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ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree DLC update causing problems on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jun 20

ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree releases soon, and there's a patch out but sadly this has been causing issues for players on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Guide a caravan of adventurers through hostile environments in Sandwalkers

By Liam Dawe, Jun 20

A bit of a blending of Curious Expedition and Vagrus - The Riven Realms we have here with Sandwalkers, a roguelike turn-based exploration game where you guide a caravan across hostile environments.

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora now on Steam, broken for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jun 19

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora has now released on Steam, and at least when it comes to AMD GPUs, it seems to be currently a no-go and just doesn't run with Proton on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

Plasma 6.1 released with Explicit Sync, Triple Buffering for Wayland and much more

By Liam Dawe, Jun 18

KDE Plasma 6.1 has been released today bringing with it plenty of exciting new features, some big and some small but there's plenty to enjoy.

Classic free physics sandbox game The Powder Toy is now on Steam

By Liam Dawe, Jun 17

Remember when falling sand on your screen was all the rage? The Powder Toy is a classic physics sandbox game, which simulates air pressure and velocity, heat, gravity and a countless number of interactions.

Cats is another idle / clicker item farming game like Banana rising up the Steam player counts

By Liam Dawe, Jun 17

It seems Egg and it's copy Banana have potentially started off another trend on Steam, with games designed for you to farm items to sell on the Steam Market.

Wine 9.11 released continuing the ARM improvements

By Liam Dawe, Jun 16

Wine 9.11 has arrived as a new development release for the Windows compatibility layer, and with it new features and bug fixes for a big part of what makes Proton possible.

The KINGDOM HEARTS series is live on Steam - SE giving away multiple Steam Decks

By Liam Dawe, Jun 13

Square Enix have now released the KINGDOM HEARTS series on Steam, enabling many more people to experience the grand adventure on Steam Deck and desktop Linux easily with Proton.

Bronze Age pixel-arts RTS game TFC: The Fertile Crescent 1.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe, Jun 13

For those of you who love base-building RTS games like Age of Empires, perhaps give TFC: The Fertile Crescent a try now it's fully released.

Simple GOG client for Linux Minigalaxy version 1.3 is out now

By Liam Dawe, Jun 13

If you need a GOG game downloader for Linux that's nice and simple, Minigalaxy just got updated with a few good bug fixes.

Kubuntu Focus announce the Focus Ir14 GEN 2 and Ir16 GEN 2 laptops

By Liam Dawe, Jun 13

Kubuntu Focus have two new laptop models available with the Focus Ir14 GEN 2 and Ir16 GEN 2, for those of you who want a truly no-fuss Kubuntu 24.04 LTS system.

SteamVR 2.6 released with experimental improvements to async on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jun 13

Valve released the latest update to SteamVR bringing with it a good few fixes, although most of it is for Steam Link. This follows on from a few recent Beta releases.

Proton 9.0-2 brings better controller support in launchers, more playable games, lots of bug fixes

By Liam Dawe, Jun 12

Valve just released the latest stable update to Proton, the compatibility layer for running Windows games on Linux desktop and Steam Deck with Proton 9.0-2 bringing some fun additions.

Piece together the broken memories of a cybernetic house in Psychroma

By Liam Dawe, Jun 12

Psychroma looks pretty wild. A narrative-driven side-scroller where you play as a digital medium. Confront the past by piecing together the broken memories of a cybernetic house, and exorcise the ghosts in the machine.

Proton Experimental gets updates for Guild Wars 2, Squad, Sleeping Dogs and more

By Liam Dawe, Jun 7

Another weekend update of Proton Experimental has landed, with a few game fixes for Linux and Steam Deck fans.

NVIDIA release 550.90.07 stable and 555.52.04 Beta drivers for Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jun 5

NVIDIA has release two fresh driver updates for Linux this week. There's a new stable driver, and an update to the Beta series.

GE-Proton 9-6 (and 9-7) brings various upstream changes from Valve's Proton

By Liam Dawe, Jun 5

A new release of the community-made compatibility layer GE-Proton version 9-6 is here, although nothing too exciting this time as it's pulling in upstream Proton changes from Valve. UPDATE: GE-Proton 9-7 was also released.

Free planet-colonising strategy game Planet S added Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Jun 3

Free game Monday! Check out Planet S, a real-time strategy game where your goal is to colonize multiple planets in a solar system to advance your civilization.