Games: Steam, Valheim, Armello, and More

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 23, 2022,
updated Nov 23, 2022

• Watch your wallet run away from you as the Steam Autumn Sale 2022 is here

  I hear the faint sound of my wallet trying to escape, as the Steam Autumn Sale 2022 is now live with the usual massive discounts on thousands of games. Running until November 29th at 10am PT / 6pm UTC.

• Valheim gets a surprise testing release of Mistlands with a new trailer

  Mistlands is finally here! Well, sort-of. Valheim has a new public test available to opt-in on Steam with Mistlands, so you can try it before it's fully ready for everyone. One of the biggest updates to Valheim since release, and an upgrade their player community has been eager to see. Easily one of the best Native Linux games available, and it's Steam Deck Verified too.

• Armello gets full Linux support restored with cross-platform online play

  This is really great to see! Armello from developer League of Geeks has a fresh update out, and it restores full Linux support. Armello is a lot of fun to play with friends, and quite a few hours were put into it by me at the original release playing it online together with our contributor Samsai.

• Ubisoft making a return to Steam with Assassin's Creed Valhalla on December 6th

  Good news for Linux desktop and Steam Deck players! Assassin's Creed Valhalla is coming to Steam on December 6th.

• GE-Proton installer ProtonUp-Qt v2.7.6 is out now fixing DXVK 2.0 for Lutris

  ProtonUp-Qt has another release out to help you get the likes of GE-Proton, Wine-GE, Luxtorpeda and more for Steam (including Steam Deck) the Heroic Games Launcher and Lutris. Version 2.7.5 only went up recently and the developer has now put up another to keep improving it.

• SteamOS 3.4 gets a fix for Resident Evil 4, plus new Steam Deck Client Beta out

  Valve released two updates for the Steam Deck. One being an OS update for SteamOS 3.4 and the other being another Deck Beta Client update. Both of these updates are available in the Preview channel. You can opt into this in Settings >System >System Update Channel.

• Pixel-art open-world pirating adventure Arcane Waters is now in Early Access

  I just finished watching all of Black Sails (which was fantastic) and was in the mood for some pirating fun, so the Early Access release of Arcane Waters makes for good timing. This is a new pixel-art open-world single-player and online pirating adventure game.�

• Nintendo goes after SteamGridDB, likely for people doing emulation on Steam Deck

  It seems with all the people emulating games on the Steam Deck and how popular doing so has become, Nintendo has continued to take notice and fired off some DMCA requests to have images taken down (thanks GBAtemp).

• Steam Play compatibility tool Luxtorpeda moves to Godot Engine for the UI

  Luxtorpeda is a Steam Play compatibility tool (like Proton), that allows you to run various games on Steam with Native Linux game engines.