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Sonic Colors with Proton Experimental

A couple of days ago, a new Proton Experimental update was released that got some new games running on the Steam Deck and fixed some crashes for others! Sonic Colors: Ultimate is now playable, Wine Mono was updated, and some Proton 9.0 regressions were fixed to make Overwatch 2 no longer randomly crash, and videos will now play in Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition.

The update should automatically be downloaded, but overall, it's an awesome one! You can check the downloads tab for the new update.

Proton Experimental 4/22/24 Update Changelog:

  • Now playable: Sonic Colors: Ultimate.
  • Initial d3d12 support for OpenVR (e.g.: Battlezone Gold Edition in DX12 mode).
  • Horizon Forbidden West no longer displays warning about outdated drivers with Nvidia GPUs.
  • Updated Wine Mono to 9.1.0.
  • Fixed Proton 9.0 regressions:
    • Overwatch 2 no longer randomly crashes.
    • Video playback in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition works again.

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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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