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Steam Deck Verified - your game highlights for mid-September 2024

By Liam Dawe,
Looking to pick up some more games for Steam Deck or Desktop Linux? Well, here's a whole bunch more that should work great.

The TUXEDO Gemini 17 - Gen3 is a big powerful desktop-replacement class laptop

By Liam Dawe,
For people who have the need for something somewhat portable, with a lot of power, perhaps the TUXEDO Gemini 17 - Gen3 will be your next purchase.

Cyberpunk action-adventure Anomaly Agent gets Linux and macOS support

By Liam Dawe,
Released back in January 2024, Anomaly Agent from Phew Phew Games went on to get an Overwhelmingly Positive rating from Steam users and now it's officially available for Linux and macOS.

PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation changes license for no commercial use and no derivatives

By Liam Dawe,
There's been a bit of a furore in the emulation community lately centred around the PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation, which has now seen two license changes recently.

Valve make even more changes for Steam store pages

By Liam Dawe,
Valve are continuing to tweak how Steam store pages are displayed, along with giving developers more tools to show exactly what they want.

An interview with the creator of Lutris

By Liam Dawe,
Want to learn a little more about Lutris, the popular Linux app for managing games, emulators and much more? Here's your chance.

Go spelunking in the Don't Starve Together - Depths of Duplicity free update

By Liam Dawe,
I haven't checked back on Don't Starve Together for quite a while now, but Klei Entertainment continue to make it one of the most interesting survival games around and the latest free update is out now with Depths of Duplicity.

4A Games and Zen Studios staying with Embracer Group

By Liam Dawe,
Back in March there was the report that Saber Interactive split off from Embracer Group, with them potentially taking on 4A Games and Zen Studios.

Linux kernel 6.11 is officially out now

By Liam Dawe,
Linus Torvalds announced the final release of the Linux kernel 6.11, as usual with a ridiculous amount of improvements, fixes, support for new and future hardware releases and everything in between.

Microsoft Windows kernel changes don't suddenly mean big things for Linux gaming

By Liam Dawe,
There's a lot of blog posts and news articles being written right now centred around Microsoft's plans for updates to Windows 11, and potential kernel changes, with some thinking this means big things for Linux gaming.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.13 Beta and a new Steam Client Beta released

By Liam Dawe,
We're really closing in on the stable release of SteamOS 3.6 now for Steam Deck, with this being the second release candidate. Plus another small Steam Client Beta release.

European Consumer Organization goes after multiple publishers for their in-game currency

By Liam Dawe,
European Consumer Organization (BEUC) has called on the European Commission to deal with various game publishers, that the BEUC claim are breaching EU consumer protection laws.

WINCH IT OUT is a challenging physics-based driving-platformer like classic Flash games

By Liam Dawe,
Solo developer ARASLANIX are working on WINCH IT OUT, a physics-based driving-platformer, a game that reminds me of a simpler time with lots of different Flash games.

Get drilling for oil once again in the Turmoil - Deeper Underground DLC

By Liam Dawe,
Wow, haven't heard of this one for a while. Released back in 2016, Turmoil is a game about drilling for oil like it's 1899 and it has a new expansion available.

Ubuntu 24.10 gets a new Snap feature to handle prompting for app permissions

By Liam Dawe,
Canonical are continuing to advance their own Snap packaging system, with the Ubuntu 24.10 development builds getting a new permission prompt feature.

KDE Plasma 6.2 Beta released and Plasma Wayland Protocols 1.14 out now

By Liam Dawe,
Time for a little testing over the weekend, as the KDE team have released Plasma 6.2 Beta along with updated Plasma Wayland Protocols.

Steam has a PlayStation Publisher Sale on with some nice discounts

By Liam Dawe,
If you need some more big games for Linux desktop and Steam Deck, take a look at the latest PlayStation Publisher Sale on Steam.

Cyberpunk 2077 gets AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 with Frame Generation

By Liam Dawe,
Cyberpunk 2077 fans on Linux desktop and Steam Deck might be quite happy about this latest update which adds in some new performance features.

Valve puts two Steam Deck LCD models on sale for Steam's birthday

By Liam Dawe,
It's Steam's birthday? Wow, I forgot, did you? To celebrate a little bit, Valve are giving you the chance to give them even more money by picking up a cheap Steam Deck.

Unity cancels the stupid Runtime Fee

By Liam Dawe,
After a complete disaster a while ago that saw many developers jump-ship, and cause a huge PR problem, Unity have now cancelled the Runtime Fee.