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Halo games and Gears 5 are unsupported on the Steam Deck
The Steam Deck is finally in the hands of some lucky customers who were able to be part of the first wave of releases. However, those fans have come to find out that potentially large portions of their Steam library are currently unsupported on the Steam Deck, and that list now includes the likes of the Halo and Gears of War.
In a post on the Steam store, Xbox Game Studios revealed which of its first-party games will be compatible with the Steam Deck. Games that are verified for the Steam Deck include Death Loop, Psychonauts 2, and Prey. Meanwhile, XGS states that games such as Sea of Thieves, Quantum Break, and Forza Horizon 5 are currently in a playable state.
Unfortunately, due to issues with anti-cheat, Gears 5, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Halo Infinite, and Microsoft Flight Simulator X are all unsupported on Valve’s latest device.
It won’t include your entire library
This news may be disappointing, but it doesn’t come as a complete surprise. Former Halo developer... Sea Of Thieves Forts: Tips, Prison Cell Key, And All Sea Fort Locations
It's Season 6 in Sea of Thieves, and that means new mysteries and adventures await. The highlights of this season's new content are the new Sea Forts, housed by phantoms and designed to be quicker takes on the long-standing Forts in Sea of Thieves. Rather than a dozen or more rounds of battling skeletons, these new Sea Forts take only a few minutes to complete, though they retain the lucrative qualities of the legacy Forts. Here's all you need to know about Sea Forts, including where to start them, how to beat them, and what's going on with that Prison Cell Key.
Sea of Thieves - What are Sea Forts?
These pyramid-like fortresses made of stone have emerged from beneath the sea as Captain Flameheart's influence across the pirate realm continues to regain its dominant position. You can travel to any Sea Fort and dodge a few cannonballs before docking and heading inside to fight waves of Flameheart devotees.
After five rounds of the horde-like PvE combat, the Phantom Captain will emerge as your boss to battle. Defeating the Captain will cause them to drop their Fortress Treasury Key, which is used to open the main loot room of the Fort, found just one floor above sea level. Inside that treasury, you'll find lots of Damned treasure--the ghostly green chests, skulls, and supply caches--but all around the Fort either during or after your fight with the phantoms, you'll find other loot scattered about.
Once the dust settles, be sure to gather all of this loot. You earned it. Also, note that Sea Forts have a lot more interactivity to them than typical Forts. On every floor, you'll find cabinets, crates, and dressers that open, and in most of these, you'll find even more trinkets you can trade for gold. Best of all, you can even find a second key, the Fortress Store Room Key, that opens an extra loot room on the top floor of the Fort. This will be stashed in a random hiding spot each time you arrive at a Sea Fort.
This added loot is meant to tease you with a tough decision: Take what you can quickly, or stick around for added treasures, daring other players to interrupt you and snatch your booty? The choice is yours. Whatever you decide, the most important thing is to dock your ship close to the Fort. Compared to the Forts of old, there are fewer cannons set to fire at you as you approach, but from the right angle, they may still devastate your hull.
Your best bet is to dock right up against the sea gate you'll find on one side of the Fort. Here, cannons can not be angled to reach your ship. Once you get inside and head downstairs, you'll be able to open this gate using a pulley system, which makes moving loot from the treasury to your ship much quicker than you may be used to at the game's legacy Skeleton Forts.
Phantoms are vulnerable to all types of attacks, but seem especially weak to firebombs. If you're not liable to hit your allies with them, you'll make quick work of the ghosts using Sea of Thieves' hottest throwable.
Prison Cell Key
Meanwhile, a third locked door, the prison cell, demands a third key, but so far, no one has found this key. Conventional wisdom suggests these prison cells will factor into a future Adventure, Sea of Thieves' new time-limited story chapters. The first of those modes launched in February and told a tale of Flameheart's resurgence. As the prison cells on Sea Forts clearly hold some occult items inside of them--and no apparent loot--it's likely these cells also tie into the story. In short, there is no Prison Cell Key yet. The next Adventure, Forts of the Forgotten, should reveal this elusive key later this season.
Sea Fort locations
There are five Sea Forts in the open world of Sea of Thieves currently, and they're pretty well scattered across the entire map. You can find Sea Forts, labeled as "Fortresses" on your map, at the following map grid locations:
- Imperial Crown Fortress - B11
- Mercy's End Fortress - P14
- Old Brinestone Fortress - K21
- Royal Crest Fortress - J6
- Traitor's Fate Fortress F6
Sea Fort difficulty, like other activities in the game, scales to your crew size. That means that even though the task of loading all your riches may still take a while in solo mode, the enemies being thrown at you will be designed to challenge you, but not feel insurmountable.
Sea of Thieves shows off its new sea fort encounters ahead of this week’s Season 6
Following a rather low-key end of 2021 - in which Sea of Thieves players got buriable treasure, some fancy fireworks, and the ability to sit on things - Rare is ready to step things up again for the piratical multiplayer adventure's first big update of 2022, bringing Spanish-style sea fort raids and more when Season 6 arrives this Thursday, 10th March.
