The Witcher 3 looks to run fine on a Steam Deck

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Yup, The Witcher iii looks to run only fine on a Steam Deck

Information technology's non a enervating game, but is 1 I'd play on a handheld

While Valve yesterday were busy cracking open up a Steam Deck, CD Projekt Red showed us a game actually running on one. They've posted a serial of short videos of them playing The Witcher 3: The Wild Chase on Valve's handheld PC and yup, that seems to run well enough. The game might be a few years old at present, but information technology's still one of best RPGs—and honestly the sort of endless sprawling game I might rather play on-and-off on a handheld.

Here's Geralt riding on a horsey into town (many folks came out from miles around):

Open up a portal into the world and play The Witcher three: Wild Hunt wherever you go once Steam Deck is out!

Check out the footage of the current-gen version of the game running on Steam Deck 👇 movie.twitter.com/3IdIC2zGZJ

— The Witcher (@witchergame) October half-dozen, 2021

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And engaging in a spot of violence:

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— The Witcher (@witchergame) October 6, 2021

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Then stomping over gardens:

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— The Witcher (@witchergame) Oct six, 2021

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I skipped huge chunks of The Witcher iii considering god, it's a lot, and it got too repetitive. But I'd happily multitask my way through those parts on the sofa, ticking off side-quests with the goggle box on in the background or something. No, I don't want to buy a Nintendo Switch.

Valve plan to launch the Steam Deck at some point afterwards the end of June 2022. It'll come up in three variants differentiated by storages, screens, and extras. The cheapest is a 64GB eMMC model at £349, with the £459 option having a 256GB NVMe SSD, and the meridian end at £569 offering a 512GB NMVMe SSD and "premium anti-glare etched drinking glass". You can reserve one now with a £4 eolith on Steam, and then Valve expect to to beginning actual orders in Dec.