Valve won't host a Lunar New Year sale anymore

Source: Valve

Valve is changing the frequency of its big sales. Starting in 2023, Steam will forego its Lunar New Year Sale for the spring sale. That will run from March 16 to 23. According to the company, the spring sale is a popular request from developers and publishers. Many commented how the Lunar New Year sale (around late January or early February) ran too close to the December holiday sale.

"It will allow us to create more space between our four major seasonal sales and provide more opportunities throughout the year for developers to expand and execute their discounting calendar," Valve said in a blog post. "We think many publishers will still opt to discount games around the Lunar New Year holiday, using the custom discount tools. But we suspect customers will be better served by a little bit more time between the big Steam-wide seasonal sales."

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Valve works on Joy-Con support for Steam

On top of adding support for Nintendo's classic controllers, Valve is testing out a way to support Joy-Cons. It's part of the newest Steam beta, where Joy-Cons can be supported either individually or as a matched pair like you would with Switch games. You can opt into the Steam beta to try it out. These are the instructions you can follow on Steam's website.

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'Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered' gets verified for Steam Deck

Source: Sony

Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered is coming to the PC next week. Alongside that, the game gets verified for Steam Deck. Developer Insomniac Games announced this development on its Twitter account. When a game gets verified for Steam Deck, it should play great on the handheld gaming machine without significant tweaks.

Insomniac has also confirmed Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales will be coming to the PC sometime this fall. We're assuming the title could be verified then, too.

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Steam Deck update lets you set a lock screen

Source: Valve

It'll now be easier to keep other people from accessing your Steam Deck without your permission. Valve updates the handheld gaming PC to let you set a PIN for the lock screen. When you've installed the update, you can head into the Steam Deck's settings menu and look for the new Security tab.

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