We do, of course, already know much of what Season 6 has to offer thanks to Rare's early 2022 blow-out, in which it detailed its ambitious plans for the year. If you missed that, though, the first big addition comes in the form of six Spanish-style sea forts dotted around the map. These imposing edifices, sucked into the Sea of Thieves as part of the game's new ongoing storyline, essentially function as solo-friendly, on-demand World Events, serving up a swifter, more streamlined experience compared to the likes of Skeleton Forts.
Sea Of Thieves Shrouded Islands Adventure Guide: Hexing Skull, Braziers, And More
Sea of Thieves Adventures are here. In this limited-time story-driven mode, you can join your crew and embark on new story quests in Rare's pirate sandbox, uncovering new details in the ongoing resurrection of Captain Flameheart while also nabbing a few exclusive rewards for yourself. In this guide, we'll walk you through the complete storyline for the first "Adventure," (which is a bit confusingly found in Adventure mode even as they're not the same thing). Here's how to complete Shrouded Islands in Sea of Thieves.
Shrouded Islands walkthrough
The full Shrouded Islands Adventure will take you about 90 minutes regardless of team size, as enemy encounters scale to the size of your crew. If this debut Adventure is indicative of what we can expect from this new limited-time mode going forward, it seems Adventures may act like shorter Tall Tales meant to engage players in a short window of time rather than exist in the game permanently.
1. Speak to Larinna
Your journey to uncover the truth about why phantoms are appearing more all across Sea of Thieves begins at any outpost. Speak to Larinna outside of the tavern and choose the option to begin your adventure. She will point you toward Golden Sands Outpost.
2. Collect the Mysterious Compass at Golden Sands Outpost
Head to Golden Sands, which is now shrouded in a spooky green fog and made creepier thanks to the game's dynamic music. Head into the ravaged tavern and grab the Mysterious Compass on the table by the entrance. It will be added to your radial menu for the rest of the Adventure, so you need not worry about misplacing it.
3. Follow the compass to find Belle
The compass will point you to Belle at all times, and though she has a few spawn points, it's best to go find her just one island away at Crescent Isle. Dock carefully, as it too is covered in thick green fog emblematic of The Damned having risen, and continue following your special compass until it brings you face to face with Belle. In the dialogue options, elect to continue the adventure and she'll point you toward Shipwreck Bay.
Most importantly, take the Flame of Souls from Belle's brazier, transferring it to your personal lantern. Do not leave without doing this. Furthermore, you should swap out your ship's lanterns with the Flame of Souls. If you die, you'll lose the special flame color, but you can grab it again from your ship's lanterns.
4. Light eight braziers at Shipwreck Bay
Once more, you'll be notching some nautical miles on route to Shipwreck Bay. Like the others, it's also enveloped in intimidating fog, so be very careful here--they don't call it Shipwreck Bay for nothing. When you touch down on the shore, you'll see apparitions pointing in different directions. They are leading you to the eight braziers you must light using the Flame of Souls. All eight of these braziers are on the outer perimeter of the island, so knowing that and using the ghosts' guidance makes finding the braziers rather simple.
Each time you light a brazier, you'll be attacked and taunted by Flameheart's ghostly followers. Fight back and continue until you've lit all eight braziers around the island. When you're done, head to the wreck of the Blackwytche, the can't-miss shipwreck at the heart of the island. Look for the makeshift brazier spun out of a cage hanging near some cannons. Light this brazier after you've lit the other eight (you can't do it any sooner anyway, so you'll know when it's time).
This will kick off a boss battle against the Soulflame Captain. He's a rather tanky boss, but he's best dealt with using firebombs and gunfire. Don't let him get close, as his melee attack is quite devastating. He'll bring more phantoms with him and you should use the same method for dealing with them. Firebombs make quick work of them, but watch out for their teleporting attack. Just keep moving and you'll be okay.
5. Follow the Buried Relic Map, then return the loot to Belle
Eventually you'll have defeated the Soulflame Captain and his goons and in his place will drop the Buried Relic Map, an X-marks-the-spot quest taking you to a nearby island in the Wilds. For me it sent me to Marauder's Arch, but this may be randomly generated so be mindful of where your map demands you go.
Head to the island needed, then dig up the special loot: the Hexing Skull. Take good care of it and get it back to Belle at Crescent Isle. If you found any special loot during your fight with the phantoms, such as Rune Tablets, you can sell those to Belle too. Turn it into her and select the finish adventure dialogue option. That's it! You'll have completed the first limited-time Adventure and earned yourself a new title--"Seeker of Shrouded Souls"-- as well as the Shrouded Compass cosmetic.
Your exclusive rewards can help you stand out among the game's more than 25 million players, including five million on Steam.
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