Valve Looks Back At The Steam Deck's First Month, And What's Ahead

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[{"selector":"#anim-cc9e287a-c61e-46dc-b2fe-97750b4c152f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":100,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-69ab6603-9bfe-4c7a-a481-936e8f6cc01d","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-360deg) translate3d(-115.28663%, 0px, 0) rotate(360deg)","rotate(-360deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(360deg)"]},"delay":100,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] It's been exciting to see the variety of games the community has been playing - new or old, big or small, every genre - it seems like players have been having a ton of fun on Deck, they wrote.

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[{"selector":"#anim-30ced566-04f5-4ea7-9944-20f600080ffb","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":100,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-9f3698ff-a419-457d-bb5a-b96709bb7e3e","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-360deg) translate3d(-115.28663%, 0px, 0) rotate(360deg)","rotate(-360deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(360deg)"]},"delay":100,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] The two biggest anti-cheat services, BattlEye and Easy Anti-Cheat, now have a streamlined path for developers that choose to enable support for Proton and Steam Deck. Elden Ring and Apex Legends are two examples of games which are taking advantage of this work, so far.

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[{"selector":"#anim-35f3366f-54eb-47c0-bd80-ea067db3475f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":100,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8f99bac1-3b93-410a-b3dc-d45e21f6c7d7","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-360deg) translate3d(-115.28663%, 0px, 0) rotate(360deg)","rotate(-360deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(360deg)"]},"delay":100,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] fTPM support is currently in beta, and once that ships Windows 11 can be installed. The last big piece is Windows audio drivers, and we hope to share good news about that soon, they said.