Total War: Three Kingdoms Proton Experimental

A new Proton Experimental update has dropped, and if you are a fan of the classic EA games that have made their way back to Steam, you will be very happy! A slew of these games, including SimCity 3000 Unlimited, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, and Tiberian Sun, are all now working, so we can enjoy them on the Steam Deck with ease! We also have a fix for both Total War: Three Kingdoms and Carmageddon, as well as support for Steamworks SDK 1.59 and a prefix fix that wouldn't initialize on the file system.

The new update for Proton Experimental will download automatically as soon as you connect to the internet on your Deck.

Proton Experimental 3/20/24 Update Changelog:

  • Now playable: SimCity 3000 Unlimited, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and Yuri’s Revenge, Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun and Firestorm.
  • Fixed Proton Experimental regression that made Total War: Three Kingdoms unplayable.
  • Fixed new prefix failing to initialize on filesystem that do not support copy_file_range systemcall.
  • Added support for Steamworks SDK 1.59.
  • Fixed a few 9.0 regressions:
    • Carmageddon: Max Damage is playable 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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