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Games: TailQuest, Box64/Box86, Valve, and Proton

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 18, 2022

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Mixing tower defense with puzzle-platforming, TailQuest Defense has a demo up

=> ↺ Mixing tower defense with puzzle-platforming, TailQuest Defense has a demo up

TailQuest Defense looks like one to pop on your wishlist. After 5 years in development from a two-person team in Godot Engine, a demo is up now.

Box64 and Box86 get more games running on Arm plus DXVK 2.0 support

=> ↺ Box64 and Box86 get more games running on Arm plus DXVK 2.0 support

Box64 and Box86 are userspace emulators to run traditional x86 and x86_64 applications on Arm, and the 0.2 release of both are a nice big step forward. For those of you with Arm devices (like the Raspberry Pi), these two projects definitely sound interesting and will expand what you're able to do.

How to fix the EA app on Steam Deck and Linux desktop

=> ↺ How to fix the EA app on Steam Deck and Linux desktop

Recently, Valve did an update in Proton Experimental that did get the EA app working again. The problem is that it doesn't stick and the EA app will break itself. It might work fine for a few launches, and then suddenly another it just won't work.

Valve update desktop Steam Stable Client with the New Big Picture Mode option

=> ↺ Valve update desktop Steam Stable Client with the New Big Picture Mode option

Valve has released a new desktop update for the Steam Stable Client, and along with it comes the option to use the New Big Picture Mode. However, they broke it on Linux, at least for NVIDIA.

Valve put up a Preview and Stable update for the Steam Deck, here's what's changed

=> ↺ Valve put up a Preview and Stable update for the Steam Deck, here's what's changed

Two updates rolled out over the last day, one for the Preview channel and a big one for Stable. Here's a run over what's changed. The Preview update is quite small but I saw a lot of people having issues with Vampire Survivors, so nice to know they're on it but the Stable update includes quite a lot (and not to be confused with SteamOS 3.4 that's still only in Preview).

Proton Experimental updated fixing Halo Infinite and more on Steam Deck & Linux

=> ↺ Proton Experimental updated fixing Halo Infinite and more on Steam Deck & Linux

Proton Experimental has been updated on November 16th, pulling in some more fixes for the likes of Halo Infinite for Steam Deck and Linux desktop. This is the special testing version of Proton from Valve, that you can manually swap over to that includes the latest changes before they roll out to the main version of Proton.

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