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Diablo be damned, Last Epoch plans to release 1.0 in February, 2024

By Liam Dawe, 23 Oct 2023

Diablo who? Eleventh Hour Games have announced that their action RPG Last Epoch will release the big 1.0 on February 21st, 2024! With multiple big previews of new stuff coming before release.

itch.io is hosting a Queer Halloween Stories Bundle 2023

By Liam Dawe, 23 Oct 2023

Want to support queer indie developers, authors, and artists? Here's a good chance for you with the Queer Halloween Stories Bundle 2023 hosted on itch.io.

GE-Proton 8-21 released fixing up FSR issues

By Liam Dawe, 23 Oct 2023

GE-Proton 8-21 was released today for Steam Deck and Linux desktop to improve your gaming. Here's a run over what's new and how to use it.

Welcome to the new and much the same GamingOnLinux

By Liam Dawe, 22 Oct 2023

New server who dis? Hello again. GamingOnLinux just did a full server migration and so if you’re seeing this, welcome back home, please wipe your feet at the door.

Proton gets upgrades for TEKKEN 8, Burnout Paradise Remastered, Cyberpunk 2077

By Liam Dawe, 21 Oct 2023

Valve released two separate Proton upgrades recently with Proton Hotfix and Proton Experimental both seeing releases. Here's what's new for Steam Deck and desktop Linux gaming.

Steam Deck Beta gets some essential bug fixes and new Gyro options

By Liam Dawe, 21 Oct 2023

Valve put up some nice bug fixes in the latest Preview and Beta updates for the Steam Deck, here's a run over what's new and improved for you.

Mosa Lina is pure physics puzzle-platforming chaos

By Liam Dawe, 20 Oct 2023

Well this is certainly an unexpected pleasure to appear. Mosa Lina is pure physics puzzle-platforming chaos and it's out now along with Native Linux support and works great on Steam Deck.

Check out the first-person dark-fantasy dungeon crawler Ludus Mortis

By Liam Dawe, 20 Oct 2023

Set in a dark-fantasy timeline version of the Roman Empire, Ludus Mortis is a dungeon crawler like the classics but with plenty of modern touches now in Early Access with Linux Support and Steam Deck playable.

Gearbits is a fast-paced mecha combat indie game now on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 20 Oct 2023

Love mecha combat? Gearbits is a new indie release on Steam from Quackpond Games, following on from their early builds on itch.io.

Blender enables Vulkan as an experimental option

By Liam Dawe, 20 Oct 2023

Some fun news for Blender fans, as their work to bring up Vulkan support in the project has hit a big new milestone with support now enabled but it's still experimental for now.

Begin your industrial revolution in the latest Minecraft Snapshot

By Liam Dawe, 20 Oct 2023

Now that Minecraft Live is over the developers have begun pushing out preview builds ahead of the upcoming release of Minecraft 1.21. A fresh Snapshot was just released with new features like the Crafter block.

Act quick to claim these free games like CRYPTARK and The Evil Within

By Liam Dawe, 20 Oct 2023

Need some free games for the weekend? Got you covered with a list here of some games you can claim to keep so you'll have no excuse for a boring time.

Lutris game manager v0.5.14 adds EA App integration, expanded Flatpak support

By Liam Dawe, 20 Oct 2023

The game manager Lutris has a brand new release out with some sweet new features, so time to take another look at one of the best ways to run games from pretty much anywhere on Linux and Steam Deck.

Grab more Steam Deck games with Fanatical's Premium Play on the Go Bundle

By Liam Dawe, 19 Oct 2023

Fanatical have another Play on the Go Bundle live, this time a "Premium Edition" with some games they thought deserved that status. All games are Steam Deck Verified too.

Stellaris goes into uncharted territory with the Astral Planes expansion

By Liam Dawe, 19 Oct 2023

Stellaris Astral Planes is the latest main expansion announced today for Paradox Interactive's popular space strategy game, and this one sound delightfully different to their previous additions and quite exciting.

Vampire Survivors v1.7 is out now with new free content

By Liam Dawe, 19 Oct 2023

The game that spawned a great many clones, Vampire Survivors is back with a brand new free content update for all players.

Humble Bundle has a load of simulators ready in this bundle

By Liam Dawe, 19 Oct 2023

Enter the simulation! With the Living in a Simulation Humble Bundle, you can live out your wild fantasies of farming, building and more because you love these jobs as a game right?

Planetary Annihilation devs reveal Industrial Annihilation

By Liam Dawe, 19 Oct 2023

The developers of Planetary Annihilation (well, some of them at least) have announced Industrial Annihilation, a full sequel that blends in factory building with the RTS elements.

Relaxing minimalist building strategy game Tiny Atolls fixed up for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 19 Oct 2023

Tiny Atolls was released at the end of September and while I enjoy it a lot, it did come with a rather broken Linux version, which has now been fixed up.

Sweet Dreams Alex is a wholesome puzzle and construction game

By Liam Dawe, 19 Oct 2023

Mixing together puzzles and room building, Sweet Dreams Alex is a rather wholesome idea for a game about keeping away nightmares and it's out now with Native Linux support.