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Geometry Survivor is wonderful nostalgia bait updated for the survivor-like era

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Taking the visual style of the classic Geometry Wars and upgrading it for the popular by Vampire Survivors game mechanics, Geometry Survivor is here.

Move over Diablo 4 and Path of Exile as Last Epoch 1.0 is here

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Ready for your next action RPG? Diablo and Path of Exile fans may want to take a look at Last Epoch, which has finally left Early Access with the 1.0 update and there's plenty to love about it.

Slimbook reveal the AMD powered Excalibur laptop and KDE Plasma 6 Slimbook

By Liam Squires-Hand,
For all of you who keep asking for more AMD powered laptops, Slimbook have delivered with the brand new Excalibur which also has a KDE Slimbook counterpart.

STAR WARS: Battlefront Classic Collection announced with Steam Deck support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Aspyr Media are busy! Not long after launching Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, they've now announced the STAR WARS: Battlefront Classic Collection and it's coming with Steam Deck support.

World of Goo 2 launches in May on the Epic Store - but Linux support from their website

By Liam Squires-Hand,
World of Goo 2 was quite a surprise reveal late last year and now it actually has a released date, although it won't be on Steam.

ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree trailer up - releasing June 21st

By Liam Squires-Hand,
ELDEN RING continues to be one of the most played games on Steam Deck (and it works great on Desktop Linux) and now what many have been waiting for - ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree has a trailer and release date.

There's no end to Vampire Survivor-likes with Temtem: Swarm announced

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Remember when every developer seemed to be announcing some kind of Battle Royale game? Well now it's Vampire Survivor-likes with Temtem: Swarm announced.

Steam users redeemed over $80 million in physical wallet cards in December 2023

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve continues to pretty much print money, and they've released their latest yearly review and 2023 seems to be another great year for Steam.

Enjoyed Unpacking? Check out Furnish Master to design apartments, houses & more

By Liam Squires-Hand,
If you enjoyed Unpacking and want perhaps a little something more to design the entire room and then some, Furnish Master looks like one you may want to try.

System76 are giving their Linux laptops a big refresh

By Liam Squires-Hand,
System76 makers of Pop!_OS, various laptops and the stylish Thelio desktop line have announced a big refresh for their line of laptops.

Halls of Torment the retro Diablo styled Vampire Survivors-like 'closing in on the finale'

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Developer studio Chasing Carrots say they're "closing in on the finale" for the fantastic Halls of Torment, which blends a classic Diablo style with Vampire Survivors-like gameplay for a great mix.

Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters (open source Star Control 2) now available on Steam

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters, which is an open source version of the classic Star Control 2, has managed to get a Steam release from Pistol Shrimp Games.

Check out ChipWits, an upcoming remake of one of the first programming puzzle games

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Originally released back in 1984, ChipWits is a programming puzzle game and it's getting a modern remake in Unity that will be released on Steam.

Hazard Pay is an upcoming dark and mysterious block-pushing puzzler

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Want a puzzle game that's a little bit different to keep you wanting to find out more? Hazard Pay from Smitner Studio releases later this year and it sounds great.

Which Way Up: Space Olympics is anti-gravity party game chaos

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Turtle Flip Studio plan to launch their physics-based anti-gravity party game Which Way Up: Space Olympics sometime in Q1 2025 but there's a demo up on Steam you can try with Linux support.

Humble Bundle IGN Fan Fest 24 has some good stuff like Loop Hero and Tinykin

By Liam Squires-Hand,
IGN Fan Fest is kicking off so there's a new Humble Bundle IGN Fan Fest 24 with some sweet treats you can pick up for cheaps.

Valve open sourced Steam Audio including the SDK and Plugins

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Steam Audio is a full-featured audio solution for game developers, and now anyone can pretty much do anything with it as Valve has made it entirely open source.

Palworld is getting external anti-cheat but it will be mostly optional

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Palworld continues to be an incredible success seeing a 24 hour peak player count of 527,994 but cheating is causing problems, so the developers plan to address it with new anti-cheat.

Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.3 is example of how to do retro right

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.3 from Bitwave Games / Toaplan is another 4-pack of classic games, and a nice clear example of how to bring retro games the right way to modern platforms.

There's a new Godot Engine addon to simplify testing on Steam Deck

By Liam Squires-Hand,
For game developers using or looking at using Godot Engine, you may want to check out the Godot 4 DeployToSteamOS addon which gives you a one-click method to test your games on Steam Deck.