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Harebrained Schemes and Paradox Interactive to split

By Liam Dawe, 17 Oct 2023

Harebrained Schemes were acquired by Paradox Interactive back in 2018 and now they're set to part ways, after the disappointing launch of The Lamplighters League.

NVIDIA Beta driver 545.23.06 released for Linux, plenty of new features

By Liam Dawe, 17 Oct 2023

After being a little quiet for a while, NVIDIA released Beta driver 545.23.06 which includes a bunch of new features and a few bug fixes too.

Slay the Spire devs release Dancing Duelists after abandoning Unity for Godot

By Liam Dawe, 17 Oct 2023

Mega Crit, developers of the successful Slay the Spire have released a free new game called Dancing Duelists, after publicly calling out Unity recently and moving over to Godot Engine.

Get some scary stuff in the Fanatical Frightmare Bundle

By Liam Dawe, 17 Oct 2023

Fanatical has a fresh build your own bundle full of some spooky and scary stuff, quite a few good picks in it too. Here's a run over what to expect on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Spaceship colony building sim Stardeus has a major upgrade out now

By Liam Dawe, 17 Oct 2023

Stardeus from Kodo Linija and Paradox Arc is a colony building sim set aboard a broken spaceship you need to rebuild, and a fresh major upgrade and overhaul has been released.

Ubuntu Desktop 23.10 now available again after the recent hostile translation

By Liam Dawe, 17 Oct 2023

Good news for those looking to download Ubuntu Desktop 23.10, as the recent issue involving a hostile translation has been solved and so the downloads are up again.

OpenRA for classic RTS gaming version 20231010 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 17 Oct 2023

Turns out my RSS reader broke and so I missed a bunch of great stuff recently, like a brand new stable public release of the excellent OpenRA game engine for classic RTS games like Command & Conquer, Red Alert and Dune 2000.

Steam Desktop and Steam Deck Beta add new Gyro Mode and fixes in-game purchases

By Liam Dawe, 17 Oct 2023

Valve released a fresh update to the Steam Client for Desktop and Steam Deck, which fixes a couple of bugs while also providing another new experimental Gyro Mode.

Love classic RTS games? Check out D.O.R.F. Real-Time Strategic Conflict

By Liam Dawe, 16 Oct 2023

D.O.R.F. Real-Time Strategic Conflict is an upcoming RTS based on the OpenRA game engine, and it looks really promising so it's going to be one to keep an eye on.

Epic Games launch 'First Run' and 'Now On Epic' with 100% revenue for devs

By Liam Dawe, 16 Oct 2023

Epic Games are trying to pull over more developer to the Epic Games Store, with the launch of two new incentives with the previously announced First Run and the newly announced Now On Epic deals for developers.

Minecraft hits 300 million sales, update 1.21 announced with trial chambers

By Liam Dawe, 16 Oct 2023

Mojang has announced that Minecraft has now crossed over 300 million sales, and the Minecraft 1.21 update has been announced that will have some pretty fun additions. Here's a short round-up from 2023's Minecraft Live.

NVIDIA looking to hook up Reflex support in Proton

By Liam Dawe, 16 Oct 2023

An NVIDIA engineer has sent in pull requests to DXVK, VKD3D-Proton and DXVK-NVAPI to enable support for Reflex / NV low latency to get it hooked up in Proton.

The Indie Horror Game Showcase from DreadXP runs on October 19

By Liam Dawe, 16 Oct 2023

Ready to see some upcoming indie horror games? Publisher DreadXP is going to run a full Indie Horror Game Showcase on October 19 so here's the details.

Modern text adventure [I] doesn’t exist is out now

By Liam Dawe, 16 Oct 2023

[I] doesn't exist is a brand new text adventure from LUAL Games KIG and DreadXP that pays homage to the classics, taking cues from the likes of The Beginner’s Guide, Stories Untold, Buddy Simulator and Zork.

Windjammers 2 added lobbies and full cross-play

By Liam Dawe, 16 Oct 2023

Windjammers 2 is a fun PvP sports game about throwing discs around. It's Steam Deck Verified and works great on Linux and the latest major free update sounds great.

Forza Horizon 5 gets a Proton Hotfix to work again on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, 15 Oct 2023

While Valve continue investigating the launch issues with the new Forza Motorsport, at least Forza Horizon 5 should work again on Steam Deck and desktop Linux after also breaking recently.

GE-Proton 8-17 brings fixes for Alan Wake, Batman Arkham Asylum and more (updated)

By Liam Dawe, 15 Oct 2023

A fresh release of the community-maintained GE-Proton for Steam Deck and Linux desktop is out! GE-Proton 8-17 has some nice sounding fixes for running various games. Updates: and now GE-Proton 8-18 too and later 8-19.

Wine 8.18 brings more Wayland work

By Liam Dawe, 15 Oct 2023

Wine 8.18 is the latest development release of Wine now available, bringing with it the continued work to provide full Wayland support but still plenty of work ahead on that.

Get Alan Wake, Pathologic 2, STASIS: BONE TOTEM and more in this bundle

By Liam Dawe, 13 Oct 2023

There's some seriously spooky stuff going in the latest from Humble Bundle. Inside the Fright of your Life Bundle you'll get some pretty great games. Here's a run over Steam Deck / Linux desktop compatibility.

Microsoft completes takeover of Activision Blizzard as UK CMA approves new deal

By Liam Dawe, 13 Oct 2023

Well that's it. Microsoft has completed their acquisition of Activision Blizzard King thanks to the UK's Competition & Markets Authority clearing the way.