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Monster Train 2 is now set for release on May 21

By Liam Dawe, 20 hours ago

Following the news I shared yesterday about Monster Train 2 being Steam Deck Verified, they've today revealed the release date as well.

Paradox announce Victoria 3: Expansion Pass 2 with Charters of Commerce expansion arriving in June

By Liam Dawe, 20 hours ago

It may not be the most popular strategy game from Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studios, but they're still expanding it. Victoria 3 is getting a major expansion in June, with the Victoria 3: Expansion Pass 2 on Steam now.

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Luck be a Landlord dev's bullet heaven roguelite Maze Mice arrives May 2

By Liam Dawe, 21 hours ago

Maze Mice is the next game from the developer of the popular Luck be a Landlord, and it's going to chew through your skirting board into Early Access on May 2nd.

Blendo Games announce full Steam Deck support for stealthy shooter Skin Deep

By Liam Dawe, 21 hours ago

Blendo Games who previously made Flotilla, Quadrilateral Cowboy, Thirty Flights of Loving and Atom Zombie Smasher have a brand new release coming on April 30 with Skin Deep. It will come with full Steam Deck support.

GE-Proton 9-27 brings fixes for Ubisoft Connect, Epic Games, Wuthering Waves and Monster Hunter Wilds

By Liam Dawe, 21 hours ago

The community maintained compatibility layer for Windows games on Linux / Steam Deck, GE-Proton version 9-27 is out now with numerous fixes.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.24 released with fixes for Avowed and No Rest for the Wicked

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Valve have released the latest stable SteamOS update for Steam Deck. SteamOS 3.6.24 is here with a few fixes and improvements, while work continues on the huge SteamOS 3.7 update.

The Last of Us Part II Remastered is Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

What could be the biggest surprise of the year — The Last of Us Part II Remastered releases on Steam on April 3rd, and Valve just gave it the green Steam Deck Verified checkmark.

Monster Train 2 is Steam Deck Verified ahead of release

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Great news for gamers on the go as Monster Train 2 from Shiny Shoe / Big Fan Games is Steam Deck Verified. It hasn't even released yet so Valve got in early for this one.

Rogue Kingdoms blends tower defense with Vampire Survivors action and will have full Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

With an upgrade system that's a little inspired by the popularity of Vampire Survivors and all the games that followed, Rogue Kingdoms combines some interesting looking tower defense gameplay with direct hero control and roguelike elements.

Critter Cove gets a major performance update - should work better on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Critter Cove is an open world life sim and town building game set in a cozy post-apocalyptic paradise. It's currently in Early Access and a recent update brings a big performance improvement to it.

ProtonUp-Qt v2.12 brings a new Steam Deck theme and support for Proton-CachyOS

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

ProtonUp-Qt is a tool to add extra compatibility tools on Linux / Steam Deck like GE-Proton. A new release out now with version 2.12.

KDE Plasma 6.3.4 fixes 'the most common Plasma crash', now down to zero very high priority bugs

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Work on the KDE Plasma desktop sounds like it continues to go very well, with some really important bug fixes arriving to make the experience a lot nicer. My favourite Linux desktop environment and what powers the Desktop Mode on Steam Deck.

Linux support for Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour is coming along now it's open source

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Now that the code for Command & Conquer Generals (along with other classic RTS games from EA) is open source, the community is working on getting it working natively on Linux without the need of Wine / Proton.

Nearly two years after the last update, Quake II RTX 1.8 is out with Quake 2 Remastered map support

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Lightspeed Studios / NVIDIA have recently updated Quake II RTX, their ray-traced reimagining of id software’s old school classic.

Satisfactory will get controller support with the massive 1.1 update

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

Due to get an experimental build for you to test it early tomorrow, controller support is coming to Satisfactory along with a whole bunch of other big upgrades.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has lost its Steam Deck Verified rating

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

Valve's Steam Deck rating system is generally quite correct, but there are clearly some times when it isn't. Thankfully, Valve do go back over various games to re-test them and Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has been hit with a downgraded rating.

Cassette Beasts is getting a new companion character and story quest

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

Cassette Beasts from Bytten Studio has a fresh update announced for release on April 7th, bringing in a number of extras to the already fantastic and unique monster catcher.

Historical strategy game Old World switches to Vulkan for Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

Mohawk Games continue releasing some pretty big updates to their Civilization like game Old World, with the latest aiming to fix up lots of issues and improve performance.

Immortal Boy looks wild blending a little Undertale and OMORI together

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

IcarusDev is currently making Immortal Boy a 2.5D turn-based RPG of battles, puzzles and exploration - amid secrets and betrayal. It's a little of Undertale meets OMORI.