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Marvel Rivals Proton Experimental on Steam Deck

A new Proton Experimental update was released yesterday as Christmas Eve was upon us, and there are some nice improvements with this one. Black Ink and Factorio are now playable (or more playable), the Marvel Rivals launcher has better rendering, and the black screen caused from the CRT shader in Eastward has been fixed. The Marvel Rivals errors for OS/drivers out of date has been fixed as well, which is nice since it otherwise is enjoyable on the Steam Deck, and Xalia has been updated to work with more games and allow the controller to navigate the launchers.

The new Proton Experimental update should automatically download if you already have the experimental layer. If not, just search for Proton Experimental in the Steam store on your Steam Deck and download.

Proton Experimental 12/24/24 Update Changelog:

  • Now playable: Black Ink, Factorio.
  • Improved rendering of Marvel Rivals launcher.
  • Fixed Experimental regressions causing a black screen when using CRT shader in Eastward.
  • Fixed Marvel Rivals displaying OS/drivers out of date warning.
  • Fixed graphics scaling in Master Magistrate (Proton 9.0-2 regression).
  • Fixed Simulakros and Assassin's Creed Syndicate not launching on AMD systems due to NVAPI presence.
  • Enabled Xalia for Overlord, The TakeOver, Floppy Heroes, Whiskered Away, Himno, Survirus, The Adventure of Ninomae Ina'nis.
  • Updated Xalia to 0.4.5.

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Noah Kupetsky
A lover of gaming since 4, Noah has grown up with a love and passion for the industry. From there, he started to travel a lot and develop a joy for handheld and PC gaming. When the Steam Deck released, it just all clicked.
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