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Wine 10.3 released with clipboard support in the Wayland driver, initial Vulkan video decoder support

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine 10.3 development release is now available for testing, which includes some new features and the usual assorted bug fixes to make running Windows games and apps on Linux even better.

AMD confirm Ryzen 9 9950X3D & 9900X3D price and release date

By Liam Dawe,
For those of you wanting a new high-spec processor for all your gaming, perhaps the latest Ryzen X3D will be what you're after. Announced back in January, today we now have the confirmed launch dates and pricing.
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Whisker Squadron: Survivor does a barrel roll with Star Fox and survivor-likes smashed together - out now

By Liam Dawe,
After a while in Early Access, Whisker Squadron: Survivor has launched that attempts to blend together the on-rails shooting from Star Fox with a few elements of the bullet heaven survivor-likes popularised by Vampire Survivors.

Secret Agent Wizard Boy is Harry Potter meets Goat Simulator and it's chaos

By Liam Dawe,
From John, Evan and David Szymanski - names you might know from the likes of DUSK, My Friendly Neighborhood, Kyle is Famous, Butcher's Creek, Squirrel Stapler and more is a thoroughly chaotic and ridiculous game about toppling an evil crime syndicate hidden beneath a prestigious wizarding school.

Good news for GOG fans - Kingdom Come: Deliverance II arrives March 28 plus a publisher sale

By Liam Dawe,
GOG have announced that the incredibly popular open-world game Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is set for release on March 28th.

Everything to grab from Prime Gaming, March 7th edition for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Here's the up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming for March 7th, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck. It's a fresh month, so we've got some new games coming.

Competitive FPS 'FragPunk' has launched on Steam and works on Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
The new kid on the block here is FragPunk, an online competitive FPS that feels like a noisy flashy version of Counter-Strike blended with Valorant and the good news is the anti-cheat is enabled for Linux / Steam Deck.

Bullet heaven survivor-like shoot 'em up Gunlocked 2 announced

By Liam Dawe,
FromLefcourt have announced Gunlocked 2, a bullet heaven survivor-like shoot 'em up that takes all the goodies from the first game and greatly expands on it.

Proton Experimental gets fixes for No Man's Sky, Deviator and re-enables NVAPI for multiple games

By Liam Dawe,
On top of releasing a fresh update to Proton Hotfix, there's also a new Proton Experimental update for Linux / Steam Deck available now.

Proton Hotfix updated to fix The Finals and Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced (offline) on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released a new Proton Hotfix update which solves issues with both The Finals and Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced (offline play) on Linux / Steam Deck.

Mining sandbox adventure Core Keeper gets its first major post-release update on March 10

By Liam Dawe,
Core Keeper from developer Pugstorm has a fresh major content upgrade coming, the first post-release update and it's going to release really soon on March 10.

Trailmakers 2.0: Pioneers is out now and it's like a whole new game

By Liam Dawe,
Trailmakers has managed to pull in a lot of happy players since the original 2019 full release, and the developers at Flashbulb have been busy building up the massive free update with Trailmakers 2.0: Pioneers that's out now.

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH gets a smaller download on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Square Enix have updated FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH and they've managed to cut down the download size for the Steam Deck and by quite a bit too.

THE FINALS broken on Linux / Steam Deck (yes again) with Update 5.12.0

By Liam Dawe,
A reoccurring theme here with THE FINALS from Embark Studios is that it appears to break on Linux / Steam Deck each major upgrade, and it has happened again with the launch of Update 5.12.0.

Path of Exile 2 gets a fix for Linux / Steam Deck being detected as cheating

By Liam Dawe,
Grinding Gear Games are showing clear support for Linux / Steam Deck with Path of Exile 2, ensuring it continues working properly.

MangoHud performance overlay v0.8.1 reworks FPS metrics, adds FEX stats, fixes bugs

By Liam Dawe,
Another new release is available for MangoHud, the Linux gaming overlay, which is also used for the performance stats on Steam Deck.

Mesa 25.0.1 released with fixes for Avowed and Total War Warhammer III

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Eric Engestrom announced the released of Mesa 25.0.1, the first bug-fix release for the Mesa 25.0 series.

11 bit studios working on getting Frostpunk 2 up to Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
11 bit studios latest game Frostpunk 2 was recently rated Steam Deck Playable by Valve, with the developer noting they are working towards getting it bumped up to Verified.

FINAL FANTASY XVI removed Denuvo Anti-tamper

By Liam Dawe,
Square Enix released a fresh small update to FINAL FANTASY XVI on March 4th, noting a couple of minor fixes but it appears they also removed Denuvo Anti-tamper.

Action-adventure Eternal Strands gets bumped up to Steam Deck Verified with a new update

By Liam Dawe,
Yellow Brick Games have updated their fantastic looking action-adventure Eternal Strands, and this enabled them to get it Steam Deck Verified.