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Michael Baker

As a British guy in his mid-thirties, Michael has played and reviewed games as long as he can remember. Narrative Designer at Grimlore Games 2019-2020 (Spellforce 3 franchise, Plarium Games 2023 as Lore Editor). His favourite game genres are strategy, RPG, simulation and RTS.

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Game News

Frostpunk 2 Gets Full Controller Support With Console Release

Frostpunk 2's console launch brings full controller support and a new interface across all platforms, greatly improving the Steam Deck experience.

Sep 19, 2025 · 1 min read

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Monster Care Simulator’s Save Bug On Steam Deck Gets Fixed In Patch 1.0.1

Monster Care Simulator left Early Access recently and is a lovely game. A new patch has fixed up some lingering issues, including…

Sep 19, 2025 · 1 min read

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Mirthwood Should Be Steam Deck Verified By October

Mirthwood has been gradually improving over the past year, and the team is planning to get that Steam Deck Verified badge by…

Sep 18, 2025 · 1 min read

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Cats Around Us: Black Cat Gets Touchscreen Fix For Steam Deck

Cats Around Us: Black Cat had some bizarre problems on the Steam Deck at launch, although this week's patch has fixed most…

Sep 18, 2025 · 1 min read

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Operation Octo’s Steam Deck Shader Bug Gets Fixed With New Patch

Operation Octo oozes charm in this fun tower defense game, and a bizarre bug on the Steam Deck is now fixed in…

Sep 17, 2025 · 1 min read

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Rotwood’s September 15 Patch Fixes Crashes on the Steam Deck

Rotwood is a pretty awesome dungeon crawler, and a recent patch has fixed an annoying crash on the Steam Deck.

Sep 17, 2025 · 1 min read

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Beasts of Bermuda is Slowly Improving on the Steam Deck

Beasts of Bermuda has been pretty rough on the Steam Deck, but some new patches are slowly improving the experience with FSR…

Sep 16, 2025 · 1 min read

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Endoparasitic Gets Everything Working On Steam Deck With Most Recent Patch

Endoparasitic is an awesome survival horror game from 2022, and a surprise update last week added full support for the Steam Deck!

Sep 16, 2025 · 1 min read

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Trainatic’s Odd Control Bug On The Steam Deck Is Now Fixed

Trainatic is a lovely train strategy game that's nicely bite sized, and the balance patch smooths out the launch and a control…

Sep 16, 2025 · 1 min read

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Noobs are Coming gets Steam Deck Improvements With New Patch

Noobs are Coming is a pretty fun 'reverse Survivorlike' that's already pretty good on the Steam Deck, and a new patch further…

Sep 16, 2025 · 1 min read