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Terraria to get Steam Deck optimizations soon

By Liam Dawe,
Terraria, the side-scrolling platformer survival game from Re-Logic is getting ready for the upcoming Steam Deck launch and it sounds like we can expect a good experience from it.

Dota 2 on Linux gets upgraded to use the newer Steam runtime container

By Liam Dawe,
Hopefully an update that will allow Dota 2 to continue working on Linux and the Steam Deck long into the future.

Get a bunch of Myst games in this latest bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Up for some exploration? Humble Bundle has a nice selection of new and old games in the Myst universe. Here's a look at how they can run on Linux.

Minetest 5.5.0 is out, forked their own rendering engine with IrrlichtMT

By Liam Dawe,
Minetest 5.5.0 has rolled out, with a switch over from Irrlicht to their own fork of the rendering engine IrrlichtMt designed to have special enhancements just for Minetest.

Retro-styled 3D racer Super Indie Karts gets a new 'Mission Mania' mode

By Liam Dawe,
Love a bit of Mario Kart or other similar games? Check out Super Indie Karts, which recently had a big content update.

Oxygen Not Included to get some improvements for the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Oxygen Not Included from Klei Entertainment is a brilliant building sim and it's getting some Steam Deck improvements.

Splitgate - Beta Season 1 is out now with a Map Creator

By Liam Dawe,
Splitgate, the free to play first-person shooter with portals has a big upgrade out now with the start of the first official Beta Season.

STAR WARS: Squadrons looks to be preparing anti-cheat for the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Red 5 standing by! How about a little more Star Wars on the go? It appears that MOTIVE and EA and getting ready for the Steam Deck release with tweaks to their anti-cheat.

Valve has tested 'thousands' for the Steam Deck, 60 currently Verified

By Liam Dawe,
In a recent update on the Steamworks Group on Steam, Valve gave an update on Steam Deck Verification and testing appears to be ramping up lately.

Wine 7.1 is out with Vulkan 1.3 support

By Liam Dawe,
Now that the dust has settled on the bottle of Wine 7.0, the biweekly development releases have begun and Wine 7.1 is out with new features and bug fixes.

Wine manager Bottles has a big new release with major overhauls

By Liam Dawe,
Managing various games and applications installed on Linux using Wine can be a hassle, and while there's stuff like Lutris available perhaps Bottles might be a better dedicated option.

Unavowed from Wadjet Eye Games arrives on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Wadjet Eye Games seem to be on a roll lately for Linux support. First we saw upgrades and new ports of The Blackwell Bundle, then Gemini Rue and now we have Unavowed. A good time to be a point and click adventure game fan.

Gemini Rue gets a fresh and up to date Linux port

By Liam Dawe,
Wadjet Eye Games continue getting their older published titles upgraded for Linux, after doing the same for The Blackwell Bundle we now have a modern port of Gemini Rue for Linux.

Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates

By gamingonlinux,
This is your once a month reminder to make sure your PC information is correct on your user profiles. A fresh batch of statistics is generated on the 1st of each month.

Steam Lunar New Year Sale 2022 is now live

By Liam Dawe,
Do you feel the need for some new games? Perhaps to continue building up a collection for the upcoming Steam Deck? Now is yet another chance for you with the Steam Lunar New Year Sale 2022.

Prison Architect: Perfect Storm DLC and The Tower update get a surprise release

By Liam Dawe,
Today Paradox Interactive and Double Eleven have done a surprise launch of the Prison Architect: Perfect Storm expansion. Plus, as always for Paradox, there's a free update out now too called The Tower.

Steam's latest crazy indie hit Vampire Survivors is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The developer of Vampire Survivors, an absolute smash-hit on Steam has confirmed that a Linux version is in the works.

X4: Foundations 5.00 gets a Beta with AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR)

By Liam Dawe,
Egosoft continue upgrading their space sim X4: Foundations with the big 5.00 version now in Beta, readying up for the new X4: Tides of Avarice expansion.

A look at Steam's top releases of December 2021 on Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
The latest report is out from Valve on what was popular and sold well during December 2021. Let's take a look at what to expect from the list on Linux and the Steam Deck.

SDL 2.0.22 will default to Wayland on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) is one of the most important pieces of open source for Linux gamers, as it's the tech used by various game engines and games. It's also about to continue changing the game for the Linux desktop in the upcoming version.