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Ubuntu Summit 2024 highlights - Linux gaming talks on UMU and Heroic Launcher

By Liam Dawe, 29 Oct 2024

The Ubuntu Summit 2024 has been and gone, and with it we had a lot of good talks but with our focus on here with gaming there's two that stand out that you may wish to have a look at.

AYANEO continue teasing the AYANEO 3 Code: REVO handheld

By Liam Dawe, 29 Oct 2024

While still giving us no actual details, AYANEO are hyping up the AYANEO 3 Code: REVO handheld that's due to be announced properly sometime soon.

Steam's Halloween Sale is here with some frightful deals

By Liam Dawe, 29 Oct 2024

While you likely don't actually need any more games, just a few more to fill up your backlog wouldn't hurt right? Steam Scream Fest is now live with lots and lots of Halloween discounts.

Set comfort level to maximum with the Mechanism Gaming Pillow for handhelds

By Liam Dawe, 28 Oct 2024

You may remember Mechanism from their original Deckmate system of attachments for the Steam Deck, but they have since expanded to cover other handhelds and they also now have the Mechanism Gaming Pillow.

Save & Sound is a big live show celebrating music in gaming coming in November

By Liam Dawe, 28 Oct 2024

Some games really do have absolutely fantastic soundtracks, and there's going to be a whole event dedicated to it with Save & Sound.

Steam Beta removes option to globally disable Steam Play plus Game Recording improvements

By Liam Dawe, 26 Oct 2024

Another fresh Steam Client Beta for Desktop and Steam Deck fixing up some bugs, plus some improvements for Game Recording.

Get House Flipper, House Flipper VR and various DLC in this Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe, 26 Oct 2024

Become a one-person renovation crew with this latest Humble Bundle featuring House Flipper and House Flipper VR.

The latest free games with Prime Gaming - October 25 edition - lots for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, 25 Oct 2024

Each week Prime Gaming, part of what you get with a subscription to Amazon Prime, add and remove various games you can claim to keep. Here's the updated list for October 25th.

Get some spooky games in Fanatical's Prestige Collection Thriller Edition Bundle

By Liam Dawe, 25 Oct 2024

There's some really nice picks in the Prestige Collection - Build your own Bundle: Thriller Edition from Fanatical. Another good chance to build up your game collection and save some monies.

Rockstar Games Launcher (GTA V, Red Dead Redemption) gets updated for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 25 Oct 2024

Rockstar Games released an update to the Rockstar Games Launcher which actually includes an improvement for Steam Deck players.

AYANEO tease the AYANEO 3 as a 'revolution' and a 'completely new concept'

By Liam Dawe, 24 Oct 2024

Unlike Valve who confirmed again recently they are waiting for a generational leap for a Steam Deck 2, AYANEO are doing yet another handheld with the AYANEO 3.

Raspberry Pi launch their own SSDs and SSD Kits, along with SD Cards

By Liam Dawe, 24 Oct 2024

Raspberry Pi have recently expanded their hardware offerings with their own SSDs and SSD Kits, plus they're also selling their own SD Cards now too.

Get lots of mystery adventures from Microids in this latest Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe, 24 Oct 2024

Microids Mystery Menagerie Humble Bundle is live with 18 games and 1 discount count giving you lots of mystery adventures to play through. Plenty have good Steam Deck / Linux compatibility too.

Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.6 officially out with improved performance, Mura Compensation, lots more

By Liam Dawe, 24 Oct 2024

Valve has now officially released SteamOS 3.6 for Steam Deck to the stable channel, bringing with it lots of big improvements all across the system.

NVIDIA detail new GPU driver vulnerabilities in their October 2024 Security Bulletin

By Liam Dawe, 23 Oct 2024

NVIDIA have released a security bulletin to detail new security issues, so it's time to update your GPU driver once again.

GOG announces Fallout: London hits 1 million players, all games on sale for Fallout Day

By Liam Dawe, 23 Oct 2024

GOG sent word via a press release that the huge Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London from Team FOLON has hit 1 million players. Additionally, it's Fallout Day so all the games are on sale.

Unified launcher for Windows games on Linux (UMU) v1.1.3 out now

By Liam Dawe, 23 Oct 2024

Continuing to improve compatibility with Windows games on Linux outside of Steam, the Unified launcher for Windows games on Linux (UMU) has another release out now.

NVIDIA 565.57.01 Beta has Wayland and HDR improvements, plus DXVK and VKD3D optimizations

By Liam Dawe, 22 Oct 2024

NVIDIA today released two new Linux drivers. The big one is the NVIDIA 565.57.01 Beta, along with a one-liner update in the stable 550.127.05 release.