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Sons Of The Forest adds FSR 2.0 and better settings for Steam Deck

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Sons Of The Forest is one game that was sadly a little too much for the Steam Deck to handle at the release, but now it seems it should run a fair bit better.

ControllerImage provides easy on-screen prompts for game developers

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Developer and game porter Ryan "Icculus" Gordon has created a new library named ControllerImage for game developers, with an aim to help showing on-screen controller prompts

Check out the demo for Snacktorio, a factory-cooking sim where you feed monsters

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Snacktorio from APICO developer TNgineers now has a demo available, and it's quite a fun game that blends factory building, cooking and exploration together.

Songs of Conquest working on improved Steam Deck / Gamepad support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Songs of Conquest is an impressive Early Access turn-based strategy adventure game and it has a new Beta available you may want to test on Steam Deck or with a gamepad.

Linux share on Steam back to nearly 2% thanks to Steam Deck

By Liam Squires-Hand,
After a couple of months of the Linux user share on Steam dropping, the November 2023 Steam Hardware & Software Survey shows it shooting back up again. With Steam Deck continuing to push Linux gaming.

Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.5.8 now in Preview

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve released a fresh SteamOS update into Preview for Steam Deck, with SteamOS 3.5.8 out now fixing up various problems since the big 3.5 update.

Jingle Jam 2023 Games Collection Bundle is live with 70+ games

By Liam Squires-Hand,
It's that time of year again, time for another Jingle Jam 2023 Games Collection Bundle to grab loads of games and support charity.

Here's the most played Steam Deck games for November 2023

By Liam Squires-Hand,
December has arrived and so Valve have revealed the most popular games played on Steam Deck through November 2023 sorted by hours played overall.

Roots of Pacha 1.1 adds new content and a fix for Steam Deck external controllers

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The single-player and co-op life sim / farming game Roots of Pacha has a big update out now, with it there's plenty of new content and a nice fix for Steam Deck players docking to the big screen.

Story Mode for Them's Fightin' Herds cancelled and active development to cease

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Some sad news for fans of the fighting game Them's Fightin' Herds, as the developer Mane6 has cancelled the Story Mode and will be ceasing active development on the game.

Western adventure in the alternate 19th century, Rosewater has a fresh trailer

By Liam Squires-Hand,
If you love your classic styled point and click adventures, Rosewater is one you need to pop right in that wishlist. It's looking really good!

Check out the new trailer for Demonschool, an upcoming light horror tactics RPG

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Demonschool looks like one of the most unique tactics RPG I've seen for a while, and the new trailer that just went up really has me excited for it.

Huge update to Baldur's Gate 3 adds an Epilogue, new game modes and willy physics

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Well that's quite an upgrade Baldur's Gate 3 just got, and one of my absolute favourite games of this year. Might be time to jump back in again!

KDE Plasma 6 - Beta 1 released

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The KDE team continue sprinting towards to finish line of the Plasma 6 release next year, with a Beta release now available for the popular Linux desktop environment which is also used on Steam Deck.

Battle.net broke in Wine / Proton - here's how to fix for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Ah launchers, don't you just love them? A reoccuring nuisance for Steam Deck and desktop Linux gaming is that they can and will break and the latest to break (again) is Battle.net. Here's how you can fix it for now.

Proton Experimental fixes Baldur's Gate 3, improves Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve released a fresh Proton Experimental update for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux to finish up November so here's what's new and improved.

Build up your game library with Fanatical's Bandai Namco Collection

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Need some more games for your Steam Deck or desktop Linux PC? Fanatical has launched another great build your own deal with the Bandai Namco Collection.

Godot Engine 4.2 is out now with AMD FSR 2.2 and lots of new features

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Godot Engine 4.2 is officially released bringing with it a great many improvements for developers using this popular free and open source game engine.

Heroic Games Launcher 2.11 released with custom library categories

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Heroic Games Launcher 2.11 is out now and brings with it an easier way to sort your game library by adding custom categories.

So what the heck is an 'indie game' nowadays anyway?

By Liam Squires-Hand,
You'll have to forgive me, dear readers, because I am a little confused on what's going on at the moment. What the heck actually is an indie or independent game nowadays?