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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?

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP gets a 2023 refresh and Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, originally released back in 2012, just got a fresh upgrade bringing with it some compatibility fixes and it's now also Steam Deck Verified too!

Steam Deck and Steam Desktop stable updates bring lots of fixes

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I love the smell of a freshly brewed Steam update in the morning. Valve released a Steam Client stable update for Steam Deck and Steam Desktop for November 29th so here's all that's new.

Mesa 23.3 is out now with the NVK Vulkan driver for NVIDIA

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Developer Eric Engestrom announced yesterday the fresh release of the Mesa 23.3 open source graphics drivers.

Steam Deck global top seller again thanks to cheaper LCDs and the Steam Deck OLED

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Not exactly a surprise but still great to see for Steam Deck fans for the ongoing support from Valve, as the Steam Deck is now firmly the global top seller on Steam once again.

An Amazing Wizard is a bland name for a game but it looks like great chaos

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Developer Jakub Dąbrowski may need to work on their game naming, but at least the gameplay looks like it's a lot of fun in An Amazing Wizard.

Aether combines Risk of Rain 2 with Wizard of Legend

By Liam Squires-Hand,
What do you get when you combine the elemental combat system from Wizard of Legend, with the gameplay progression from Risk of Rain 2? The result is Aether.

Xorg is dead, long live Wayland - Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) dropping Xorg

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Some interesting Linux industry news for you here, as the long road towards Wayland by default everywhere is taking another big step with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) removing the Xorg server and other X servers (except Xwayland) from RHEL 10 and the following releases.

Post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game Retro Commander is out now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Up for some more classic RTS action? Retro Commander from Noble Master is now officially released after 6+ years in development.

GUNHEAD from Alientrap gets Steam Deck improvements

By Liam Squires-Hand,
GUNHEAD is the latest release from Alientrap who also made CRYPTARK, Capsized and Wytchwood. It's also just been updated to improve it on Steam Deck.

Begin your week with these newly Steam Deck Verified games

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Up for some more games for your Steam Deck? Another week is beginning and Valve constantly put games through Steam Deck Verified testing so here's some of the latest.

TUXEDO Sirius 16 launches full AMD gaming notebook with Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Ready for your next hardware purchase? How about a new Linux notebook that's all-in with AMD? The TUXEDO Sirius 16 looks delicious.

Plasma 6 full steam ahead with only one showstopper left for Wayland by default

By Liam Squires-Hand,
As the KDE team continue working full steam ahead towards Plasma 6, they're now down to a single showstopping bug for having Wayland by default.

Over 5% of The Pale Beyond players were on Steam Deck

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Here's an interesting little data point for you, as the developers behind the polar exploration and survival game The Pale Beyond have given an update on Steam Deck engagement with their game.

Create worlds for others to explore in creature capturing RPG Portal Fantasy

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I adore creature collecting games and Portal Fantasy looks and sounds like it could be quite an interesting spin on the genre, with you creating worlds for people to explore.

PipeWire 1.0 is out now for modern Audio and Video on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The day finally arrived! PipeWire 1.0 has been officially released, marking the real start of properly modern audio and video handling on Linux.

Get lots of The Walking Dead and more in Humble's Skybound Games Bundle

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Even more games for you here with another good deal! Check out the Black Friday Score: The Walking Dead & More from Skybound Bundle.

VKD3D-Proton 2.11 released with DirectX Raytracing enabled by default

By Liam Squires-Hand,
An exciting release of VKD3D-Proton has arrived! VKD3D-Proton 2.11 brings with it some big improvements for the Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translation layer used in Valve's Proton for Linux PC and Steam Deck.

Wine 8.21 brings High-DPI scaling and initial Vulkan support for Wayland

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Wine 8.21 has rolled out as the latest development release and brings with it some nice sounding stuff, readying up for Wine 9.0 early next year.