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Steam Deck hits over 9,000 games rated Verified and Playable

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Another juicy milestone for Valve with the Steam Deck, as it now has over 9,000 games rated as either Verified or Playable.

Spooky creature photography game Penko Park gets Linux support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A bit like a slightly creepier Pokemon Snap, the indie hit Penko Park from developer Ghostbutter has just released Native Linux support.

Get a bunch of Rhythm games in this game bundle

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Do you have the moves? Are you quick on the finger? Check out the Feel the Rhythm bundle over on Humble Bundle. Here's what compatibility to expect on desktop Linux and Steam Deck.

Look after your pixel people in life sim Tiny Life

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A pixel-art version of The Sims? Sign me up. Tiny Life from Ellpeck Games and Top Hat Studios is now available in Early Access.

Valve limits Steam store pages to 2 trailers before screenshots

By Liam Squires-Hand,
I don't know about you, but I used to get a little annoyed by endless amounts of trailers on Steam pages that didn't really show much. Valve have been paying attention again to what players want to see.

GE-Proton 8-1 released, mainly pulling in Proton 8 upgrades

By Liam Squires-Hand,
GE-Proton has a new release out with 8-1, which is mainly pulling in a whole bunch of improvements from Proton 8 and Proton Experimental.

OBS Studio 29.1 is out now with AV1 / HEVC for YouTube

By Liam Squires-Hand,
One for content creators here, as the excellent OBS Studio just released version 29.1.0. This brings initial support for AV1 / HEVC on YouTube.

Heroic Games Launcher 2.7.1 hotfix 1 fixes up Epic Games login

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Having some troubles with Epic Games on the Heroic Games Launcher? You weren't alone and a new hotfix is out to get it sorted.

OpenRazer v3.6 brings support for 11 more Razer devices

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Another fantastic update to OpenRazer with version 3.6.0 bringing support for more Razer devices on Linux along with various improvements.

Proton 8.0-2 out for Linux / Steam Deck fixing the EA app (yes, again)

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve has upgraded the newer Proton 8 that only launched for Linux and Steam Deck recently, with a bunch of bug fixes.

Rogue Legacy 2 has one final content update out now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Cellar Door Games are saying farewell to Rogue Legacy 2, with one final major content upgrade out now with The Swan Song.

Animated series in the works for Vampire Survivors, plus big upgrade upcoming

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Not only will Vampire Survivors get another content upgrade and a small patch later this month but an animated TV show is currently in the works.

Combat Master is a cheesy indie free to play Call of Duty

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Heard of Combat Master? It's a free to play first-person shooter released on Steam in late April and now it has Linux and Steam Deck support.

Seems the big Chinese surge on Steam is over - Steam Survey for April 2023

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve has now released the latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey for April 2023, and it shows that things have calmed down again.

FNA gets Direct3D 11 support on Linux using DXVK and vkd3d

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Some fun for game developers and game porters looking at Linux and Steam Deck here, as FNA has released a major upgrade that has early support for Direct3D 11 on Linux.

Another Steam and Steam Deck Beta brings fixes and Steam Input improvements

By Liam Squires-Hand,
After the huge update recently that overhauled the Steam Overlay, Valve has put up another Steam and Steam Deck Beta to fix up lingering issues and upgrade Steam Input.

Valve reveals the top Steam Deck games for April 2023

By Liam Squires-Hand,
It's May already huh? Another month is over and so Valve has detailed what people have been playing the most on Steam Deck.

Don't Starve Together huge sale, content update and hitting records

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Klei Entertainment have just released that latest update for their co-op survival game Don't Starve Together, it's a good one and it's on a massive sale too.

The Striking Soulslikes bundle has some punishment ready for you

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Think you have what it takes? These games might test your limits. The Striking Soulslike Bundle is live and here's what compatibility to expect on Linux desktop and Steam Deck.

Compatibility layer Wine release v8.7 is out now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Wine, the compatibility layer for running Windows apps and games on Linux has a fresh development release up with version 8.7.