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Wine 9.18 brings a new Media Foundation backend using FFMpeg

By Liam Dawe,
Wine 9.18 released September 20th is the latest development release of the Windows compatibility layer that brings new features and bug fixes.

Grab Rain World, Duck Game, Jazzpunk, Death's Gambit and more in this latest Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Raising awareness for One Special Day, there's a new One Special Bundle - Humble Bundle with a selection of really great games included.

GTA V / GTAOnline highlights Steam Deck's verification system has problems

By Liam Dawe,
Recently, we had the news that Rockstar updated Grand Theft Auto V to include BattlEye anti-cheat, and they have not enabled the Linux / Proton support that BattlEye offers. With that change, the online mode is now broken for Linux / Steam Deck. This just highlights an ongoing problem with the Steam Deck verification system.

God of War Ragnarök released and Steam Deck Verified, needs a launch option for Desktop Linux

By Liam Dawe,
God of War Ragnarök from Santa Monica Studio, Jetpack Interactive and PlayStation Publishing LLC has released on PC today and Valve put it quickly through verification for Steam Deck.

Pocketpair respond to the Nintendo and Pokemon Company lawsuit for Palworld

By Liam Dawe,
Pocketpair, developers of Palworld, have put up a statement on the new lawsuit that has been filed against them from Nintendo and The Pokemon Company.

Two Point Museum releases March 4, 2025 with pre-orders up now

By Liam Dawe,
Two Point Studios and SEGA Europe announced that Two Point Museum is planned for launch now on March 4th, 2025 - with pre-orders now live.

GNOME 47 'Denver' released with Accent Colours and various System Enhancements

By Liam Dawe,
The latest update to the GNOME desktop environment has been released, with GNOME 47 bringing some really quite lovely sounding improvements.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War and Dawn of War II get free Anniversary Edition upgrades

By Liam Dawe,
Relic Entertainment / SEGA have announced that all players that have Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II have been given a free upgrade to the new Anniversary Edition.

Last Epoch drops the Native Linux version, devs tell players to use Proton

By Liam Dawe,
Without any warning, Eleventh Hour Games have completely dropped support for and completely removed the Native Linux version of Last Epoch.

Microsoft embraces more open standards with DirectX 12 adopting SPIR-V

By Liam Dawe,
Quite a big surprise, but truly a welcome one, and a great one for game developers. Microsoft are moving more towards open standards by adopting SPIR-V for DirectX.

Proton 9.0-3 released and Proton Experimental upgraded for Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released two fresh Proton upgrades to bring more compatibility with Windows games to Linux desktop and Steam Deck with Proton 9.0-3 now available and Proton Experimental upgraded.

Nintendo and The Pokemon Company file lawsuit against Palworld maker Pocketpair

By Liam Dawe,
You might want to grab a big bucket of popcorn for this one, as the big fight is about to begin. Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have formally gone after Palworld maker Pocketpair.

Humble Indie.io Super Bundle is another great deal

By Liam Dawe,
The Humble Indie.io Super Bundle is live with 13 games for a really low price, and it seems to be quite a good deal for what's there.

29 games are getting delisted from GOG

By Liam Dawe,
GOG have announced some bad news across two separate announcements, with a total of 29 games that are going to be delisted this month.

Valve heads to PAX Australia for the first time, maybe they'll finally get the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
PAX Aus have announced their 2024 line-up and it's absolutely packed with big names. Curiously, even Valve for Steam will be attending.

Steam Client update gets fixes for offline mode and startup movie issues

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released another stable Steam Client update for Desktop and Steam Deck, just a few quick-fixes but sounds like they were needed.

Funko Fusion to get Steam Deck support sometime post-launch

By Liam Dawe,
1010 Games Ltd released Funko Fusion last week, and while they're not supporting it on Steam Deck just yet, they do plan to update the game specially for Steam Deck players.

Frame of Mind developer ended up coding the game on Steam Deck for a year

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a fun one for you. What do you do when you're a game developer and your laptop dies? Use your Steam Deck to continue developing of course.

Len's Island survival ARPG gets a UI and controls overhaul for Steam Deck players

By Liam Dawe,
Flow Studio recently released a big update for Len's Island, a big open world survival crafting ARPG to make sure it works better on Steam Deck.

Dead by Daylight spin-off Project T has been cancelled, Midwinter Entertainment shut down

By Liam Dawe,
Midwinter Entertainment and Behaviour Interactive Inc. were working on Project T, a spin-off from the popular Dead by Daylight but it's now been shelved.