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Alterium Shift looks like a fun upcoming retro-styled RPG with a big new demo
Alterium Shift is inspired by the JRPG greats, it's coming to Steam with Native Linux support and it has a brand new demo now available.
Get a whole lot of Company of Heroes in this new game bundle
Love strategy games and want some more? Humble Bundle is offering the Company of Heroes Complete Collection.
Desktop Steam and Steam Deck Client Beta updates with new launch options UI
Valve has replaced another old part of Steam in the latest Desktop and Steam Deck Client Beta, with a new UI for games that have launch options set.
Lots of good stuff announced at The Game Awards 2022 — roundup
The Game Awards 2022 is over and there was a surprising amount of big new announcements, so here's a little run over some of what's coming.
Proton Experimental upgraded to fix the EA App failing to update on Steam Deck & Linux
When the EA App replaced Origin on Steam, it came with a whole bunch of problems for gamers on Steam Deck and Linux desktop. Now, it should hopefully be sorted in Proton Experimental.
System76 give everything you need with the Launch Heavy keyboard
After releasing the Launch and the Launch Lite, System76 is back with the Launch Heavy keyboard which includes a NumPad. They sent over a unit and here’s my review.
Portal with RTX released free on Steam
Free for owners of the original, Portal with RTX has released on Steam from Lightspeed Studios / NVIDIA.
Unciv the open source remake of Civilization V is heading to Steam
Unciv is a popular open source remake inspired directly by Civilization V. It's been around for a while now and it's finally heading to Steam.
EVERSPACE 2 developer gets a 1.65 million Euro grant from the German federal parliament
EVERSPACE 2 appears to be quite a success for ROCKFISH Games, not only is it doing well on Steam with a Very Positive rating in Early Access but they just got a big bonus from the German federal parliament.
Dwarf Fortress on Steam is a smash hit, devs confirm future plans (like Linux support)
It was pretty much a given that Dwarf Fortress was going to be popular on Steam, but the smash hit it has become is quite a surprise on just how well it's doing.
EA open source Fonttik, helps devs check text size & contrast — plus patent pledges
As part of their original initiative about sharing patent pledge to not go after others on accessibility, EA have recently released Fonttik as open source to help game developers. Not only that, they've pledged more of their patents to this goal.
Polychromatic for managing Razer devices on Linux v0.8 out now
Polychromatic, powered by OpenRazer, is a front-end UI for users to easily manage their Razer devices and a new release is out now with version 0.8.0.
Linux Mint 21.1 now in Beta with full Flatpak support
Linux Mint 21.1 is now available in Beta to get testing, based upon Ubuntu 22.04 with kernel 5.15 it's a long-term support release so you'll be able to continue using it until 2027 before needing a major update.
Intel using DXVK (part of Steam Proton) for their Windows Arc GPU DX 9 drivers
Intel recently announced a big driver update for their Arc GPUs on Windows, because their DirectX 9 performance wasn't as good as it could have been. Turns out, they're using code from the open source DXVK which is part of Steam Play Proton.
Blender 3.4 is out now with Wayland support on Linux, Intel's Open Path Guiding added
Blender, the absolute power-house free and open source 3D creation suite, has a big release out with Blender 3.4 and it's awesome.
Here's how to fix Grounded from Obsidian on Steam Deck
Grounded seems like a genuinely fun survival adventure, where you or you and friends can run around as miniturized people and survive against all kinds of critters. Out of the box on Steam Deck it's completely broken, so here's how to fully fix it.
Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell arrives December 15th
Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moonspell is the first expansion for the absolutely ridiculous smash-hit horde game. It releases on December 15th with a whole bunch of extra content.
Guitar Hero inspired free game Clone Hero version 1.0 is out now
Games like Guitar Hero were once massively popular but developers seem to have moved on, thankfully there's Clone Hero which is a free game based on the idea.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla is impressive on Steam Deck
Assassin's Creed Valhalla has launched on Steam and that means getting it on Steam Deck and Linux desktop is much easier, since Valve have Proton. The experience on Steam Deck is surprisingly good too.
Humble Choice for December includes Wasteland 3 and GreedFall and other deals
A fresh month and a new Humble Choice Bundle for subscribers to grab some more games, here's a run over what's included and the compatibility for Linux desktop and Steam Deck.
- Bazzite would shut down if Fedora goes ahead with removing 32-bit
- Fedora Linux devs discuss dropping 32-bit packages - potentially bad news for Steam gamers [updated]
- Pricing announced for the Orange Pi Neo gaming handheld with Manjaro Linux
- System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is Steam Deck Verified and SteamOS Compatible ahead of release
- Merging the worlds of Half-Life 2, Left 4 Dead and TF2 - Fortress Connected is coming to Steam
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