Dota: Dragon’s Blood animated spin-off show.“Some loyalties transcend barriers.

Steam‘s rules and guidelines reveal that the site has banned games that are built on blockchain technology or allow for NFT and cryptocurrency trading.Steam has updated its onboarding page for partners and Steamworks users with a line that makes it clear that Valve will soon ban NFT trading games from the platform.Under the heading “what you shouldn’t publish on Steam”, a new rule states that “applications built on blockchain technology that issue or allow exchange of cryptocurrencies or NFTs”

Valve has released a YouTube video detailing how to safely open and exchange the thumbsticks and SSD in the Steam Deck, while frequently reminding us doing so may break the console.In the video, we see someone remove the casing from the unreleased Steam Deck and replace a thumbstick and the SSD drive.

Valve’s long-dormant sci-fi series have been calling for a way to play its newest entry, Half-Life: Alyx, without the use of a VR headset.

Dota 2 event The International will no longer have a live audience. Developer Valve is cancel tickets and issue refunds.The International begins next week with group stages, but the main event was supposed to feature a live audience between October 12-17.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive lets fans play a second Wingman mode within a futuristic research facility reminisce of the Half-Life series.As spotted by PCGamesN, the fan-made map – called Orion – is set in “a remote top secret research facility” that is under threat by a mysterious group.

Valve Index virtual reality system may be an untethered device, not requiring a physical connection to a powerful gaming PC.That’s according to a recent datamine of Steam VR files, at least. As reported by YouTuber SadlyItsBradley, a string of data was found pointing to the codename for the Valve Index 2.

Syberia and Syberia 2 are available for free on Steam during the Microids sale.The sale will run for a limited time, but once downloaded the games are free to keep forever.

Steam global best selling charts for the week ending September 26 include the upcoming MMO New World and the latest CS:GO DLC.As reported by PCGamesN, the updated SteamDB best sellers list shows that CS:GO – Operation Riptide has claimed the number one spot for the past week after launching on September 22.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has added two separate competitive preferences, allowing for longer or shorter ranked matches.As part of Operation Riptide, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players will now be able to choose whether they’d like to play a short or long competitive match.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Valve is changing Dust 2 so that attackers can no longer land potential kills at the start of rounds.In patch notes posted yesterday (September 21), developers outlined the change as a “slight visibility tweak from T spawn through mid”. While this is worded pretty tamely, the actual change has a major effect on Dust 2.As demonstrated below, attackers on Dust 2 no longer have a direct line of sight to the double doors from spawn.

Steam owner Valve has plans for a new method of downloading games, allowing players instant access to software while it’s installing.The system is found in a new patent filing, which you can view online here and here.

Steam Deck earlier this week, it appears images of how the UI looks are appearing online.As reported in PC Gamer, SteamDB creator Pavel Djundik shared screenshots of how the Steam Deck UI looks on his Windows desktop, which is essentially the Steam Deck UI on a big screen, and what is set to replace Steam’s existing Big Picture Mode.“It’s basically the desktop library just reformatted a bit,” Djundik wrote.

Valve’s upcoming handheld console Steam Deck are now being dispatched, the manufacturer has confirmed.The hotly anticipated hardware is “all packaged up and ready for devs”, Valve announced in a blog post.

Valve has just released a brand new Steam client which aims to improve the download and storage manager.In a new Steam community post shared yesterday (September 10), the developer shared that the downloads page in the updated Steam client has been replaced with a new implementation and has been “visually redesigned for clarity and ease of use”.To break it down, the new downloads page has now changed how games are patched and downloaded.

Steam Deck may not actually be able to run every Steam game at launch.Ramey is the president of CodeWeavers, which works with Valve to develop Proton.

Valve have opened up requests for developers to get their hands on the Steam Deck before it’s released later this year.Taking to the Steam community, Valve said, “We’re thrilled to announce that Steam Deck dev kits are ready to ship, and we’ve opened up the request form.“As a Steam developer, you can go to the hardware request form to request a Steam Deck Dev Kit. Fill out the form and be sure to read through the agreement and dev kit guidelines.

Valve’s Dota 2 has added several items, one of which turns players into pigs temporarily.Dota 2’s new item is called the Pig Pole. It is a tier-one neutral item.

Steam wallet has been patched by Valve after being reported by a third-party security researcher, though it’s unknown if anyone had used it yet.Valve has paid a security researcher a bounty of $7,500 (£5,409) after discovering – and reporting – a vulnerability that could be used to add unlimited funds to a Steam wallet.As spotted by The Daily Swig, the researcher – going by ‘drbrix’ – outlined how potential attackers could have used the exploit to gain free money on the platform.

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

Xbox chief Phil Spencer has confirmed that xCloud, Xbox’s game streaming service, works on Valve’s Steam Deck.Spencer took to Twitter to sing the praises of the upcoming portable device, and he said that he’s been at Valve “this week talking with Scott, Erik, [and] Gabe about Steam Deck.”“After having mine most of the week I can say it’s a really nice device. Games with me on the go, screen size, controls all great.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) has released the Tacticians Music Kit box, featuring six new Music Kits from various video game composers.CS: GO’s Music Kits are an inclusion from 2014 that allow players to customise the soundtrack of the game. The premise is different from merely streaming music over the game, as each Music Kit fully ‘reskins’ the entire soundtrack.