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Splitgate is getting a new matchmaking system that won't suck

By Liam Dawe, 13 Apr 2022

Splitgate is actually a pretty great online FPS but it has a major problem with its matchmaking system, so it's getting a rewrite to suck less.

Back 4 Blood adds experimental support for Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 13 Apr 2022

Back 4 Blood, the zombie shooter from Turtle Rock Studios has a fresh update out, and the developer has gotten it working on Linux and Steam Deck with Proton.

Might and Delight come up with a plan to save Book of Travels

By Liam Dawe, 11 Apr 2022

Book of Travels is a tiny multiplayer online RPG from developer Might and Delight (known for the likes of Shelter and Meadow), which didn't do particularly well at the Early Access release but now they have a plan to save it.

Duck Game gets a patch for Proton, now works on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 9 Apr 2022

Duck Game, an action platformer from Landon Podbielski and Adult Swim Games has been updated to enable it to work properly with the current version of Proton 7 and gets it working on Steam Deck.

War Thunder gets officially Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe, 8 Apr 2022

Gaijin Entertainment has updated War Thunder, and as a result it went through Deck Verified once again to get a fully Verified status for the Steam Deck.

HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed gets a fix for Linux to play on Windows Servers

By Liam Dawe, 8 Apr 2022

HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed recently released their Native Linux version and talked up their Steam Deck support, with a small update being rolled out to fix up online play.

A Short Hike gets Steam Deck Support, and a 99 player multiplayer mod

By Liam Dawe, 4 Apr 2022

You can now go on A Short Hike wherever you want with the Steam Deck and perhaps bring along a whole lot of friends too.

Online platformer DDraceNetwork gets Vulkan support

By Liam Dawe, 4 Apr 2022

DDraceNetwork, a free and open source online co-op platformer now has Vulkan API integrated as of the latest update.

Minecraft Snapshot gets Ancient Cities and the Allay friendly mob

By Liam Dawe, 1 Apr 2022

Mojang continue working towards the next major Minecraft update, with another Java Snapshot out now bringing in more big features to play with.

War Thunder major update 'Wind of Change' out now

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2022

Gaijin Entertainment's online combat game War Thunder has another massive upgrade with 'Wind of Change' out now bringing in lots of enhancements.

Bungie say a big fat no to Proton and Steam Deck for Destiny 2

By Liam Dawe, 2 Mar 2022

Were you hoping to play Destiny 2 on Steam Deck or a Linux desktop using Proton? Well, you're currently out of luck.

Dota 2 gets another new hero with Primal Beast, Techies reworked

By Liam Dawe, 24 Feb 2022

Dota 2 just got a pretty huge update that not only brings in a fierce new hero with Primal Beast, but finally reworks Techies in the gameplay patch too.

Inspired by Cube World, the free Veloren 0.12 release is out

By Liam Dawe, 19 Feb 2022

Fully free and open source, Veloren continues to expand their inspiration from Cube World and Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild with version 0.12 out now.

Superliminal gets the multiplayer mode hooked up for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 15 Feb 2022

Superliminal, the brilliant puzzle game where your perspective changes the size of things you hold to progress recently gained some multiplayer modes - and now they're on Linux too.

Online multiplayer for OpenMW (Morrowind) TES3MP is alive again

By Liam Dawe, 7 Feb 2022

OpenMW is a fantastic open source game engine reimplementation for Morrowind, plus there's the online fork of TES3MP which has sprung back to life with a new release.

Survival game Vintage Story gets another huge upgrade with improved combat

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jan 2022

Vintage Story continues to impress with not just the rate they can churn out updates, but also how much they manage to stuff into each of them.

Project Zomboid has big plans for 2022 and beyond, with NPCs on the way

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jan 2022

After a great many years in Early Access, Project Zomboid has finally hit the big time with it regularly seeing multiple tens of thousands of players and they have some big plans.

Book of Travels did not have a good launch, Might and Delight let devs go

By Liam Dawe, 22 Dec 2021

Times are tough for some developers with the latest victim of a poor release being Book of Travels from Might and Delight.

Death Carnival shows off the absolutely insane PvP mode

By Liam Dawe, 16 Dec 2021

Death Carnival (previously known as BulletRage) is still in progress and a new trailer has just been shown off giving a little look into the PvP mode it will have.