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The creator of Lutris has joined up with Playtron for PlaytronOS

By Liam Dawe,
The Playtron team working on PlaytronOS has grown recently, with the creator of the popular app Lutris joining up.

Moon Watch is a time-stopping horde survival deck-builder from the devs of Backpack Hero

By Liam Dawe,
The team behind the popular Backpack Hero, Jaspel, have revealed their new game Moon Watch. Combining together elements of recent popular games like Vampire Survivors for the basic idea, but blending in deck-building too with the ability to stop time.

EmuDeck 2.3 Beta brings a new unified UI and multi language support

By Liam Dawe,
For fans of emulation on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux, you might want to give the new EmuDeck 2.3 Beta a spin.

NonSteamLaunchers v3.9.4 gets save backups using Ludusavi

By Liam Dawe,
NonSteamLaunchers has a new release out with version 3.9.4 bringing in Ludusavi, a tool that can help you backup your game saves.

DOOM + DOOM II enhanced versions get Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Now that the upgraded enhanced releases of DOOM and DOOM II from Nightdive Studios and id Software are available, Valve have given it a fresh test to get it Steam Deck Verified.

KDE Slimbook VI announced with an AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

By Liam Dawe,
Slimbook have announced their latest KDE Slimbook VI, with it being shown off during the KDE Akademy 2024 event taking place in Würzburg, Germany.

Oxenfree is being completely removed from itch.io in October

By Liam Dawe,
Night School Studio sent out an email to owners of Oxenfree on itch.io, to notify that it's going to be completely removed from the store on October 1st.

Steam Beta adds new shortcut key to save a clip of recent gameplay

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a fresh Steam Beta client for Desktop and Steam Deck, with one change I'm sure some will love with the new Game Recording system.

Wine 9.17 released with window surface scaling on High DPI displays

By Liam Dawe,
The Windows compatibility layer Wine version 9.17 is out now bringing new features and bug fixes so here's what's new.

AMD's Z2 Extreme chip due out sometime in 2025 for handheld PCs

By Liam Dawe,
Things are about to get even more interesting for people interested in handheld gaming PCs like the Steam Deck, ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go as there's a new AMD chip coming.

A classic returns - Gimmick! 2 from Bitwave Games is out now

By Liam Dawe,
The original released back in 1992 for the Famicom (NES) and now Bitwave Games along with publisher Clear River Games have revived the classic platformer with Gimmick! 2 out now.

The Elecrow CrowView Note is a real useful all-in-one portable monitor and keyboard

By Liam Dawe,
Elecrow sent over a review unit of their new CrowView Note, a portable all-in-one monitor and keyboard that you can use to turn various devices into a proper workstation.

Year Unknown is a mysterious story-focused exploration game about finding purpose

By Liam Dawe,
Set in the very far future, a time where we've conquered the stars, Year Unknown is a story-focused exploration game about finding purpose.

Parking Garage Rally Circuit releases September 20

By Liam Dawe,
Ready to destroy some tyres? Parking Garage Rally Circuit from Walaber Entertainment has announced a release date for September 20.

Retroid Pocket 5 and Retroid Pocket Mini price and pre-order date revealed

By Liam Dawe,
With the recent announcement that both the Retroid Pocket 5 and Retroid Pocket Mini will have Linux support thanks to the new chipset, it's an exciting time for retro gamers and now we know how much you'll need to save.

Mesa 24.2.2 graphics drivers released enabling Intel Lunar Lake and Battlemage

By Liam Dawe,
A week after the release of both Mesa 24.2.1 and Mesa 24.1.7, the next point release Mesa 24.2.2 is out now with numerous bug fixes and improvements.

Retro racer Slipstream has a final update with new content, mod tools, and Steam Workshop support

By Liam Dawe,
Released originally back in 2018, Slipstream is a retro racer in the spirit of games from the late 80s and early 90s. The developer came back for one final update to finish it off.

Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.6.12 Beta released as the first Release Candidate

By Liam Dawe,
Valve are closing in on the final stable release of SteamOS 3.6 for Steam Deck, with SteamOS 3.6.12 Beta out now as the first release candidate.

Baldur's Gate 3 patch 1.7 is out now with a mod manager, modding toolkit and lots more

By Liam Dawe,
Larian Studios still aren't yet finished with Baldur's Gate 3 seeing a huge new update out now, with a few more patches still to come.

GE-Proton 9-13 released bringing in a fix for World of Warcraft

By Liam Dawe,
Only a few days after GE-Proton 9-12 was released, GE-Proton 9-13 is out now with a fix for World of Warcraft along with upstream code updates.