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Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is now Steam Deck Verified
Surprisingly, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has been given the Steam Deck Verified checkmark by Valve, after the latest patch was released with more updates planned.
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There's been a flood in the Wandering Waters update for Dota 2
While Valve continue building up their next MOBA with Deadlock, their current Dota 2 is still as popular as ever and the Wandering Waters update for Dota 2 sounds pretty awesome.
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A year later, Palworld hits 32m players while continuing to fight off Nintendo
It's been a little bit over a year now since Palworld arrived in Early Access, with developer Pocketpair announcing how well it's done along with another patch out now.
Phil Spencer of Microsoft Gaming thinks generative AI will help game preservation
Microsoft recently announced Muse, "a generative AI model of a video game that can generate game visuals, controller actions, or both". And somehow, Phil Spencer of Microsoft Gaming thinks it will help game preservation.
The OBS Studio versus Fedora drama seems to have calmed down - no more legal threats
Recently I highlighted a fight that had broken out between the OBS Studio team and the Fedora Linux developers. The issue was centred around the Fedora Flatpak of OBS Studio but it seems to have calmed down now.
Valve use a little code from Godot for Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Team Fortress 2
This is the beauty of open source in action - everyone can benefit. Valve are no stranger to open source, and as it turns out they're using a little bit of code from Godot Engine now too.
Mesa 25.0 open source graphics drivers released with Vulkan 1.4 and initial AMD RDNA4 support
Developer Eric Engestrom announced today the release of Mesa 25.0, bringing lots of open source graphics driver updates and expanded hardware support.
Take a trip through an indie dev brain in Terry's Other Games from Terry Cavanagh
A name you might know from the likes of Dicey Dungeons, Super Hexagon and VVVVVV. This is not a single game but a collection of various experiments done by Terry Cavanagh over many years.
House Flipper and Friends Humble Bundle has some fun looking sims
One for the creative types and people who love doing chores. The House Flipper and Friends Humble Bundle has an assortment of simulator treats available.
Proton Experimental adds fixes for Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, The Finals and more
Valve released a fresh update for Proton Experimental today pulling in some more fixes for various Windows games to run on Linux / Steam Deck.
Steam Deck update gets a small battery life boost with the Frame Limiter
Valve released a new Steam Deck Beta Client update for February 14th, showing the love to battery life with a little extra juice.
Team Fortress 2 major update released and source available for modders via the Source SDK
It wasn't just Counter-Strike: Source and Day of Defeat: Source that received big updates today, as Valve also published a new update for Team Fortress 2 along with updating the Source SDK to include TF2!
Amazon's previous VP of Prime Gaming said they "tried everything" to disrupt Steam
Everything except making a store people wanted to use? Ethan Evans, who was previously Vice President of Prime Gaming at Amazon, has a short retrospective of trying to take on Steam.
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 46: Bursting Bubbles
I have had my fair share of success in running games released up to around 2004 or so, but after that I do begin to encounter more issues with binary compatibility.
SteamOS-like Bazzite Linux has some nice growth thanks to great handheld PC support
There's no need to wait on Valve releasing SteamOS 3 for everyone thanks to Bazzite. Some really impressive work continues to go into it, and it appears they're enjoying some nice overall growth.
A workaround for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on Linux with NVIDIA GPUs has been found
While Final Fantasy VII Rebirth can work on Linux with AMD GPUs (like Steam Deck), the situation with NVIDIA GPUs has been messy. Open source to the rescue though, again.
Tomb Raider II open source re-implementation adds Linux support
TRX, the Tomb Raider I & II: Community Edition open source re-implementation project, has continued advancing and a fresh release of both are out now. With the Tomb Raider II side adding Linux support.
Monster Train 2 announced with a demo live
The huge hit deck-builder Monster Train is getting a sequel, with Monster Train 2 getting an announcement and demo in the same day so you can try it early.
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN launches in May - will have Kernel Level Anti-Cheat
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN is now set for launch on May 30th, and it does look great, but the anti-cheat could be a problem for Steam Deck / Linux players.
Airport X-Ray Simulator gets a gamepad and Steam Deck Beta
Airport X-Ray Simulator from developer Rainbow Lab has a fresh Beta available on Steam, which includes some overhauled controls for gamepads and Steam Deck.
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- Steam Deck update gets a small battery life boost with the Frame Limiter
- SteamOS-like Bazzite Linux has some nice growth thanks to great handheld PC support
- Open source non-profit platform Codeberg "suffering from hate campaigns due to far-right forces"
- Tomb Raider II open source re-implementation adds Linux support
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