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Linux on the desktop breaks 4% for the first time on Statcounter

By Liam Dawe, Mar 4

Another month down according to Statcounter at least, Linux on the desktop is doing better than ever. Take it with your usual little pinch of salt like any survey sampling though.

Steam Survey for February 2024 shows a big bump in Simplified Chinese

By Liam Dawe, Mar 4

Seems like once again we're seeing an Asia influx on Steam, as the February 2024 Steam Hardware & Software Survey showed a big +7.62% bump in Simplified Chinese.

Proton 9.0 for Steam Deck / Linux got a small Beta update, plus Proton Experimental too

By Liam Dawe, Mar 1

Valve has released the second public Beta for Proton 9.0, what will become the next stable version of Proton for running Windows games on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

All older games being sold in Germany on Steam now require a content rating

By Liam Dawe, Mar 1

For game developers that want to continue selling games in Germany, they'll need to ensure they actually have a content rating, including for older games.

Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess releases in June, inspired by classic Desert Strike

By Liam Dawe, Mar 1

Anyone remember Desert Strike? Jungle Strike? Urban Strike? Well, Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess is for you! Built like the classics, although it looks a lot more wild, like something out of a fever dream.

Here's the most played Steam Deck games for February 2024

By Liam Dawe, Mar 1

Valve has revealed the list of the most popular games that were played on Steam Deck throughout February 2024, so let's take a look.

Game over for Roblox on Linux / Steam Deck as it's now blocked

By Liam Dawe, Mar 1

Well, there it is, the update for Roblox has arrived that now forcefully blocks it from working with Wine on Linux systems (like Steam Deck).

Steam had a bit of a scam problem with fakes of Helldivers 2 and Palworld

By Liam Dawe, Mar 1

Not the first time it has happened, and likely won't be the last unless Valve implement some more security checks, but recently a few games tried scamming players by renaming into other popular games.

Proton Experimental fixes up Tekken 8, Cosmoteer, Call of Cthulhu, Warframe and more

By Liam Dawe, Mar 1

After recently updating Proton Experimental to be based on the new Proton 9, Valve ended February 2024 with another bunch of bug fixes for Proton Experimental.

Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.5.17 brings lots of bug fixes, plus Persona 3 Reload improvements

By Liam Dawe, Mar 1

Valve has released the latest stable update to SteamOS for Steam Deck, and it includes quite a healthy dose of bug fixes and general improvements.

Vampire Survivors gets a new bonus stage, 2 new characters, 4 new weapons

By Liam Dawe, Feb 29

Vampire Survivors continues to expand with more free content, and the latest update is out now that sees you battle it out in space with new characters.

Extraction horror shooter Level Zero: Extraction will get Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, Feb 29

Level Zero: Extraction is an upcoming extraction horror game with high-stakes asymmetric PvPvPvE and FPS combat, and according to the developer they will add Steam Deck support.

Single-player extraction shooter ZERO Sievert adds controller support

By Liam Dawe, Feb 29

ZERO Sievert is a top-down pixel-art single-player survival shooter from CABO Studio and Modern Wolf, and now it should be a lot nicer on Steam Deck or Desktop PCs with controllers.

Grab more great games in the Humble Creative Sandbox Bundle

By Liam Dawe, Feb 29

Here's a pretty darn good selection of games that you can pick up in the Humble Creative Sandbox Bundle.

The HDMI Forum rejected AMD's open source HDMI 2.1 implementation

By Liam Dawe, Feb 29

If you were hoping at some point to see HDMI 2.1+ on Linux with AMD + Mesa, you're out of luck right now as it's simply not going to be happening.

Open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA hardware in Mesa, NVK, is now ready for prime time

By Liam Dawe, Feb 29

The future of NVIDIA hardware on Linux is here with the open source Vulkan driver NVK in Mesa, as there's now a Merge Request to have it shipped by default.

Valve fixes Remote Play on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Feb 29

After recently releasing a big Stable Steam Client update for Steam Deck and Desktop PCs, I highlighted that Remote Play was broken on Steam Deck - and so Valve has now fixed it.

5 years later Valve finally gives Windows compatibility tool Proton a logo

By Liam Dawe, Feb 28

Can you believe it? Proton, the compatibility layer that allows Windows games to run on Steam Deck / Linux PCs didn't actually have a proper logo for over 5 years.

NVIDIA disclose new driver security issues - Feb 28

By Liam Dawe, Feb 28

NVIDIA has revealed new GPU driver security issues in their latest bulletin, so here's what you need to know if you're using an NVIDIA GPU on Linux.

Lots more content is coming to Last Epoch and controller support improvements

By Liam Dawe, Feb 28

Last Epoch recently released on Steam with Native Linux support, an offline mode and controller support but the developers at Eleventh Hour Games plan to keep improving it all.