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NVK driver gets DRM Format Modifiers to work with Gamescope in Mesa 24.1

By Liam Dawe,
Just recently NVK, the open source Nvidia Vulkan driver, merged in a new Vulkan extension that is rather important and means it will work properly with Gamescope.

Athenian Rhapsody is a rather unhinged Undertale-like and stupidly funny

By Liam Dawe,
Athenian Rhapsody might just be my new favourite release of 2024. Taking inspiration from the likes of Undertale and Earthbound and turning the ridiculousness up a few notches. Developer Nico Papalia has crafted something brilliant here.

Towerful Defense: Prologue is like Brotato and Vampire Survivors had a TD baby

By Liam Dawe,
I'm apparently a total and complete sucker for anything that allows for short rounds of gameplay, that mixes in elements of Brotato and Vampire Survivors to let me customize my run and Towerful Defense: Prologue has plenty of that.

Ultimate Chicken Horse gets its biggest sale yet with a new content update

By Liam Dawe,
Ultimate Chicken Horse is easily one of the funniest and stupidest party-platformers I've ever played, and it just had a free content update with a big discount.

Story-rich adventure Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER is out now

By Liam Dawe,
The sequel to 2064: Read Only Memories has finally arrived with Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER now available with Linux support.

Caves of Qud gets a huge new Beta released with the big UI redesign

By Liam Dawe,
An update many have been waiting for, Caves of Qud, one of the best roguelikes ever has a Beta available that includes a huge overhaul to the UI. Much better for gamepad and Steam Deck players.

Underground sandbox adventure Core Keeper hits 1.0 on August 27

By Liam Dawe,
The award-winning mining sandbox adventure game Core Keeper is now getting ready to leave Early Access with the big 1.0 arriving on August 27th.

SAMURAI WARRIORS 4 DX arrives on Steam and it's Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
SAMURAI WARRIORS 4 from Koei Tecmo is a hack and slash game originally released in 2014. And now the much expanded enhanced version is here with SAMURAI WARRIORS 4 DX.

Back 4 Blood gets Denuvo Anti-tamper removed and an anti-cheat fix for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
For those of you who wait until Denuvo Anti-tamper gets removed from games, you'll be pleased to know Back 4 Blood is now free of it. Plus the developers fixed the anti-cheat recently.

Check out Motordoom, a freestyle sports survivor-like horde shooter

By Liam Dawe,
So what do we have here then? Tony Hawk's Survivors? Motorbike Survivors? This horde-shooter bullet heaven genre mixture is never-ending (and I love it). Motordoom looks like pure insanity.

Blending dungeon-crawling with horde-shooters Gauntlet Of Power launches in June

By Liam Dawe,
Solo developer Orangepixel is celebrating 20 years as a full-time game dev, with an announcement that Heroes Of Loot: Gauntlet Of Power is set to launch in June mixing together dungeon-crawling and horde-shooters together.

The Warlords series and the five original Close Combat games appear on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
We get a fair bit of news here and there about games getting delisted, publishers moving on from games and shutting them and more but what about game preservation? A nice bunch of classics with The Warlords series and the five original Close Combat games are now on Steam.

Get Monster Hunter World, Rise, Sunbreak and Iceborne in the latest Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a good way for you to jump into the Monster Hunter world with Humble Bundle, plus some of the bigger DLC to go with it too.

SteamOS 3.6.2 Preview for Steam Deck fixes up double-input for external controllers

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have issued the first update to the SteamOS 3.6 Preview series for Steam Deck, throwing in a couple of needed fixes.

Ghost of Tsushima single-player only on Steam Deck due to PlayStation Network features

By Liam Dawe,
Well, here's a bit of a nuisance. Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT is launching on May 16th and the developers have explained how it will work on Steam Deck but it's a mixture of good and bad news.

The Official Stardew Valley Cookbook is out now

By Pengling,
Give thanks to Yoba, farming fans, for The Official Stardew Valley Cookbook has now launched! Make yourself some game-inspired tasty treats.

Fanatical's Trinity Bundle - Immortal Edition has Prey, Fallout 3 & Vegas, Mortal Shell and more

By Liam Dawe,
Another quality bundle is live on Fanatical with the Trinity Bundle - Immortal Edition, giving you a chance to grab multiple really good games for a ridiculous price.

Valheim: Ashlands is out now with a supremely cool animated trailer

By Liam Dawe,
Okay, I'm gonna go ahead and need Iron Gate to make a Valheim anime now. The Valheim: Ashlands update has landed and the trailer is simply awesome.

Manjaro 24.0 released with KDE Plasma 6, GNOME 46, Linux kernel 6.9

By Liam Dawe,
Manjaro 24.0, based on Arch Linux, has been released pulling in a whole lot of upgrades across every part of the system.

Broken Alliance from the Death and Taxes dev gives strong Heroes of Might and Magic vibes

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for more strategy games with a blending of RPG mechanics? Broken Alliance from the Death and Taxes dev gives strong Heroes of Might and Magic vibes.