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The Valve Steam Deck, lots of excitement and plenty to think about for Linux gaming

By Liam Dawe,
Now that Valve has actually revealed the Steam Deck, we finally know what all their recent Linux work has been for over the last few years. We have some thoughts to share on it both positive and negative.

Valve has formally announced the Steam Deck, a portable handheld console with SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Well today is the big day. Valve has now formally revealed the Steam Deck, a portable handheld gaming console powered by a new version of their Linux-based SteamOS operating system.

Streets Of Rage 4 - Mr. X Nightmare rolls out with a free update for all players

By Liam Dawe,
Today is the day! Streets Of Rage 4 - Mr. X Nightmare is out now expanding the beat 'em up with a bunch of new content, plus there's a free upgrade for all players.

AMD releases FidelityFX Super Resolution source code

By Liam Dawe,
As promised when AMD revealed their answer to NVIDIA's DLSS, FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) is now officially open source and available under the MIT license.

Crypto Is Dead is the next title from The Moon Pirates that's a bit like Papers, Please

By Liam Dawe,
Crypto Is Dead, well, not quite but it's a fun name for a game. In development by The Moon Pirates (Don't Forget Me), it's inspired somewhat by Papers, Please.

American Truck Simulator and Euro Truck Simulator 2 get an online Convoy mode

By Liam Dawe,
SCS Software has released the latest big free upgrades now for both Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator which includes the new online Convoy mode.

SkateBIRD returns with another demo available until July 18 for PAX Online

By Liam Dawe,
Want do you get when you cross skateboarding with cute little birds flapping around? SkateBIRD is the answer.

Solus 4.3 released with refreshed apps, desktop environments and new hardware support

By Liam Dawe,
Solus, the independent Linux distribution with their own Budgie desktop has a big new release out with Solus 4.3.

Steam on a Chromebook could be closer than we think, with an AMD dGPU model coming

By Liam Dawe,
Thanks to new info spotted by Chrome Unboxed, we've seen more hints of a more powerful Chromebook coming which would make for a reasonable gaming unit.

Netflix is getting into video games, so we'll have another cloud gaming service

By Liam Dawe,
Not only is Netflix a huge force in series, films, anime and plenty more they're also now getting into video games.

Indoor theme park builder Indoorlands is out in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
You've built theme parks before but not like this. Indoorlands changes the way you design parks, with everything inside huge customizable halls and it's now in Early Access.

Open source instant replay software ReplaySorcery adds an experimental KMS service

By Liam Dawe,
ReplaySorcery is a pretty great bit of open source software, giving you a simple to use instant replay solution for capturing quick bits of whatever is on your screen.

In the platformer-metroidvania Soulchild you're a demon trying to get back home

By Liam Dawe,
It's not easy being a demon it seems, especially when you're somewhat lost and trying to get home. Soulchild follows the story of Silk, who was kicked out of Hell by a new king.

Free and open source space trading game Endless Sky gets a 0.9.14 polishing release

By Liam Dawe,
Bringing the fun of the original Escape Velocity series, the free and open source Endless Sky has another release out with version 0.9.14 with an aim to polish it up a little.

Eight years later Arx Libertatis 1.2 is out now with support for high resolutions

By Liam Dawe,
Arx Libertatis is an improved, cross-platform and open source engine for the 2002 game Arx Fatalis. After a long period of no updates a huge new release is out.

Try out the new world generation in a Caves & Cliffs: Part II test for Minecraft

By Liam Dawe,
Caves & Cliffs: Part II is in development at Mojang as the next major Minecraft upgrade and you can now test the new world generation is a special build.

Valve has released an updated Steam Client with some Linux improvements included

By Liam Dawe,
After another while of releasing Beta builds for users to test, Valve has now pushed out the latest stable Steam Client upgrade for everyone and some Linux improvements are in.

Stadia gets more generous revenue models plus a porting toolkit for DirectX to Vulkan

By Liam Dawe,
At the recent Google for Games Developer Summit it seems that Google actually still has quite a clear focus on Stadia and they're trying to entice more developers to bring their games over.

Dark mysterious metroidvania Crowsworn is live on Kickstarter and flew past the goal

By Liam Dawe,
Crowsworn looks pretty damn good and it appears plenty of other people feel the same way, with it only just launching on Kickstarter recently and the goal was completely smashed.

Pecaminosa is a film noir inspired police action RPG out now for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
BadLand Publishing and developer Cereal Games have now officially released their film noir inspired police action RPG Pecaminosa on Linux.