Article Search

Orange Pi Neo gaming handheld to come with Manjaro Linux

By Liam Dawe, Feb 5

Shown off during the recent FOSDEM 2024 event, it seems the Manjaro Linux team have buddied up with hardware vendor Orange Pi for the Orange Pi Neo gaming handheld.

OBS Studio 30.1 Beta 1 adds Video Capture Device (PipeWire) source, plus more AV1 support

By Liam Dawe, Feb 2

A fresh Beta is available for the video recording and livestreaming app OBS Studio, with OBS Studio 30.1 Beta 1 bringing various new features and fixes.

What to Expect From Wine on Wayland in 2024

By pleasereadthemanual, Jan 31

Collabora, the company responsible for developing Wine's Wayland driver and getting it into Wine proper, has just published Wine on Wayland: A year in review (and a look ahead).

Beginner-friendly factory sim shapez 2 now has a demo

By Liam Dawe, Jan 25

shapez 2 is a huge expansion over the original 2D shape-cutting factory sim, now in full 3D with a lot more features and there's now a demo available to try it out.

Proposed Windows NT sync driver brings big Wine / Proton performance improvements

By Liam Dawe, Jan 24

Zeb Figura of CodeWeavers has proposed a Windows NT synchronization primitive driver to help performance of running games and applications designed for Windows on Linux with Wine / Proton.

The Universim god-game city-builder 1.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe, Jan 23

The Universim from Crytivo has finally released, what they call a "new breed of God Game" where you guide a civilisation from nothing up to the stars.

Multiple shoot 'em ups from Taito like G-Darius HD got fixed up for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Jan 11

Taito and M2 have been bringing some updated shoot 'em up classics to Steam with lots of enhancements, and players seem to love them. Now titles like G-Darius HD should work great on the Steam Deck.

Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol. 3 announced

By Liam Dawe, Jan 11

Even more classics are getting a new life on PC with the Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol. 3 announced for release on February 1st along with Linux and Steam Deck support just like the previous collections.

MSI officially announced the Claw A1M handheld with Intel

By Liam Dawe, Jan 9

Well there it is! MSI Claw A1M is the official name of the next big vendor to jump into the handheld gaming space to take on the likes of the Steam Deck, ROG Ally and the Lenovo Legion Go.

Steam Deck Verified picks for the 2023 holiday season

By Liam Dawe, Dec 22, 2023

Need some fresh games for the holiday season? Got you covered here with some more games that have recently become fully Steam Deck Verified so you can click play and enjoy.

Proton Experimental brings more HDR + Steam Overlay hack for Easy Anti-Cheat from EOS

By Liam Dawe, Dec 20, 2023

Valve put up a new release of Proton Experimental today and it has some interesting changes, so here's all the latest on what's new for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux gaming.

4x space strategy game New Stars hits Early Access

By Liam Dawe, Dec 20, 2023

Are you a fan of titles like Stellaris and other space strategy games? You may want to take a look at New Stars, which just entered Early Access with Linux support.

God-sim city-builder The Universim releases 1.0 on January 22, 2024

By Liam Dawe, Dec 18, 2023

After a good few years in Early Access, The Universim from Crytivo is finally set to hit the big 1.0 with some fun new features.

AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR3) is now open source

By Liam Dawe, Dec 14, 2023

As promised, AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 is now open source under the MIT license and available for all developers to look into and add into their games.

FOSS strategy-shooter Unvanquished update brings better bots, improved server browser

By Liam Dawe, Dec 14, 2023

Unvanquished, the free and open source strategy-shooter mix, has released version 0.54.1 bringing with it some much needed improvements to continue building on.

The Garden Path, a quiet life sim about the joy of gardening releases Spring 2024

By Liam Dawe, Dec 12, 2023

The Garden Path was originally due to release earlier this year, but the developer pushed it back to continue improving it and now you can again grab an early copy with a new full release window revealed.

Build up and higher in Stellar Settlers a colony sim with vertical building

By Liam Dawe, Dec 11, 2023

This one has certainly made me curious, Tinymice Entertainment emailed over info on Stellar Settlers, a space-base colony building sim with a twist - you keep building vertically.

Check out the demo for Planetiles, a chilled city-builder like Dorfromantik

By Liam Dawe, Dec 6, 2023

Enjoy games like Dorfromantik that have you build tiles and expand while mostly just chilling? Then you're going to want to look at Planetiles.

Humble Choice for December 2023 is a nice all-rounder of treats

By Liam Dawe, Dec 5, 2023

The latest Humble Choice for December 2023 is now available with another set of games for subscribers, so here's your usual run over what's inside and the compatibility for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.