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In a post on the official Steam website, dev-kits are now heading out to those who need to test games on the upcoming Steam Deck. The post also says that dev-kits have been limited, but that they allow studios and partners to make sure their games are compatible with the handheld system. In another post on the Steam documentation page, it states that the development kits are essentially the same as the ones customers will be getting upon release, but will be slightly different cosmetically....

A recent tweet from Valve designer Lawrence Yang pointed out that YouTuber Tranasus has used the Steam Deck to not only create a very simple game using the device, but has added it to their Steam library. While what they actually created is very basic, being just a simple shape moving around an empty plain, the whole idea behind the experiment was to show that it’s possible to use just the system to develop and upload games....

A week ago, it was spotted in the beta client that Steam may disable older iterations of titles going forward. Many in the community were concerned about this, especially those who are from the speedrunning community. Speedrunners often use older versions of games for certain runs, but without access to these in the future, those specific runs would effectively come to an end. This was also an issue for those who simply wished to preserve the opportunity to roll back their games to previous updates....

There are a few different reasons that could amount to the lower user numbers of the past few months. Steam always peaks during January and then sees a user drop during the Summer, though this year has nearly doubled last year’s 9% decline. Another possible explanation could be the fall of such popular titles as Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds, as Twitter user Steam Spy pointed out. While still one of the hottest titles on Steam, the game simply doesn’t break records like it used to, being so popular that it passed up DOTA 2 and helped set new Steam User records....

The injury was so severe the Steelers linebacker only had a 20 percent chance to walk again. Now, he’s walking, dancing and performing a number of workouts including deadlifts and box jumps with the hopes of one day returning to the NFL. “I still want to make the Hall of Fame, still want to be the best linebacker in the NFL,” Shazier told The South Florida Sun-Sentinel. “I’m not giving up on my goals, and the doctors said don’t give up on my goals, so there’s no problem with me doing that....

“Today our office was able to view surveillance video showing multiple angles of the events that led to the arrest of Steelers coach Joey Porter,” the office said in a statement. “Following that review it is the position of the office that the only charges supported by the video are summary disorderly conduct and summary public drunkenness. Our office will proceed on those charges and barring any additional evidence that is brought forward, we will withdraw the other charges at the appropriate time....

CBS Pittsburgh reported Porter was handcuffed and placed into a police car outside a Pittsburgh bar called The Flats following an “altercation with a police officer.” Bar security guards called police about an “unruly customer” around 9:30 p.m. Sunday night, the report said. MORE: Worst crimes connected to athletes In a statement, the Steelers said they were aware of an incident involving Porter but did not offer further details....

It’s important to remember that part of the charm of a game like Stardew Valley is that not all mysteries will have definite answers. For example, Abigail’s true parentage is a well-documented mystery referenced in multiple lines of dialogue. The hints at deeper and hidden connections between various villagers help to flesh out the characters in Pelican Town and make the game all the more immersive and engaging. However, some of the game’s mysteries have little to no explanation, leaving the fans to wonder and imagine....

While George isn’t always the most generous villager in town, he is a multi-faceted, multi-layered character that takes time to befriend because the player has to earn his trust. In many video games, NPCs are either ageless or around the same age as the player character, who is typically very young. When older characters are in games, they can frequently be the victims of villainy, simple quest-givers, or the protagonist’s family members with no agency of their own....

Bethesda has a pedigree for its expansive action role-playing games such as the Fallout and Elders Scrolls series. When the developer teased Starfield at E3 2018 – its first new IP in more than two decades – fans hoped that they might get to play the game by the end of 2020. The possibility seemed likely at the time. Bethesda was wrapping up development on Fallout 76 and still had two entire years to focus on Starfield....

One of the features that Bethesda revealed at the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase was Starfield’s character creation tools. Like Bethesda’s other big open world RPGs, Starfield players will be able to create their own character from scratch. However, Bethesda didn’t reveal if the Starfield protagonist would be voiced or not. Most of Bethesda’s games do not feature voiced protagonists, though the exception to that rule is Fallout 4....

One of the most intriguing aspects that the recent glimpses of Starfield highlighted was its space flight and the role that ships will play in the game. This was an element that fans have long been anticipating, and it has caused a fair bit of conversation among players. While Starfield has recently shown off lots of exciting elements, some of them have caused some concerns. The game’s ship customization and freedom of traversal may seem great, but a few fans are worried that the flight mechanics still seem a little shaky....

Turned out it wasn’t all roses in Louisville. I found the horse crowd a wee bit stuffy. I was distinctly underdressed for the occasion and made painfully aware of it. And I was mystified by why anyone would clog up a perfectly good glass of bourbon with sugar and leaves. But the good far outweighed the bad. Derby week had a laisser les bon temps rouler feel, a cross between New Orleans North and Woodstock South....

Today, mention the game on the streets here and you’ll likely get a lot of blank stares. And then every conceivable guess from the Patriots-Vikings clash this weekend to one of the longstanding Turkey Day high-school rivalries, like Boston Latin versus Boston English. Harvard-Yale may no longer rule this roost (though perhaps still the world), but, for the 119th time since the football rivalry began in 1875, the Ivy elites will contest The Game this Saturday....

Never have I thrilled to a victory for another town’s teams, let alone a New York team, like I did for Joe Namath’s Jets in Super Bowl III. And again the next year when Kansas City, still a double-digit underdog courtesy of the NFL skeptics, poleaxed Minnesota. That victory proved once and for all that we were worthy of inclusion in the big league. We weren’t second-tier cities any longer....

Want to know if you’re able to bet in the Grand Canyon state? Check out our Arizona guide to sports betting: Is sports betting legal in Arizona? Sports betting is legal in the state of Arizona as of Sept. 9, 2021. Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation, H.B. 2772, which legalized “fantasy sports and event wagering in Arizona. It also allows for ten licenses to offer sports betting to professional sports teams and franchises, as well as ten licenses that will allow tribes to offer off-reservation event wagering through mobile offerings....

Warning: graphic photo embedded below. Rep. Jim Spillane of Deerfield posted the photograph — complete with caption “I shot a squirrel on my bird feeder today with a .50 caliber muzzleloader. Enjoy.” — on May 26 in an unprompted response to a vegan animal rights activist who had shared a #MondayMotivation post. Unable to shake the controversy in the intervening weeks, Spillane lost his seat Friday on the Fish and Wildlife Committee, the Concord Monitor first reported....

Newsweek previously reported more than 20,000 people died on U.S. roads just in the first half of 2021, an 18.4 percent increase from the previous year. Data from Smart Growth America says the period of 2016 to 2019 was the country’s deadliest in three decades in terms of traffic fatalities. The data adds that older adults, people from lower-income areas, Black Americans and Native Americans are disproportionately killed in traffic accidents....

Pace has always been an extremely potent weapon in any footballer’s armoury, so it’s always interesting when scientific analysis shows you who the fastest in a particular season are, especially when it concerns a club of the ilk of Barcelona Read, Also – Barcelona 6 - 5 PSG: Is this the greatest comeback of all time? In the current 2016/17 season, the top speed clocked by any Barcelona player is 34....

It was the visitors who had the upper hand ever since Faf du Plessis and David Miller got to the crease and they didn’t relinquish it for the rest of the game as they clinched a 40-run victory to win the series 2-1. Here are the statistical highlights of the third ODI between Australia and South Africa in Hobart. 2 - Faf du Plessis (125 off 114 balls) became the second South African captain to score an ODI century on Australian soil....