Massive new rendering tricks are coming to the Steam Deck. (Plus other Deck news)

While there hasn’t been a beta Steam Deck client update this week, that doesn’t mean there hasn’t been some massive news. HDR will be coming to the Steam Deck, but what’s more: Ray Tracing support as well. Plus, what’s all this about the Alienware Nyx concept controller and has it convinced me that I want one? All this and more in this week’s Steam Deck news.

Pierre-Loup’s HRD Tweet: https://twitter.com/Plagman2/status/1610200412854046720
Ray tracing changes to Vulkan: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/20464
Humble Choice: https://www.humblebundle.com/membership/home?partner=gamingonlinux
OpenRA Playtest Notes: https://www.openra.net/news/playtest-20221203/
Startup Movie customization: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/100vkcc/startup_movie_sharing_will_be_coming_soon_to_the/
Gizmodo’s hands-on with the Nyx Controller: https://gizmodo.com/dell-concept-nyx-game-controller-alienware-steam-cloud-1849944913
GOL’s Steam Hardware Survey tracker: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/latest-steam-survey-sees-a-minor-dip-for-linux-steam-deck-still-trending-nicely-overall/
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00:00 – It’s Steam Deck News Time
00:20 – HDR Coming to Steam Deck
01:07 – Raytracing on Deck when
02:14 – January Humble Choice
02:52 – New OpenRA Playtest
04:20 – Startup Movie settings is on its way
04:56 – Dell’s Nyx Concept Controller
06:40 – Looking back on December

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