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Valve (Steam) begin a direct collaboration with Arch Linux

By Liam Dawe,
This is some pretty exciting news! The Arch Linux team have announced a new direct collaboration with Valve (Steam).

Deadlock from Valve has an amusing new anti-cheat system turning cheaters into frogs

By Liam Dawe,
Valve are continuing to build up Deadlock, their fancy new third-person MOBA, with the introduction of a new anti-cheat system that's quite hilarious.

Dome Keeper hits 1 million players - multiplayer and modding support to come

By Liam Dawe,
Dome Keeper is a real gem with a simple yet highly satisfying gameplay loop, and it seems it's done well for Bippinbits. Even though they're working on the incredible looking PVKK, they're not done with Dome Keeper just yet.

Stellaris: Grand Archive set for launch October 29th as Paradox teams up with Abrakam

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox Interactive teamed up with another developer again for the new Stellaris: Grand Archive DLC, which is blasting off on October 29th.

Voidwrought looks like another great one for Hollow Knight fans

By Liam Dawe,
Set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors, the upcoming 2D action-platformer metroidvania, Voidwrought looks like a real gem. Especially so if you're a Hollow Knight fan waiting on Hollow Knight: Silksong.

Warside looks great for turn-based tactics Advance Wars fans, set for launch in January 2025

By Liam Dawe,
With inspiration (clearly) from Advance Wars and other wargames of the past, Warside is looking really good and they now have a real date, new trailer and demo available.

Streets of Rogue 2 gets a new Classes Overview Trailer

By Liam Dawe,
My most anticipated title for this year is looking awesome. Streets of Rogue 2 has a brand new Classes Overview Trailer for your viewing pleasure.

System76 release COSMIC Alpha 2

By Liam Dawe,
System76 are continuing to expand and improve their new Linux desktop environment, COSMIC, with a second Alpha release now available for testing.

shapez 2 is a huge success selling over 270,000 in the first month, future plans detailed

By Liam Dawe,
tobspr Games have a big hit on their hands here with the chilled-out factory-building automation sim shapez 2 managed to do really well in the first month.

Steam Subscriber Agreement updated for disputes removing the need for individual arbitration

By Liam Dawe,
Valve announced a change to the Steam Subscriber Agreement, which has been updated to remove the need for individual arbitration during disputes.

Major flaw found in CUPS - time to run Linux system updates

By Liam Dawe,
Yesterday details went public about a major security issue that was found in CUPS, the open source printing system.

EmuDeck 2.3 out now with a fresh UI design, 3DS emulators return

By Liam Dawe,
After a short Beta period I covered previously, the EmuDeck team have released EmuDeck 2.3 that comes with the big user interface overhaul.

Crusader Kings III: Roads to Power major expansion released, plus a big free update

By Liam Dawe,
Crusader Kings III: Roads to Power along with the free 1.13.0 "Basileus" update have launched, and it seems like it's actually really good news for Paradox.

Get the 2021 remake of the original Myst plus Obduction and more in this Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
For exploration puzzle game fans you may want to look at the Enter the Mysterium Humble Bundle that has some goodies for you. A nice bit of gaming history in this one.

Din's Champion is dynamic rogue-lite RPG styled like Terraria from Soldak Entertainment

By Liam Dawe,
Soldak Entertainment make some pretty quirky RPGs with a good few die-hard fans, and now they're trying something a bit different with Din's Champion.

Sci-fi point and click adventure Murder On Space Station 52 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Point and click murder mystery, Murder On Space Station 52, has released with Linux support from developer Made From Strings.

Dwarf Fortress to get Lua support for modding, plus there's now babies and children

By Liam Dawe,
The latest Dwarf Fortress update has been released bringing with it some needed fixes, along with babies and some fun news about modding.

DXVK 2.4.1 brings improvements for launchers, more robust D3D8, lots of game fixes for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The Vulkan-based implementation of Direct3D 8, 9, 10 and 11 for Linux used in Wine / Proton, DXVK version 2.4.1 is out today. This is a huge part of what makes Valve's Proton able to run so many Windows games on Linux / Steam Deck.

Slay the Princess - The Pristine Cut is a big free upgrade coming in October

By Liam Dawe,
Slay the Princess is probably one of the best horror visual novels around, with absolutely glowing reviews everywhere and it's about to get bigger, for free.

Valve dev Mike Blumenkrantz details a new proposal for speedier Wayland Protocols development

By Liam Dawe,
With the news recently about Frog Protocols for Wayland coming from another frustrated Valve developer, now Mike Blumenkrantz has jumped in with a different proposal to speed things up.