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Steam Summer Sale 2024 is live now

By Liam Dawe,
Here it is once again. It's that time of the year. Valve have opened the floodgates for you to throw money at your screen during the Steam Summer Sale 2024.

Valve has a new Steam Chart for the most played Steam Deck games

By Liam Dawe,
While every month Valve has been posting a fresh set of the most played Steam Deck games for the previous month, they've now added a dedicated Steam Chart for it.

NVIDIA driver 555.58 released as stable bringing Wayland Explicit Sync

By Liam Dawe,
The time is finally here. The next big stable update to the NVIDIA proprietary driver for Linux with version 555.58 bringing Wayland Explicit Sync.

Sci-fi racing platformer Distance gets a surprise update with Steam Deck improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Distance is a name I've not heard for a while. A really good fun sci-fi racing platformer from developer Refract that released in 2018, and they're bringing it back for v1.5: The Kinetic Update.

Steam Deck plugin system Decky Loader 3.0 gets a first pre-release

By Liam Dawe,
Decky Loader is a very popular tool to add plugins to the Steam Deck Gaming Mode, and Decky Loader 3.0 should be a big improvement.

Star Trek: Resurgence update should give a smoother experience on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Star Trek: Resurgence released on Steam back in May and Dramatic Labs have continued to put up improvements, with the latest being a good update for Steam Deck players.

Forza Horizon 4 is getting delisted in December

By Liam Dawe,
For fans of racing games, you may want to act quickly and pick up Forza Horizon 4 before it gets delisted in December.

GOG and Humble Bundle team up for a strategy game bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Looks like Humble Bundle may be branching out a bit more, with the Strate-GOG Game Bundle where you redeem them via GOG instead of Steam.

SteamOS 3.6.8 Beta for Steam Deck released, plus more Steam Game Recording updates

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released SteamOS 3.6.8 Beta showing that they're readying up SteamOS 3.6 for release with it moving from just being in Preview. Plus, a few more updates to the brand new Steam Game Recording for all Steam users.

Steam Game Recording Beta announced - works on Linux and Steam Deck too

By Liam Dawe,
Another big upgrade for Steam desktop and Steam Deck fans, with Game Recording now in Beta allowing you to easily clip your favourite moments with no external apps needed.

HORI announced a special gamepad for Steam / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
HORI, a manufacturer of popular gaming accessories have today revealed the Wireless Horipad for Steam. So if you're in need of a gamepad, this might be for you.

COSMIC Alpha coming in July - System76 reveal branding, a big hardware sale with new merch

By Liam Dawe,
System76 are making a bit of a splash today, ahead of the Alpha release of their new desktop environment named COSMIC.

Fanatical's Handheld Heroes Bundle has another selection for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Need some more games for a Steam Deck, another handheld or for desktop Linux? Fanatical have the Handheld Heroes Bundle available now.

Lueur and the Dim Settlers renamed Dawnfolk, new trailer shows off accessibility features

By Liam Dawe,
Dawnfolk (previously called Lueur and the Dim Settlers) is a very promising minimalist survival city-builder, one that suckered me in with the various mini-games in every tile you build and it's looking great.

Valve adds the first community maps into Counter-Strike 2

By Liam Dawe,
While Valve didn't really do anything to mark the 25th anniversary of Counter-Strike 2, they have at least put out another small update that brings in the first community maps for CS2.

Infogrames (Atari) have acquired the Surgeon Simulator franchise

By Liam Dawe,
Atari continue their mini-spree of buying up games and studios, with their relaunched Infogrames label acquiring the Surgeon Simulator franchise.

Classic flash game Neon Rider returns on Steam with Neon Rider Classic

By Liam Dawe,
Neon Rider Classic is the new and improved definitive collection of classic Flash games, Neon Rider and Neon Rider World, which were played more than 15 million times and now it's on Steam.

SteamOS 3.6.7 Preview for Steam Deck released, plus more Steam Beta Client updates for all

By Liam Dawe,
A couple of smaller updates for both Steam Deck and Desktop Linux to go over today, as Valve keep pushing towards the next stable update.

GOG revives the original Resident Evil, plus Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 on the way

By Liam Dawe,
A nice little win for preserving the classics. GOG teamed up with Capcom to bring Resident Evil, Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 to their store with a few improvements.

Archrebel Tactics is a wild sci-fi turn-based strategy game inspired by Rebelstar and X-COM

By Liam Dawe,
Inspired by the original Rebelstar from 1986 and in parts UFO: Enemy Unknown / X-COM: UFO Defense, you may want to take a look at Archrebel Tactics if you like your strategy games with a retro look and feel.