Valve have confirmed that it is updating the Half-Life series alongside Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to play better on the Steam Deck, with a focus on controls.
Valve’s powerful, portable PC is set to launch next year but the company behind it is already hard at work updating their games to run better on the handheld platform.
Designer Lawrence Yang confirmed in an interview with PC Gamer that Portal games already run nicely on the Steam Deck but Left 4 Dead 2 will need some work. “I think we do want to look at all of the Valve catalog to make sure things are good on Deck,” he confirmed.
Elsewhere designer Greg Coomer said that the Dota team “is doing something pretty innovative, at least within the context of Dota.”
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“Just this past week, they shipped a new mode that allows players to play the game well using thumbsticks,” he elaborated as Yang explained: “They call it experimental controller support because they’re still looking for feedback, but you can play a real game of Dota with the gamepad now.”
