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Update changed something with EAC, which is making it unplayable. I don't necessarily think we're missing out on much given the reviews/etc for the game.

The developers have acknowledged the problem and say they're working on a fix.

FSR 3.1 has improvements to the quality of upscaling, and separates frame generation from upscaling, which will allow the frame generation to be used with other types of upscaling.

The article includes a comparison between FSR 2.2 and 3.1, and the improvements are pretty significant.

FSR 3.1 will have to be implemented on a per game basis, so it will be awhile before we see it in games. Games that have announced that it's coming in an update are: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Cyberpunk 2077, Dragon's Dogma 2, Dying Light 2 Stay Human, Frostpunk 2, Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut, NARAKA: BLADEPOINT, and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.

Several games got noteworthy updates lately, and rather than separate posts I wanted to cover them together.

• Red Dead Redemption 2 got updated to FSR2.2 - It already had FSR2 but the quality is better now

• The Last of Us Part 1 got updated with FSR3

• Stardew Valley's big 1.6 update is finally out - Adds a ton of content, too much to list here. There aren't any steam deck specific improvements that I know of, but with how popular it is on Deck I figured it was worth mentioning.

• Halo Infinite got updated to use EAC anti-cheat - but it is thankfully enabled on Steam Deck. They also improved their network for online play and improved the Forge.

• Slice and Dice got a massive 3.0 update, and finally got released on Steam - This is one of my all time favorite games, I can't recommend it enough if you enjoy games like Slay the Spire and Dicey Dungeons. I've been playing it since thanksgiving of 2021, and have never stopped. It's been on itch.io and android for awhile now, but it's finally been released on Steam and iOS. It's possible to run the itch.io version on Deck already, but for some reason the .zip would extract improperly if you used the gui archive manager, requiring people to use the unzip command instead. Having it available through steam is a lot easier for most people.

• Deep Rock Galactic Survivor had it's first content update, adding a new biome, new enemies, balance changes, bug fixes, and more.

If you have any other games you think deserve some attention for a recent update, feel free to add them.

When you join a Steam Family, you automatically gain access to the shareable games that your family members own and they will also be able to access the shareable titles in your library. The next time you log in to Steam, this new 'family library' will appear in the left column as a subsection of your games list. You maintain ownership of your current titles and when you purchase a new game it will still show up in your collection.

Best of all, when you are playing a game from your family library, you will create your own saved games, earn your own Steam achievements, have access to workshop files and more.

Family Sharing enables you to play games from other family members' libraries, even if they are online playing another game. If your family library has multiple copies of a game, multiple members of the family can play that game at the same time. For a more detailed look at how Family Sharing works, see the FAQ below.

Also adds parental controls for children's accounts. Parental controls let you:

• Allow access to appropriate games
• Restrict access to the Steam Store, Community or Friends Chat
• Set playtime limits (hourly/daily)
• View playtime reports
• Approve or deny requests from child accounts for additional playtime or feature access (temporary or permanent)
• Recover a child's account if they lost their password

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/11954402

To be clear, this is just an alternative Linux OS. The hardware shown in the thumbnail and article is just a mockup meant to represent a potential handheld. Part of their goal is to offer equally good support for all PC game stores (epic etc) vs the "steam first" experience of the deck.

Dedicated builds for the Steam Deck and other handheld PCs are to come later this year.

For those who don't know, the SteamGridDB plugin lets you download alternate game art for your steam library. It's really cool and includes animated art as well.

This update makes it compatible with the Steam Beta (that broke a lot of plugins), fixed a bug where it would only show the first 50 alternate art assets, and gives an option to revert to the original art.

The top 100 list has already been posted, but I thought this article makes some interesting observations on the list.

Overall the variety of games and experiences on that list really show how versatile the deck is, and that people can still have a great time with games that aren't a perfect experience on the deck.

While I would still prefer no anti-cheat, this also means we probably won't have to worry about a non-compatible anticheat getting added later.