The Jackbox Megapicker fixed to stop megabreaking your Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
What Valve called the "jackbrick megabricker" (ouch), The Jackbox Megapicker should now stop breaking your Steam Deck after the latest update to the Native Linux version.

Pull off sick tricks and take down hordes of demons in Motordoom

By Liam Dawe,
Motordoom is the latest entry in the survivor-like horde shooter genre popularised by Vampire Survivors, and this one has you do some freestyle-sports.

NVIDIA Linux Driver Beta 560.31.02 Out Now

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA today released a fresh update to the current ongoing 560 Beta driver series with version 560.31.02 bringing some bug fixes.

Save a town from paranormal infestation in the point and click adventure The founders of [redacted]

By Liam Dawe,
Love your point and click adventures? Here's a fresh one for you! The founders of [redacted] from Relatively Painless Games looks like a great addition to your gaming library.

Better ASUS ROG Ally X support on Linux is coming with a big kernel patch

By Liam Dawe,
If you were hoping to see better ASUS ROG Ally X support on Linux, you're in for a treat here, as there's a big patch that's been sent in.

Pixel With Your Friends gets you and your pals to restore pixel-artworks for a museum

By Liam Dawe,
A fun idea for a nice casual puzzle game: Pixel With Your Friends has released with Linux support where you restore artworks pixel by pixel for a museum.

Chocolate Doom 3.1.0 brings many new features for the classic source port

By Liam Dawe,
While other source ports are pretty popular like GZDoom, Chocolate Doom continues getting better to retain the best compatibility with the original DOS versions of Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen and Strife.

Manjaro Linux gets an Immutable version available for testing

By Liam Dawe,
The Manjaro Linux team have announced the first round of testing for their new Manjaro Immutable version of the popular Linux distribution.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 42: Upset the Applecart

By Hamish,
While the studio's destiny would later see it become consumed by Microsoft, in its earliest days Bungie instead stayed a Mac focused development house. They would later switch to cross-platform development, which soon caught the attention of a fledgling Loki Software. Bungie would again cater to an underrepresented video game market.

FNA gets Direct3D 11 support on Linux thanks to DXVK

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Ethan Lee yesterday announced the release of FNA 24.08, bringing with it preparation for the upcoming release of SDL 3 and a fun addition of Direct3D 11 support on Linux thanks to DXVK.

Linux / Steam Deck user share on Steam stays flat for July 2024

By Liam Dawe,
No news is good news, as the saying goes, or something like that. Valve updated the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for July 2024 and for Linux / Steam Deck the changes were pretty minimal.

Glorious retro FPS 'Selaco' is now Steam Deck Verified and plans many huge gameplay upgrades

By Liam Dawe,
As far as retro-styled shooters go, Selaco is probably one of the best I've ever played. With chunky visuals, fun combat and some really nice level design. Now, it's Steam Deck Verified and we have a better idea of what's to come next.

Intel to lay off around 15,000 staff as they try make $10 billion in savings

By Liam Dawe,
It's not just the gaming industry that likes to get fat and then fire everyone, as Intel has announced a cost-cutting exercise where they will be letting go of around 15,000 staff.

The free game Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense added Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a fun surprise for you today, Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense is a free to play game that just added Native Linux support on July 30th.

We'll get our first look at Civilization VII on August 20

By Liam Dawe,
2K have announced that Civilization VII will get a world premiere of gameplay shown off during Gamescom Opening Night Live.

ChimeraOS 46-1 released fixing up some AMD issues, sound fix on some AYANEO & AYN devices

By Liam Dawe,
After the big release of ChimeraOS 46 recently that further expanded the gaming handheld support with this Linux distribution, ChimeraOS 46-1 is out now to clean up some issues.

Here's the most popular Steam Deck games for July 2024

By Liam Dawe,
A fresh month is here, so it's time to take a look at what's been popular amongst players on Steam Deck, and another chance for you to all discuss what you've been playing across Desktop Linux and Steam Deck.

Fox-girl platformer Kitsune Tails is a true quality retro-inspired good time - out now

By Liam Dawe,
Kitsune Tails from developer Kitsune Games is a platformer inspired by the classics like Super Mario Bros, steeped in Japanese mythology and it's well worth playing.

Real-time air traffic controller sim Mini Airways is out now and will keep you on your toes

By Liam Dawe,
What I initially thought would be a bit like Mini Motorways and Mini Metro, it's similar only really in style and name, but Mini Airways is a different and challenging beast that will keep your undivided attention.

STAR WARS: Bounty Hunter has launched and Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Seems like Aspyr Media actually did a pretty good job on this one, with STAR WARS: Bounty Hunter now available on GOG and Steam.