Steam Spring Sale 2025 is live now - here's some great budget games for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have launched the first of their planned four major seasonal sales for 2025, with the Steam Spring Sale launched featuring plenty of big discounts and demos.

Fast-paced turn-based tactics game Warside for fans of Advance Wars launches April 14

By Liam Dawe,
It looks very much like Advance Wars. LAVABIRD and First Break Labs have announced that Warside is set for launch now on April 14th.
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Palworld is getting crossplay in 'late March'

By Liam Dawe,
Pocketpair have announced that sometime real soon you'll be able to team up with players across different platforms in the popular monster catcher Palworld.

Hello Sunshine has you walking in the shadow of a giant robot so you're not fried by the sun

By Liam Dawe,
Just announced from Red Thread Games (Dreamfall Chapters, Draugen, Dustborn) is Hello Sunshine, a mysterious survival game where you're following a truly massive robot and keeping to their shadow to not get fried by the sun.

Moon Studios developer of Ori and No Rest for the Wicked goes 'fully independent'

By Liam Dawe,
Some good industry news for you today. Moon Studios who made Ori and the Blind Forest, Ori and the Will of the Wisps and their current Early Access game No Rest for the Wicked have gone "fully independent".

Bazzite Linux announced two new editions designed for game developers

By Liam Dawe,
Bazzite Linux, a popular choice for people wanting to put Linux on their handhelds or living room PC, is getting two new editions designed to help developers.

Spell-combining co-op survivor-like The Spell Brigade adds a new character and a new game mode

By Liam Dawe,
A game that continues to review well by players, with it hitting a good sales milestone not long after launch, The Spell Brigade from Bolt Blaster Games has a big update out now with a brand new character.

Here's what was shown off during the Humble Games Showcase 2025

By Liam Dawe,
The Humble Games Showcase 2025 just recently went live and with it we have some new game announcements and trailers. So here's what you might have missed to keep you up to date.

A Sweeping Journey Down The Path In The Woods: Slay The Princess Pristine Cut Interview

By alexa_bement,
When you make your way out of the cabin in the woods at the end of a production cycle, what happens next? With the release of Slay The Princess: The Pristine Cut DLC, I asked Black Tabby Games developers Tony Howard-Aris and Abby Howard about the game's past and present, as well as the future of Black Tabby Games, and even some very important lore about the Voices.

Ubisoft announce Steam Deck support for Assassin's Creed Shadows at launch

By Liam Dawe,
In a surprise turnaround after previously stating the Steam Deck would not be supported for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Ubisoft have now said it actually will be.

Machine Mind blends real-time action with survival and RTS elements to make a fun mix

By Liam Dawe,
Chudo-Yudo Games are working on Machine Mind, an interesting mixture of strategy and action genres blended together. There's a demo available to try with Linux support, along with an expanded playtest.

Cyber Knights: Flashpoint the cyberpunk XCOM-like hits full launch on May 15

By Liam Dawe,
Inspired by games like XCOM 2, Shadowrun and Invisible Inc the latest from Trese Brothers with Cyber Knights: Flashpoint is set to leave Early Access on May 15th with a new update out now.

Amazon GameLift Streams allows devs to run their own streaming platform - supports Linux and Proton runtimes

By Liam Dawe,
Amazon recently announced their new GameLift Streams service, allowing game developers to spin up their own game streaming solutions.

Time-travelling adventure Old Skies from Wadjet Eye Games arrives April 23

By Liam Dawe,
Wadjet Eye Games have announced their next game, the time-travelling adventure Old Skies, is now set for launch on April 23rd.

Get ready for some chaos as POSTAL 2: VR has been announced

By Liam Dawe,
Running With Scissors along with Flat2VR Studios and Team Beef have announced the chaotic action game Postal 2 is coming to VR with a completely overhauled experienced. POSTAL 2: VR sounds like a lot of fun.

I hope Valve are watching closely with Microsoft working towards an Xbox Handheld

By Liam Dawe,
With Microsoft pushing to improve Windows on handhelds, and reportedly working with a specific partner on an Xbox-branded gaming handheld, Valve should be watching closely with their Linux plans for Steam Deck and SteamOS.

Mechanism are doing a Spring Sale for their Steam Deck accessories

By Liam Dawe,
You can grab yourself a nice Gaming Pillow, various versions of the Deckmate attachment system and more with discounts.

GE-Proton 9-26 brings fixes for Vermintide 2, GTA V Enhanced, Flight Simulator 2024 and more

By Liam Dawe,
GE-Proton 9-26 is out now bringing with it a bunch of fixes for various games on Linux / Steam Deck so here's what's new.

Mesa 25.1 will default to Zink+NVK instead of the old Nouveau OpenGL driver for NVIDIA on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Time for a bit of modernisation. With the upcoming Mesa 25.1 release, Collabora developer Faith Ekstrand announced a big change for NVIDIA GPU users. If you're not using the proprietary NVIDIA driver, that is.

The Triple-i Initiative gaming showcase returns for 2025 with a teaser

By Liam Dawe,
Looks like we're set for a bunch more interesting game reveals! The Triple-i Initiative gaming showcase has announced a return for 2025 and it's likely another good one.