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Black Mesa has a new Beta with 'WAY better' support for Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Oct 31

Crowbar Collective have a fresh Beta available for Black Mesa, their fan-made reimagining of Valve Software's Half-Life. This brings with it some nice improvements all across the game, especially for Linux platforms like Steam Deck.

EA / Respawn now block Apex Legends from running on Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Oct 31

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The developers of Apex Legends have announced that they're going to be blocking the game completely on Linux platforms including Steam Deck.

COVEN is a fresh 'hyper-violent' retro FPS now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, Oct 30

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Developer Gator Shins and Hellforge Studios have released the first 10 blood-soaked levels of COVEN, a really fresh new retro FPS.

Zombie co-op FPS Projekt Z: Beyond Order releases Spring 2025 with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Oct 25

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314 Arts have revealed their upcoming World War II zombie co-op FPS Projekt Z: Beyond Order is now set to release in Spring 2025.

EA Anti-Cheat arrives for Battlefield 1 breaking it on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, Oct 23

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It's here. EA Anti-Cheat has now been rolled out into Battlefield 1, breaking another multiplayer game on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

Control spin-off FBC: Firebreak from Remedy aims for Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, Oct 21

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Well this is excellent news. I'm a big fan of Control and the world of Remedy Entertainment games and their new multiplayer spin-off FBC: Firebreak should get Steam Deck support.

Duake puts the Doomguy in Quake

By Liam Dawe, Oct 21

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Mashing two of the greats together, Duake brings the Doomguy along with their full arsenal into the classic Quake.

Free and open source strategy-shooter Unvanquished 0.55 brings big enhancements

By Liam Dawe, Oct 21

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Unvanquished is having a bit of a big moment, with some fresh coders doing some great work on this strategy-shooter that's similar in basic idea to Natural Selection.

The props fight back against the humans in Puropu Defense Squad

By Liam Dawe, Oct 15

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PlayTogether Studio who made Run Prop, Run! and the Mad Experiments: Escape Room series have put up a demo and release date for Puropu Defense Squad. A mixture of a shooter and tower defense.

Mini Royale is a battle royale with toy soldiers and fun game modes - demo available now

By Liam Dawe, Oct 14

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If you're after a new shooter that will have Linux support, Mini Royale looks like it could end up being a good choice.

Explore a top-secret uranium mine in retro-FPS Kvark

By Liam Dawe, Oct 9

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Kvark is a new release from developer Latest Past and publisher Perun Creative, set in a fictional version of the 80s Czech Republic where you explore a top-secret uranium mine.

Descent 3: Piccu Engine is a new open source build focused on quality-of-life improvements

By Liam Dawe, Oct 9

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Thanks to Descent 3 being officially open source, developers can do almost anything with it now and this has given rise to the Descent 3: Piccu Engine.

Nazi Zombies: Portable is a free and open source Call of Duty: Zombies demake

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7

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I'm surprised I hadn't heard of this one before! A few developers have been building Nazi Zombies: Portable, a Call of Duty: Zombies demake powered by various enhanced forks of the Quake engine.

DOOM ported to run almost entirely on AMD GPUs

By Liam Dawe, Oct 3

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Whatever will they do with DOOM next? A developer at AMD decided to port over classic DOOM to run almost entirely on the GPU.

Counter-Strike 2 update The Armory released with weapon charms

By Liam Dawe, Oct 3

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Valve released the latest major update to Counter-Strike 2 that brings with it more than 100 new items including weapon charms.

Metro Awakening (VR) releases November 7

By Liam Dawe, Sep 25

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Vertigo Games are releasing the VR game Metro Awakening on November 7, so it may be time to dust off your VR kit for this one.

Popular FPS Fallen Aces gets Steam Deck support in the latest update

By Liam Dawe, Sep 23

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Fallen Aces from Trey Powell, Jason Bond and New Blood Interactive quickly became popular after the initial Early Access release in June and now it has Steam Deck support.

Dark fantasy FPS fans should check out Hands of Necromancy II

By Liam Dawe, Sep 17

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Following on from the positively rated Hands of Necromancy, HON Team and Fulqrum Publishing are back bringing you more Heretic and Doom styled fun in Hands of Necromancy II.

Sci-fi fantasy singleplayer arena FPS 'Viscerafest' launches in April 2025

By Liam Dawe, Sep 17

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After building up in Early Access to a Very Positive user rating, retro singleplayer arena FPS Viscerafest is going to properly launch in April 2025.

LibreQuake aims to create a completely free Quake alternative compatible with mods

By Liam Dawe, Sep 17

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In a similar spirit to Freedoom, for Quake fans perhaps you'll want to take a look at LibreQuake, which aims to do a similar thing to allow you to play Quake content with completely open source software.

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