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Proton 9.0-4 is out now bringing big compatibility improvements for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, 4 hours ago

The latest stable version of the compatibility layer to run Windows games on Steam Deck / Desktop Linux from Valve, Proton 9.0-4 is out now.

Cyberpunk 2077 gets another big upgrade with more customisation and secrets in update 2.2

By Liam Dawe, 7 hours ago

CD PROJEKT RED put up another free big upgrade for Cyberpunk 2077, so is it time to dive back into Night City for another run? You may want to.

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Ballionaire is annoyingly good and I want to play it all the time

By Liam Dawe, 9 hours ago

Ballionaire from developer newobject and publisher Raw Fury scratches all the right places in my brain, and I want more of it.

Moon Watch mixes up the bullet heaven survivor genre with time-stopping and deck-building into something strategic

By Liam Dawe, 10 hours ago

Moon Watch is a new release now in Early Access from developer Jaspel, who also made Backpack Hero, and they're mixing genres together again into something new.

Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog is a seriously cool visual novel love-letter to retro anime and 80s Sci-Fi

By Liam Dawe, 15 hours ago

I don't play many visual novels, but I might have to break that habit again soon with Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog because it looks and feels like playing through a classic Gundam Anime story.

Ruffy and the Riverside is a unique action-adventure where you have the power to copy and paste textures

By Liam Dawe, 15 hours ago

This is such a fun idea for a game. Ruffy and the Riverside is a colourful hand-drawn action-adventure where you've got a special power called SWAP, that lets you copy and paste textures in the game.

Mystery adventure Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping announced

By Liam Dawe, 15 hours ago

The Duck returns for another mystery adventure in Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping coming sometime in 2025 with Native Linux support.

Epic Games update the Unreal Tournament website linking to the free downloads from OldUnreal

By Liam Dawe, 15 hours ago [updated]

Back in November, I reported on Epic Games giving their approval for Unreal 1 and Unreal Tournament becoming completely free to download. Now, Epic Games have updated the official Unreal Tournament website to link to the OldUnreal community.

The Talos Principle: Reawakened announced that rebuilds and expands the original in Unreal Engine 5

By Liam Dawe, 16 hours ago

The much loved puzzle adventure The Talos Principle is being remade in Unreal Engine 5, with Croteam / Devolver Digital announcing The Talos Principle: Reawakened.

Steam Deck OLED - Valve Certified Refurbished

Valve now sell refurbished Steam Deck OLED models

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Valve announced today that they've added the Steam Deck OLED 512GB and 1TB models into their Valve Certified Refurbished program, so you can grab one a bit cheaper.

PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 released for arm64 works on Raspberry Pi 5 and Apple Silicon

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

The PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 team have been busy as they've announced the release of RPCS3 for arm64 that includes like likes of the Raspberry Pi 5 and Apple Silicon (M1, M2 etc).

Comedy adventure Elroy and the Aliens will launch April 2025

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Developer Motiviti have announced that the colourful comedy adventure Elroy and the Aliens is going to launch on April 2nd, 2025. There's a new trailer and demo available.

Escape Simulator 2 the 'ultimate first person escape room experience' announced by Pine Studio

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Pine Studio have announced a follow-up to their massively successful Escape Simulator, with Escape Simulator 2 that they plan to be the "ultimate first person escape room experience".

Space Marine 2 adds DLSS3, FSR3 and Frame Generation - more playable on Steam Deck, needs launch option for Desktop Linux

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

A huge Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 patch has landed improving many parts of the game, along with helping performance with an upgrade to NVIDIA DLSS3, AMD FSR3.1 and Frame Generation plus some improvements to their anti-cheat (Easy Anti-Cheat).

Proton Experimental adds initial speech synthesis support, lots of game fixes for Steam Deck / Linux and easier modding

By Liam Dawe, a day ago [updated]

Proton Experimental has been updated from Valve with some new features like initial speech synthesis support, along with the usual assortment of fixes for specific games running on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux. Plus, much easier modding!

Humble bring back the excellent Beamdog & Owlcat RPG Bundle for a limited time

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Humble continue bringing back some popular game bundles for a limited time that I wrote about recently, and now you can get another chance to pick up the Beamdog & Owlcat RPG Bundle which really is a good deal.

Arch Linux Package Management (ALPM) gets funding from Sovereign Tech Agency

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Seems like Arch Linux is going from strength to strength lately. Not only have Valve begun funding parts of the Linux distribution but now the Sovereign Tech Agency are as well.

Funko issue a statement about the itch.io take-down, while also apparently calling itch founder's mom

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Recently I wrote about how the much loved itch.io store got taken down by Funko (as in Funko Pop figures). The situation seems thankfully sorted with itch back up, but things got a little weird.

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Raspberry Pi 500 and Raspberry Pi Monitor are available now

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

Just in time for the holiday season, Raspberry Pi have launched two new bits of hardware for you to tinker with the Raspberry Pi 500 and an official Raspberry Pi Monitor.