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Valve gives Steam a nice upgrade for controller-friendly games

By Liam Dawe,
After recently tweaking Steam Input and the Steam Client, Valve has now upgraded the main Steam Store to show off controller support for games.

Open source re-implementation of Tomb Raider 1 'TR1X' gets Linux builds

By Liam Dawe,
Want to play a classic with a fresh open source game engine? TR1X for Tomb Raider 1 from 1996 has a new release out with a Native Linux version now available.

Intel Vulkan drivers on Linux should run more games with Mesa 24.0

By Liam Dawe,
While work is ongoing to provide brand new Intel Xe Vulkan drivers on Linux with their newer driver, work is still happening to improve the current driver.

Open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver NVK hits Vulkan 1.0 conformance

By Liam Dawe,
A big step for the in-development open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver NVK, as Collabora have announced how it's hit Vulkan 1.0 conformance.

Portal: Revolution is an upcoming fully-featured Portal 2 prequel mod

By Liam Dawe,
Well this is exciting! Modders sure do some amazing stuff with Valve games. Portal: Revolution releasing 5th January, 2024 is a new story with original characters, acting as a full gameplay prequel to Portal 2.

Get some quality games in the Action Roguelikes bundle from Humble

By Liam Dawe,
Start your week with a bang because Humble Bundle has put up some good stuff in the Action Roguelikes Bundle. Here's your look at Steam Deck / Desktop Linux compatibility.

Point and click adventure Zarathustra uses AI Art and AI Voices

By Liam Dawe,
Well this is sure to be an interesting one and will no doubt spark up some comments - Zarathustra is an in-development point and click adventure that looks intriguing but the way it's made will raise some eyebrows.

Hunt: Showdown is broken on Steam Deck / Linux due to Easy Anti-Cheat

By Liam Dawe,
Hunt: Showdown, a popular multiplayer game has been broken on Steam Deck / desktop Linux due to Easy Anti-Cheat.

GE-Proton 8-24 fixes Yakuza 5 Remastered cut-scenes and pulls in D8VK

By Liam Dawe,
A rather interesting release for GE-Proton has arrived! GE-Proton 8-24 for Steam Deck / desktop Linux has some good game fixes and pulls in the exciting work of D8VK.

Polychromatic app for managing Razer devices v0.8.3 out now

By Liam Dawe,
Need help managing various Razer devices on Linux? Polychromatic v0.8.3 is out now with improved hardware support powered by OpenRazer.

Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine fheroes2 v1.0.10 released

By fheroes2,
Dear supporters of the fheroes2 project and Heroes of Might and Magic 2 players! After a month of tedious work, we are presenting a new version of the fheroes2 engine - 1.0.10. As always today's release is full of compelling features and code changes.

Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update brings Half-Life: Uplink, Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
Something many guessed was coming, Valve has released the Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update and it's pretty exciting with lots of goodies.

Inventory Tetris with roguelike exploration and combat Backpack Hero is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Just released out of Early Access is Backpack Hero, an intoxicating mixture of backpack sorting that feels like a Tetris shapes sorting-puzzle game with roguelike turn-based combat and exploration that's a thoroughly odd but terribly fun blend.

Narrative-focused expansion Astral Planes released for Stellaris

By Liam Dawe,
It might be time for my next 100 hour run in Stellaris with the narrative-focused and exciting sounding Astral Planes expansion, along with a free update now available.

Shake up an AI-controlled robotic world in Soul Tolerance releasing in December

By Liam Dawe,
Chaosmonger Studio developer of ENCODYA and of the recently released Three Minutes To Eight, has announced the release date of Soul Tolerance as December 11th, 2023. Although, this is only Part 1.

System76 have some great discounts on various Linux hardware

By Liam Dawe,
It's the season to be discounting apparently and Linux hardware vendor System76 just put up some really nice deals if you're in need of a new system.

Bite-sized cafe management sim with a noir-like setting Zipp's Café is out now

By Liam Dawe,
In the mood for something a bit smaller and more bite-sized this weekend? Zipp's Café just released and looks nice and chilled.

SteamOS 3.5.5 rolls out to all Steam Deck owners, plus new Steam Client update

By Liam Dawe,
Another big day for Steam Deck owners, as SteamOS 3.5 is finally here with lots of big additions. Plus, Valve also released a fresh Steam Client update.

Steam Deck OLED is just pure joy - the definitive Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
The Steam Deck OLED releases officially from Valve today, bringing with it numerous improvements to my favourite Linux-powered gaming handheld and here's my initial thoughts on spending some time with it.

Turn-based animal action-RPG 'Of Blades & Tails' is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Become Reik, a clever member of the fox tribe in Of Blades & Tails from Felix Laukel and Pineapple Works that has now left Early Access.