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Marble It Up! gets Linux support and now Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Marble It Up! Ultra is a new free overhaul of Marble It Up! that comes with Native Linux support, and it's also now Steam Deck Verified. The upgrade is also free for existing owners.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart update includes a fix for Linux gamers

By Liam Dawe,
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart released back in late July and Insomniac Games / Nixxes Software have released another patch for it, which includes a fix for Linux gamers.

High On Life, The Outer Worlds, Journey To The Savage Planet and more in this bundle

By Liam Dawe,
You can get a whole lot of crazy space sci-fi in this Spaced Out Humble Bundle and there's some really good picks. So here's what you can get and what compatibility to expect on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

TMNT: Shredder's Revenge - Dimension Shellshock DLC to release on August 31st

By Pengling,
The previously-announced DLC Dimension Shellshock for the Native Linux beat 'em up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge now has a confirmed release-date and price, and there'll be a separate free update on the same day, too.

Tempest Rising brings back memories of Command & Conquer

By Liam Dawe,
Tempest Rising is an upcoming base-building RTS from Slipgate Ironworks and 2B Games with publishing via THQ Nordic and 3D Realms and a first playable preview is out with the first GDF mission.

Sandtrix the falling-block Tetris-like is getting a Sandtrix+ Steam release

By Liam Dawe,
Originally called Setris until a DMCA from Tetris Holding, LLC appeared, Sandtrix is now getting a Sandtrix+ treatment with a full Steam release coming on September 1st.

ProtonDB now has filters for PC and Steam Deck reports

By Liam Dawe,
ProtonDB is the go-to for a lot of people to see how games run on Linux desktop and Steam Deck, and while its rating system is far from perfect it's nice to have. A recent upgrade also makes it a lot nicer to browse.

To the Moon - Beach Episode gets a trailer, plus there's going to be a card game

By Liam Dawe,
Freebird Games have revealed a brand new trailer for To the Moon - Beach Episode, the next is the series of this 2D RPG adventure and there's even going to be a real-life card game.

Baldur's Gate 3 is going to get some big updates

By Liam Dawe,
I'm still completely hooked on Baldur's Gate 3, the first time for a while I've been properly firmly sucked into a game and it's set to get some big updates too.

Happy Debian Day - going 30 years strong

By Liam Dawe,
Today is Debian Day and it's quite a special one, because the Debian Project has now been going for 30 years which is a very impressive milestone.

Steam Beta updated with Indonesian support, 4K high quality streaming preset

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has released a new Beta version of the Steam client for desktop and Steam Deck, plus an expansion to add in Indonesian language support.

Comic book adventure Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Enjoy comics and visual novels? How about super heroes? You should take a look at the recently released Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain which looks great.

We Stay Behind is the next game from Unforeseen Incidents developer

By Liam Dawe,
Did you enjoy Unforeseen Incidents from Backwoods Entertainment? They've revealed their new title We Stay Behind, a single-player third-person mystery between dreams and reality.

Overwatch 2 becomes the worst user-reviewed game on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
While other developers like Larian are riding high with Baldur's Gate 3, it seems Blizzard are not doing so well with the recent Steam release of Overwatch 2 becoming the worst user-reviewed game of all time on Steam.

Check out this modern rewrite of the classic racer wipEout

By Liam Dawe,
Do you remember the original wipEout? An absolute classic racer originally released 1995 for Sony PlayStation, DOS and later the SEGA Saturn. Now there's a modern cross-platform remake available to try out.

Latest trailer for Crowsworn has me desperately wanting this Hollow Knight-like

By Liam Dawe,
Crowsworn looks like it's coming along nicely and fans of Hollow Knight will want to keep a close eye on it. Celebrating two years since their Kickstarter, they have a new trailer up.

Linux kernel gets an AMD Zenbleed fix for the Steam Deck APU

By Liam Dawe,
One security issue I somehow missed back in July was Zenbleed, an issue with AMD CPUs that's getting patched up in the Linux kernel and now the Steam Deck is getting a kernel fix for it too.

AMD RADV Ray Tracing to potentially get much faster on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
With some work currently pending to be pulled into Mesa, the open source AMD RADV driver could be about to get much faster with Ray Tracing which is exciting to see.

Win a Framework Laptop 13 in the KDE Plasma 6 Wallpaper Competition

By Liam Dawe,
With the release of KDE Plasma 6 closing in, a Wallpaper Competition is live and the prize is pretty awesome - you can win a Framework Laptop 13 DIY Edition!

Heart of the Machine from Arcen Games dropping Native Linux for Proton

By Liam Dawe,
Arcen Games developers of AI War, The Last Federation, Bionic Dues have said they're no longer doing Native Linux support for their upcoming game Heart of the Machine and will instead rely on Proton.