A ‘current-gen’ build on the go
More information has been coming out about Valve’s Steam Deck. CD Projekt has published some off-screen footage of someone playing through a few sections ofThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunton the portable Steam Deck.
WhileThe Witcher 3:Wild Huntrunning on the Steam Deck wasn’t too much of a concern, seeing a game being played on the platform is really interesting. It gives you a sense of how the Steam Deck sits in the hands, and also the scale of on-screen action you can expect to see.
Open a portal into the world and play The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt wherever you go once Steam Deck is out!
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The developers showed off three different videos on Twitter, which included a town,some combat, andexploration. All around, it looks likeThe Witcher 3: Wild Huntis certainly running on the Steam Deck. How well it runs is difficult to discern from off-screen footage, but it certainly looks solid in the conditions CD Projekt has shown.
Of course, the obvious comparison would be theNintendo Switch versionofThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.Somehow, the massive adventure managed tofit onto the Switch, and it’s been the handheld way to play Geralt’s journey.
With the Steam Deck, now there will be an alternative for would-be portable Witchers. And a more PC-focused one at that, though Valve has advised younot open the Steam Deck up and tinker with it. Still, mod support could be pretty interesting to get running on this portable little computer.
Steam Decksare expected to roll out in staggered fashion, starting in Dec. 2021 with the first batch.
