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Asymmetrical indirect control RTS game Roboden now Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
How about a free (and open source) game to add to your library? Roboden is an asymmetrical indirect control real-time strategy game about robot colonies and it's now Steam Deck Verified.

Adventure of Rikka - The Cursed Kingdom is one for classic Zelda lovers

By Liam Dawe,
Do you like classic action-adventure puzzle games like the older Zelda titles? Be sure to check out Adventure of Rikka - The Cursed Kingdom.

Athenian Rhapsody is one of the wackiest games I've seen for a while

By Liam Dawe,
Releasing May 14th, Athenian Rhapsody certainly caught my attention in the GamingOnLinux inbox with a tagline of "Make friends and catch IBS".

Superhero strategy game Capes confirmed for release on May 29th

By Liam Dawe,
Capes is an XCOM-like superhero strategy game coming from Spitfire Interactive, comprised of key creatives behind the Hand of Fate franchise. It has a new trailer and a release date now!

Take back 1944 occupied Poland in '63 Days', will be optimised for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
63 Days is a new action strategy game coming from developer Destructive Creations who previously made War Mongrels and Ancestors Legacy. 63 Days is about brotherhood and the fight to regain independence against overwhelming odds in the 1944 occupied Warsaw, Poland.

Free Stars: Children of Infinity, sequel to The Ur-Quan Masters now on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe,
Pistol Shrimp Games, founded by Toys for Bob veterans, have today launched the Kickstarter campaign for Free Stars: Children of Infinity which is a direct sequel to The Ur-Quan Masters (Star Control 2).

PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs launches in early May

By Liam Dawe,
I know I'm going to be suckered into PAC-MAN Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs when it releases on May 8th, after previously being a Stadia exclusive.

It took about 15 years but epic roguelike Caves of Qud is nearly done

By Liam Dawe,
Caves of Qud from developer Freehold Games and publisher Kitfox Games is approaching the 1.0 finishing line, and so their roadmap towards the release has been put up and it sounds really exciting.

Emulation tool RetroDECK brings in Ryujinx for Nintendo Switch, many other improvements

By Liam Dawe,
RetroDECK is one of the simplest options for getting various emulators set up on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux, and the latest release has lots of fun improvements to check out.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) Beta released

By Liam Dawe,
Canonical is gearing up for the release of the next LTS (long term support) version of Ubuntu, with a first Beta now available for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat).

Descent 3 has been made open source

By Liam Dawe,
Another classic has been given the open source treatment, with Descent 3 from Outrage Entertainment now available under the MIT license.

Half-Life remake Black Mesa has a big upgrade with DXVK 2.3.1, optimizations and bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Crowbar Collective have released the Necro Patch for the Half-Life remake Black Mesa, which brings with it some essential bug fixes and some nice optimizations.

Steam FPS Fest 2024 is live with tons of great discounts

By Liam Dawe,
Another festival of games is live on Steam now with Steam FPS Fest 2024 running until April 22nd at 10am PT / 5pm UTC, and there's also plenty of demos for games to try too.

Paradox announce Stellaris: Season 08, with Stellaris: The Machine Age launching May 7th

By Liam Dawe,
After the success with the Crusader Kings III: Chapter III season pass, Paradox have decided to give the same treatment to Stellaris with Stellaris: Season 08. We also have a new trailer and release date for Stellaris: The Machine Age.

Get your Deckbuilder fix in this latest Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
I know plenty of people who will probably be quite interested in the Devious Deckbuilders Humble Bundle, which includes some pretty great games.

Bazzite v2.5 has fixes for Lenovo Legion Go and ASUS ROG Ally, plus smoother installs

By Liam Dawe,
Bazzite is one of the most interesting versions of Linux available for handheld gaming devices, and the latest release version 2.5.0 is out now with some great improvements.

OpenTTD 14.0 brings a scalable font, a new ship pathfinder, social platform integration

By Liam Dawe,
Twenty years after the first release, OpenTTD 14.0 has been made available bringing with it some really useful sounding features to enable new ways to play.

OpenRazer v3.8 adds support for 6 more Razer devices on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
An essential tool for anyone wanting to configure their fancy Razer devices is OpenRazer, with version 3.8.0 just released bringing expanded support on Linux.

MineClone2, inspired by Minecraft, gets renamed to VoxeLibre

By Liam Dawe,
Inspired by the core gameplay of Minecraft, the name MineClone2 was not a particularly good one and it seems the developers were aware and so it's gone through a rebrand to be now called VoxeLibre.

GE-Proton 9-3 and 9-4 released with a new option to help with modded games

By Liam Dawe,
GE-Proton 9-3 has been released, and it includes a fancy new option to hopefully prevent you having issues with modded games when moving between systems like a PC and a Steam Deck.