Major Steam Revamp + The Latest Updates for Deck & Linux!

This week we have some exciting news. We have new Steam Deck verified titles. We have new games coming to the deck. There's also a ton of new open source releases and a bunch of updates to Steam and the Steam Deck client. Let's get into the Linux gaming news!

Links & References
❯ Riven Deck Verified: https://store.steampowered.com/news/a...
❯ Riven’s Store Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/17...
❯ GoL’s Until Dawn Coverage: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08...
❯ Until Dawn’s Store Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/21...
❯ Two Point Museum:    • Two Point Museum | Announce Trailer  
❯ God of War’s Spec Requirements: https://blog.playstation.com/2024/08/...
❯ Humble’s Board Game Night: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/bo...
❯ Proton Experimental’s Changelog: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Prot...
❯ ChimeraOS Changelog: https://github.com/ChimeraOS/chimerao...
❯ The Verge Article: https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/13/24...
❯ Decky Loader’s pre7 update fixes boot loop issue for good: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08...
❯ Batocera Linux 40 brings huge changes: https://batocera.org/changelog
❯ Steam Reviews get moderation: https://store.steampowered.com/news/a...
❯ Steam Store Page rules get a much-needed update: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/ste...
❯ Steam Deck Beta Client (August 13th): https://store.steampowered.com/news/a...
❯ SteamOS 3.6.10 update “Tenth Time’s a Charm”: https://store.steampowered.com/news/a...

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-- Chapters --
00:00 Introduction
00:14 Riven is Deck Verified
01:38 Until Dawn coming to PC in October
02:27 Two Point Museum
03:23 God of War Ragnarok PC Requirements
05:15 Humble Board Game Night Bundle
06:39 Proton Experimental 9.0-2
07:41 ChimeraOS 46-2
08:56 SteamOS 3 coming for other devices
12:16 Decky Loader fixes boot loop issue
14:55 Batocera 40
17:30 Steam User Reviews Update
21:14 Changes to Steam Store Page Rules
23:22 Steam Deck Beta Client August 13th
24:12 SteamOS Beta Release 3.6.10