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Tim Sweeney has a point about Fortnite EAC support

By Samsai,
One of the big topics of discourse in the Linux gaming sphere recently has been Tim Sweeney's statement on porting Fortnite to the Steam Deck, where Sweeney argues that Linux would be too difficult of a target and the market not big enough to warrant the amount of resources it would take to bring all of Fortnite on the platform.

Valheim developers have another fireside chat filled with teasers

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for even more content to come to Valheim? Well, there's still a bit of a wait and the developers teased biome updates previously but there's more to see - and hear.

Wadjet Eye Games brings Shardlight over to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Is there no stopping Wadjet Eye Games? Shardlight, another quality point and click adventure from 2016 has now been ported over to Linux.

ChimeraOS 30 is out with big OneXPlayer improvements

By Liam Dawe,
ChimeraOS continues to provide a full-screen console-like Linux experience for those that want it, and ChimeraOS 30 is now live with some great upgrades.

WRAEK think they can change PC gaming with the Tactonic Pro

By Liam Dawe,
The WRAEK Tactonic Pro is currently doing rounds because the team believe they can change gaming, by giving you an ultra-sensitive palm rest that you use in-game for movements.

SimAirport getting some great upgrades ready for the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
A little building and management on the go? SimAirport from LVGameDev LLC sounds like it might be a good choice, with the developer highlighting upcoming changes and improvements for the Steam Deck and it will help all platforms.

With You looks like a sweet co-op experience and it's free

By Liam Dawe,
Need a new casual co-op game to play with a partner? With You recently released on Steam and itch.io and it looks adorable.

Crusader Kings III: Royal Court DLC and a big free update are out now

By Liam Dawe,
The absolutely magnificent strategy game that is Crusader Kings III has today grown much bigger, with the Crusader Kings III: Royal Court DLC out now plus a big free update.

KDE Plasma 5.24 is out now and what a beauty it is

By Liam Dawe,
KDE has today released the Plasma 5.24 desktop, filled with goodies across the whole thing and this is an LTS release (long-term support) that will continue seeing updates until a final Plasma 5 release after which Plasma 6 succeeds it.

Heroes of Might and Magic II recreation fheroes2 adds more content support

By Liam Dawe,
fheroes2 is a constantly improving game engine reimplementation of Heroes of Might and Magic II. A new version was just released recently and it's become the absolute best way to play this classic.

Future sci-fi indie RPG Beyond Mankind: The Awakening now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Time to go back to Earth and retake it. Beyond Mankind: The Awakening from developer Brytenwalda recently released a native Linux version, built with the Unity game engine.

Epic Games CEO says a clear No to Fortnite on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Were you hoping to easily play Fortnite on the upcoming Steam Deck? Well, Tim Sweeney the Epic Games CEO has made it clear that it's not going to happen officially.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 11: Forgotten Heresies

By Hamish,
Almost from the very start Raven Software and id Software had a symbiotic relationship. Given the Linux friendly atmosphere at id, it is no surprise that some of that would start to rub off on Raven, culminating in Loki Software negotiating to make a port of Heretic II.

Steam Deck Previews are up, plus dbrand announce Project Killswitch

By Liam Dawe,
The flood gates are beginning to open around the Steam Deck with a few big YouTube channels doing a hands-on preview now live. Plus, dbrand poke fun at Nintendo with their upcoming Steam Deck accessory kit.

Yacht Club Games' newest title is the upcoming Mina the Hollower

By Liam Dawe,
Yacht Club Games, know for the popular Shovel Knight series has a new game in development called Mina the Hollower, and it's currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter with it being a clear early success.

Indie store itch.io comes out swinging against NFTs

By Liam Dawe,
Not only has Valve banned NFT games from Steam but another store has come out clearly against them, with the official itch.io Twitter account releasing a very clear statement.

Open source evolution sim Thrive adds a new cell to grow with

By Liam Dawe,
Currently in Early Access, Thrive is an impressive scientific evolution sim developed in Godot Engine that continues to mature with a new version up.

Online multiplayer for OpenMW (Morrowind) TES3MP is alive again

By Liam Dawe,
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.

FEX-Emu is a promising project for gaming on 64bit Arm

By Liam Dawe,
Want to play more games on Arm devices? Projects like Box86 and Box64 do already exist but is there a better option? FEX-Emu sounds like it's going to be another great open source way to do what you want.

RPG game engine Flare gets improved gamepad support, fonts and more in v1.13

By Liam Dawe,
Flare is a free and open source game engine for creating RPGs, plus it also has its own Empyrean Campaign to play through and it continued to get enhanced to be a bit more modern.