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Inspired by Factorio and RimWorld, space colony building sim Stardeus out in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 12 Oct 2022

Taking plenty of inspiration from Factorio and RimWorld (including a very RimWorld style), Kodo Linija and Paradox Arc have released Stardeus into Early Access.

NVIDIA 520.56.06 driver adds easier NVIDIA NGX updates for Wine / Proton

By Liam Dawe, 12 Oct 2022

NVIDIA has today released driver version 520.56.06, adding support for NVIDIA RTX 40 series and adding a bunch of new features and fixes for Linux gamers.

Roguelike tactical auto-battler Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder is out now

By Liam Dawe, 12 Oct 2022

Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder has now left Early Access along with Native Linux support, this roguelike tactical auto-battler is certainly unique.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 game engine OpenRCT2 gets another big upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 12 Oct 2022

OpenRCT2 is a free and open source game engine reimplementation for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, upgrading many parts of it and making it work well cross-platform on modern systems. Version 0.4.2 was recently released with some fun new features.

A Robot Named Fight! source code released

By Liam Dawe, 12 Oct 2022

The developer of a nicely reviewed metroidvania called A Robot Named Fight! has released the source code, hoping that others can learn from it.

A lot of people were clearly waiting on the official Steam Deck Docking Station

By Liam Dawe, 12 Oct 2022

Now that the Steam Deck is available without reservation, and the official Steam Deck Docking Station has released, it appears a lot of people were waiting on Valve for docking.

Steam Deck Boot Videos get an easy app, plus videos coming to the Points Shop

By Liam Dawe, 12 Oct 2022

Recently I mentioned the new Steam Deck Repo website, allowing people to upload and download custom Steam Deck Boot Videos, well now there's an easy to use app to go along with it.

KDE Plasma 5.26 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 11 Oct 2022

The KDE team have done it again! Giving us a fresh new Plasma desktop with plenty of upgrades and Plasma 5.26 is out now.

Mystery adventure Kona II: Brume gets a Linux demo ready for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 11 Oct 2022

Kona II: Brume is the follow-up to 2017's Kona from Parabole / Ravenscourt bringing another cold and mysterious adventure to walk through.

Foolish Mortals is an upcoming spooky point and click adventure

By Liam Dawe, 11 Oct 2022

Up for more pointing and clicking while adventuring? You've come to the right spooky place, with Foolish Mortals being announced with Native Linux support.

VirtualBox 7.0 is out with their DirectX 11 support using DXVK

By Liam Dawe, 11 Oct 2022

Well this was an interesting one entering the GOL inbox recently. VirtualBox, the general-purpose full virtualizer has a big new release out and even they are now using DXVK.

Fanatical running an awesome 'Dollar Collections' sale

By Liam Dawe, 11 Oct 2022

Time to get some more really cheap games, as Fanatical have launched their Dollar Collections sale and there's plenty of good choices in there to get you through the upcoming cold winter nights.

The upgraded ivoler Steam Deck Docking Station is another good choice

By Liam Dawe, 11 Oct 2022

Don't fancy buying from JSAUX and don't need the charger + extra expense of the official Steam Deck Docking Station? ivoler are another good choice.

Decky Loader, get easy Steam Deck Plugins and make colours POP!

By Liam Dawe, 10 Oct 2022

Did you know you can extend the Steam Deck with various plugins? I’m going to show you how to do it, and some of what’s available using Decky Loader.

The new Steam Mobile App is getting close to release

By Liam Dawe, 10 Oct 2022

A few updates later while in Beta and Valve has put out the first Release Candidate for their completely overhauled Steam Mobile App.

GE-Proton 7-37 is out now fixing up more games for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, 10 Oct 2022

GE-Proton (also known as Proton GE) as a community-built version of the Proton compatibility layer to run Windows games, with a new release out now and FSR is back.

There's now a dedicated website for Steam Deck boot videos

By Liam Dawe, 10 Oct 2022

Since Valve have made it official in the latest Steam Deck stable update to change your boot video, reddit user waylaidwanderer made a website where you can easily upload and download these quick clips.

My current little wish-list for Steam Deck upgrades

By Liam Dawe, 9 Oct 2022

The Steam Deck has been out for a while now, it's now easy to purchase with no reservation queue, and the long-delayed Steam Deck Docking Station is also here! Valve has put out a lot of updates but there's plenty they could improve.

JSAUX Steam Deck Docking Station DisplayPort

JSAUX wasted no time with a new Steam Deck Docking Station with DisplayPort

By Liam Dawe, 8 Oct 2022

Find the new official Steam Deck Docking Station too expensive? Perhaps you might like to take another look at JSAUX, as they've announced another upgraded Docking Station.

A few more picks from Steam Next Fest

By anewson, 8 Oct 2022

Steam Next Fest is in full swing, and earlier this week we put out some recommendations. Here are a few more games that run great via Proton on Linux to take a look at this month: Cosmoteer, Dredge, and Potionomics.