Victoria 3: Pivot of Empire arrives in November and free update 1.8

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox announced Victoria 3: Pivot of Empire, the next "Immersion Pack" coming for their 19th century grand strategy game in November along with a major free update.

Raspberry Pi launch their own SSDs and SSD Kits, along with SD Cards

By Liam Dawe,
Raspberry Pi have recently expanded their hardware offerings with their own SSDs and SSD Kits, plus they're also selling their own SD Cards now too.

Get lots of mystery adventures from Microids in this latest Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Microids Mystery Menagerie Humble Bundle is live with 18 games and 1 discount count giving you lots of mystery adventures to play through. Plenty have good Steam Deck / Linux compatibility too.

Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.6 officially out with improved performance, Mura Compensation, lots more

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has now officially released SteamOS 3.6 for Steam Deck to the stable channel, bringing with it lots of big improvements all across the system.

Proton Experimental gets a big change for video playback in games on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a new update to Proton Experimental with a big change for how they handle video playback, and hopefully give a nice compatibility boost for Windows games on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

NVIDIA detail new GPU driver vulnerabilities in their October 2024 Security Bulletin

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA have released a security bulletin to detail new security issues, so it's time to update your GPU driver once again.

The Rogue Prince of Persia now Steam Deck Verified with a big update

By Liam Dawe,
Coming in a day late for my recent Steam Deck Verified round-up, The Rogue Prince of Persia from developer Evil Empire and publisher Ubisoft is now Steam Deck Verified with a big update out.

Get your own UFO in the latest No Man's Sky update during a really weird Expedition

By Liam Dawe,
Hello Games have updated No Man's Sky again, bringing with it a reality-bending new Expedition with The Cursed.

GOG announces Fallout: London hits 1 million players, all games on sale for Fallout Day

By Liam Dawe,
GOG sent word via a press release that the huge Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London from Team FOLON has hit 1 million players. Additionally, it's Fallout Day so all the games are on sale.

EA Anti-Cheat arrives for Battlefield 1 breaking it on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
It's here. EA Anti-Cheat has now been rolled out into Battlefield 1, breaking another multiplayer game on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

Creepy retro horror game Fear the Spotlight is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Fear the Spotlight from Cozy Game Pals and Blumhouse Games is a retro-styled horror game that looks like it would fit right in on the original PlayStation. It's just be re-released on Steam with Linux support.

Unified launcher for Windows games on Linux (UMU) v1.1.3 out now

By Liam Dawe,
Continuing to improve compatibility with Windows games on Linux outside of Steam, the Unified launcher for Windows games on Linux (UMU) has another release out now.

Escape Simulator gets a free Talos Principle DLC out now, plus a paid DLC in December

By Liam Dawe,
Escape Simulator from Pine Studio continues doing some really cool additions, with The Talos Principle getting a little free crossover DLC out now.

Science fantasy roguelike epic Caves of Qud releases December 5

By Liam Dawe,
Freehold Games and Kitfox Games have announced the thoroughly strange and unique science fantasy roguelike epic Caves of Qud is leaving Early Access on December 5.

NVIDIA 565.57.01 Beta has Wayland and HDR improvements, plus DXVK and VKD3D optimizations

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA today released two new Linux drivers. The big one is the NVIDIA 565.57.01 Beta, along with a one-liner update in the stable 550.127.05 release.

Auto-battler dungeon crawler Skull Horde announced by dev of BORE BLASTERS

By Liam Dawe,
BORE BLASTERS developer 8BitSkull have announced their next game, Skull Horde, which will be released in 2025 with Linux and Steam Deck support.

AutoForge is Terraria mixed with Factorio, devs plan Steam Deck and controller support soon

By Liam Dawe,
Blending the mining and side-scrolling from Terraria, with the building and automation from Factorio — AutoForge looks interesting. Maybe this will scratch an itch you didn't know you had.

Steam Deck Verified round-up, your late October 2024 highlights

By Liam Dawe,
Here's your next run over some recent Steam Deck Verified games, those that should just be click and play on both Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

Get over 60 games free with Prime Gaming right now - many work on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Another round up of some free games you can get to play on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux thanks to Prime Gaming.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.19 Beta released

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released another SteamOS Beta for Steam Deck with a couple of fixes, as they continue working towards a stable release of SteamOS 3.6.