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Grab The Darkside Detective in the new Humble Detectives Bundle, plus a big Summer Sale

By Liam Dawe,
The Humble Detectives Bundle is live with some great stuff like The Darkside Detective, and there's a big Summer Sale on too.

Mysterious narrative first-person climbing platformer Lorn's Lure release date announced

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for something a bit different? Lorn's Lure is a 3D atmospheric narrative first-person parkour platformer with an interesting climbing system.

Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter gets a fresh trailer and new release window

By Liam Dawe,
Odd Bug Studio have revealed that Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter will be releasing in February 2025 and there's a brand new trailer.

Bungie retro FPS Marathon Infinity now on Steam, whole trilogy get Steam Workshop support

By Liam Dawe,
The Aleph One developers have now put all three of Bungie's (Halo / Destiny) classic FPS series on Steam with Classic Marathon Infinity now available free.

Deadlock from Valve has very quickly risen up the most played list on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Despite still being invite-only and only having the softest of announcements possible, Deadlock from Valve has seen its player count rise sharply.

GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin getting an official Flatpak for Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Emulation fans might like this! The GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin, is going to finally get an official package for Linux Desktop and Steam Deck.

Claim a free copy of Tropico 4 on GOG during their Back To School Sale

By Liam Dawe,
Time for another free game, and a chance to get some nice discounts while you're at it too, as GOG are giving away Tropico 4 during their Back To School Sale.

Steam sets a new record with 37.2 million concurrent users online

By Liam Dawe,
Only a few months after Steam first hit 36 million, the record has been broken again this year with Steam remaining the champion for PC gamers.

Valve made it even easier to see who played on Steam Deck in user reviews

By Liam Dawe,
Just recently I reported on Valve adding a new feature to Steam user reviews, showing off who played mostly on Steam Deck and now they've made this even easier.

Deadlock from Valve no longer a secret - store page is up and we can finally talk about it

By Liam Dawe,
Deadlock, perhaps the worst kept secret from Valve, has now been softly revealed as the latest game from the maker of Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal and Team Fortress 2.

Steam Deck gets a global resolution override in latest Beta, plus more desktop Steam fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a couple more Steam Beta Client releases recently for both Steam Deck and Desktop so here's all you need to know.

Wine 9.16 released with more Wayland work and an initial Driver Store implementation

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine 9.16 development release is now available for this compatibility layer to run Windows apps and games on Linux. Here's all that's changed.

NVIDIA driver with Linux kernel 6.10 causing kernel oops

By nwildner,
NVIDIA is currently investigating a bug where their drivers are crashing on modern kernels (6.10+). This appears to happen across drivers 550, 555 and even the latest 560.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard devs talk up their PC features, optimisations and Steam Deck verification

By Liam Dawe,
BioWare and Electronic Arts are gearing up for the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard on October 31st and they've revealed a whole bunch of details about the PC release.

Genki reveal a new Tokyo Xtreme Racer is in the works

By Liam Dawe,
Genki are returning to their racing roots with a brand new Tokyo Xtreme Racer in the works, due out for release sometime in 2025.

Steam now shows who played mostly on Steam Deck in user reviews

By Liam Dawe,
Valve did a rather useful new tweak to the user review system on Steam to show who primarily played on Steam Deck.

#DRIVE Rally enters Early Access on September 25

By Liam Dawe,
#DRIVE Rally is an arcade-inspired rally-driving experience set in the golden racing era of the ‘90s, and now there's a new trailer along with a confirmed release date for Early Access of September 25th.

D.O.T. Defence looks like a fun spin on the RTS genre

By Liam Dawe,
D.O.T. Defence from Rattleaxe Games plans to launch in 2025 and looks like it will put a nice unique spin on RTS games, with matches you play in short bursts designed for single-player and local multiplayer.

Aether Collector is a mysterious point and click adventure set inside an anomaly

By Liam Dawe,
One for sci-fi fans, Aether Collector is a mysterious point and click adventure set inside an anomaly.

I'm quite excited for the Starship Troopers: Extermination single-player

By Liam Dawe,
Starship Troopers: Extermination is already a fun game, but the initial Early Access release was short-lived due to a lack of content. Over time, Offworld have really built it up and the new upcoming single-player mode has me really excited.