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NVIDIA disclose new security flaw in their Linux GPU drivers

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA sent out a security bulletin today to reveal a fresh security flaw found in their Linux GPU drivers. So it’s time to get updating again to be safe.

Frostrail from the devs of Barotrauma 'eager' to support Linux with a 'tentative yes'

By Liam Dawe,
Barotrauma devs FakeFish recently revealed Frostrail during the Triple-I Initiative event, and they're giving a "tentative yes" for Linux support.
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Steam Deck Verified round-up highlights for late April 2025

By Liam Dawe,
Come and see what Valve have been rating Steam Deck Verified recently, and perhaps you might just find your next game to play through. All games will work on Desktop Linux too thanks to Valve's Proton.

Discord CEO steps down, replaced with former Activision Blizzard CSO as they work towards being a public company

By Liam Dawe,
As Discord forces in more adverts and paid customization towards becoming a public company the CEO and Co-Founder, Jason Citron, has announced they're stepping down as CEO.

11 bit studios are remaking the original Frostpunk in Unreal Engine 5 with Frostpunk 1886

By Liam Dawe,
11 bit studios have announced today that their popular city building survival strategy game Frostpunk from 2018 is getting a remake in Unreal Engine 5.

Polterguys: Possession Party is a funny competitive party game worth a look

By Liam Dawe,
Polterguys: Possession Party from Madorium Ltd is a party game that's highly competitive. As a bunch of ghosts, you and friends are trying to get away from a monster, so you need to sabotage everyone else to survive.

DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS fixes issues with AMD FSR3 on Steam Deck and adds a Photo Mode

By Liam Dawe,
KOEI TECMO recently released a small update for DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS that released in January, making it more playable on Steam Deck.

Check out the unique demo for Insectile, a bug-catching creature collection game with puzzle-battles

By Liam Dawe,
Insectile is an upcoming game that blends together exploration, creature collection and puzzle battles into what looks like quite a unique and charming experience. It will have Native Linux support and a demo is now available.

Popular mobile game Final Outpost: Definitive Edition gets a PC release on May 22

By Liam Dawe,
Final Outpost: Definitive Edition from Exabyte Games is the expanded and upgraded version of their popular mobile game. They've now announced the full PC release with Native Linux support will arrive on May 22nd.

Time-travel adventure Old Skies from Wadjet Eye Games is out now

By Liam Dawe,
The latest point and click adventure from Wadjet Eye Games is out now with Old Skies sending you through time. It has Native Linux support and is Steam Deck Verified.

Steam Client update brings fixes for screenshots, notes and more for Steam Deck and Desktops

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a small stable update to the Steam Client for Desktop and Steam Deck, along with another one-fix Beta update for Steam Deck.

You can get DOOM, DOOM Eternal, more DOOM and multiple Wolfenstein games in this latest Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
If you're needing to build up your shooter collection, the new id & Friends Humble Bundle might perhaps be exactly what you want with plenty of DOOM.

Colony building sim Mountaincore is now free to play and open source

By Liam Dawe,
A complicated history for this one, with the developer Rocket Jump Technology no longer existing as a business. The previous iteration of the game named King under the Mountain went open source back in January 2024, and now what was to be the big revamp is also open source.

Popular idle game Melvor Idle is getting a sequel with Melvor Idle 2 bringing some huge new features

By Liam Dawe,
Coming sometime soon to Early Access, Melvor Idle 2 has been announced by developer Games by Malcs. Building upon the success and popularity of the first game, but with some big new features to hook you in.

Stone Age co-op farming & life sim Roots of Pacha gets a major 'Sun and Moon' v1.3 update

By Liam Dawe,
Roots of Pacha is basically like a Stone Age version of Stardew Valley, a co-op farming and life sim from Sofa Den. The Sun and Moon update is a big one and it's out now.

Fanatical's Prestige Collection for April 2025 has some highly rated picks for cheap

By Liam Dawe,
Another great to chance to grab some cheap highly rated games in the Fanatical Prestige Collection for April 2025 Bundle. Additionally, Fanatical also have a discount for the newly released Oblivion Remastered.

Survivor-like bullet hell with random maps FIENDRISE adds Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Originally released on April 17th, FIENDRISE is another quality looking survivor-like bullet heaven / bullet hell like thingy that has randomly generated stages to explore to give you a new experience every time.

Mesa NVK (NVIDIA Vulkan driver) now Vulkan 1.4 conformant on Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs

By Liam Dawe,
Collabora developer Faith Ekstrand has announced a nice big milestone for the open source Mesa driver NVK, the NVIDIA Vulkan driver, as it has expanded Vulkan 1.4 conformance to now include Maxwell+ (Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs).

Steam will soon list what accessibility features games support on store pages

By Liam Dawe,
Finally. Something many have been asking for Valve to do for a long time now, and something I've pointed out multiple times across various articles - Steam pages will soon list what accessibility features games support on store pages.

Valve continues preparing the Steam Deck OS to release for more devices with SteamOS 3.7.4 Preview

By Liam Dawe,
SteamOS 3.7.4 Preview is out now and it contains only a few bug fixes, but one sounds pretty darn important to give non-Steam Deck users a good experience.