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Yeah I got that too for free, I don’t know how to run Epic games though or add them to my library, is it easy? 
 

For the DE with all the DLC included for the first game that’s really good value isn’t it. 

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8 hours ago, Stanley said:

Yeah I got that too for free, I don’t know how to run Epic games though or add them to my library, is it easy? 
 

For the DE with all the DLC included for the first game that’s really good value isn’t it. 


If you go into desktop mode there is an icon of a shopping bag in the task bar. Click on that, search for “Heroic” and get the Heroic games launcher. You can then log into both your Epic and GOG libraries. There is a setting to automatically add them to the deck as non-Steam games so you can see them in gaming mode and don’t have to faff with desktop mode to play them. 
 

You might have to set up accounts via the respective websites first. Not sure you can set them up via Heroic as it’s a third party app. 

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On 02/02/2023 at 18:18, Ry said:

Thought I might have got a confirmation email from valve to say they have my deck.

 

All I have is proof it was delivered to Havant a few days ago. Hopefully I'm not waiting much longer. 

 

I'm in the same position, it'd be nice if they said something.

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1 hour ago, HarryBizzle said:


If you go into desktop mode there is an icon of a shopping bag in the task bar. Click on that, search for “Heroic” and get the Heroic games launcher. You can then log into both your Epic and GOG libraries. There is a setting to automatically add them to the deck as non-Steam games so you can see them in gaming mode and don’t have to faff with desktop mode to play them. 
 

You might have to set up accounts via the respective websites first. Not sure you can set them up via Heroic as it’s a third party app. 

That sounds not too painful I’ll give it a try, I’ve noticed at the moment buying the Origin version of Dead Space is a quite a bit cheaper than the Steam one, is it quite simple to run those on the Deck? 

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11 minutes ago, Stanley said:

That sounds not too painful I’ll give it a try, I’ve noticed at the moment buying the Origin version of Dead Space is a quite a bit cheaper than the Steam one, is it quite simple to run those on the Deck? 

 

Not tried Origin yet on mine - nothing in my library that I want to play on the small screen, but this is the process for adding Origin. Might try it for Dragon Age and original Dead Space versions.

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47 minutes ago, Lorfarius said:

Anyone seen any cheap Steam wallet funds online? Nothing on CDKeys :(

 

The only time I've ever seen them at a discount that wasn't a scam was through some Currys voucher shenanigans. I'd keep an eye out, but they're not a regular thing.

 

I'd rather just look for discounts on the games themselves, tbh.

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1 minute ago, Siri said:

 

The only time I've ever seen them at a discount that wasn't a scam was through some Currys voucher shenanigans. I'd keep an eye out, but they're not a regular thing.

 

I'd rather just look for discounts on the games themselves, tbh.

 

Usually I do but there's a few on my wishlist I'm itching to play and won't be another sale for ages.

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1 minute ago, Lorfarius said:

 

Usually I do but there's a few on my wishlist I'm itching to play and won't be another sale for ages.

 

Are you checking them on https://isthereanydeal.com/?

 

Might be on offer elsewhere. I use the "Augmented Steam" plugin in browser so I can hover items in my wishlist and see the current cheapest place to buy.

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You involved with a workplace schemes where you can buy shopping vouchers? That could be a thing - buy those for Currys/Game, buy Steam Credit, job done (albeit more leg work)

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9 minutes ago, Siri said:

You involved with a workplace schemes where you can buy shopping vouchers? That could be a thing - buy those for Currys/Game, buy Steam Credit, job done (albeit more leg work)


Does this work? I’ve heard conflicting things about whether you can use Currys gift cards to buy other vouchers. 

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29 minutes ago, HarryBizzle said:


Does this work? I’ve heard conflicting things about whether you can use Currys gift cards to buy other vouchers. 

 

Probably depends on the scheme. I'm a trying to check our one now while I'm at work, and I don't think we have one any more :lol:

 

In other news: did they change something to SteamOS overnight? It's now asking me if I want to stop being asked about launch options, which it's never done before.

 

It's incredibly useful, don't get me wrong, just haven't seen it before on all my other games!

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14 minutes ago, Siri said:

 

Probably depends on the scheme. I'm a trying to check our one now while I'm at work, and I don't think we have one any more :lol:

 

In other news: did they change something to SteamOS overnight? It's now asking me if I want to stop being asked about launch options, which it's never done before.

 

It's incredibly useful, don't get me wrong, just haven't seen it before on all my other games!


Yeah, that was in the latest update. You can default to a single version now (and turn that off so it asks again if you so wish)

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This is what I deserve after spending yesterday streaming Nothing, Forever for several hours on my Deck.

 

And Larry turned into a fucking TERF comedian overnight, too. Absolutely crestfallen 

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Steam Next Fest Impressions.

 

Tape to Tape 

 

A roguelite ice hockey game is something I never expected to work. But work it does and I am all over this one. Decent hockey mechanics, simple controls and very arcadey with rogue elements inspired by Slay the Spire 

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1 hour ago, bradigor said:

Anyone has any issues with the on-screen keyboard not working with the physical controls in desktop mode since the last update?

 

I had it once, but after restarting the deck it was fine.

 

Anyway, my duties are done, time for demos :D

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Cook Serve Forever 

 

The fourth in the series and much simpler in terms of controls, but works really well for the frantic gameplay the series is built on. Perfect for Deck

 

Flight Level

 

Could be good but had the tiniest text ever and is unplayable on deck.

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There’s a demo for Planet of Lana, which looks charming enough and runs by default on ‘Ultra’ settings, though you can push it further to ‘max’. Amusingly, there’s a ‘potato’ setting to use also.

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Juno: New Origins (formerly Simple Rockets 2) is a Kerbal-style game which runs really nicely and controls decently, though the default configuration has mouse click on the back paddles which is a bit odd.

 

It's pretty addictive.

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4 minutes ago, deerokus said:

Juno: New Origins (formerly Simple Rockets 2) is a Kerbal-style game which runs really nicely and controls decently, though the default configuration has mouse click on the back paddles which is a bit odd.

 

It's pretty addictive.

 

Oh nice thanks for heads up on name change

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