Is the Steam Deck 2.0 Going ARM? What It Could Mean for Gamers

This week God of War Ragnarok gets Steam Deck Verified. Plus, multiple open source Deck-related projects make waves. And the big news this week: Is Steam Deck going full-on ARM?

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Links & Resources:
God of War Ragnarok: https://x.com/SonySantaMonica/status/1837180773780029897
God of War Ragnarok: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2322010/view/6471198577701529046
Steam Deck Guest Checkout: https://x.com/OnDeck/status/1836817953280708629
EmuDeck 2.3: https://emudeck.github.io/blog/2026/09/25/emudeck-update-09-26-2024/
Heroic Games Launcher 2.15.2: https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/releases/tag/v2.15.2
RPCS3 1.3.0: https://github.com/RipleyTom/rpcn/releases/tag/1.3.0
RPCS3 RPCN new online compatibility: https://x.com/rpcs3/status/1837173514517799193
Steam ARM emulator on SteamDB: https://steamdb.info/app/3043620/history/?changeid=25321568
FEX on GitHub: https://github.com/FEX-Emu/FEX
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