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The latest from Prime Gaming - November 29 edition - more for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

Here we go again! Each week Prime Gaming, part of what you get with a subscription to Amazon Prime, add and remove various games you can claim to keep.

Project Zomboid set for a massive update that should get a Beta before Christmas

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

Project Zomboid, the highly rated and popular zombie survival game from The Indie Stone, is set to get another truly massive update.

Theme park builder Parkitect gets a campaign editor and a new DLC is on the way

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

Parkitect from Texel Raptor is celebrating a sixth anniversary, with a big new update out now and news of a fresh DLC coming.

itch.io Creator Day is live today where they take no cut from devs, along with their Autumn Sale

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

itch.io Creator Day is live right now, where the store will not take any cut at all from sales developers make.

Survival game The Last Plague: Blight adds controller support, great for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

The Last Plague: Blight impressed me quite a lot with the initial Early Access release, and the developer has been doing some great updates to it recently.

Modding support returns to Dome Keeper in the latest update

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

While the developers keep working away on multiplayer for Dome Keeper, you can now get back to filling your game up with mods as support has returned.

Baldur's Gate 3 will get cross-play, a photo mode and 12 subclasses next year

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

One of the best RPGs ever made is about to get even better, with Larian Studios announcing what looks to be the last major update for Baldur's Gate 3 coming in 2025.

The Raw Fury Humble Bundle is an awesome deal with 11 Steam Deck Verified games

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

With 11 quality games, the Raw Fury Humble Bundle is a really nice deal and great compatibility across Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

LIGHT OF MOTIRAM takes Horizon Zero Dawn and turns it into a co-op survival game

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

Is this Palworld all over again? The copying here is pretty blatant. Tencent Games owned developer Polaris Quest revealed LIGHT OF MOTIRAM and it seems very familiar.

We're getting a Palworld x Terraria crossover, major Palworld update in December

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

Quite a surprise this one. Palworld and Terraria are getting a crossover, but we don't really know what just yet.

The new Nexus Mods open source cross-platform app adds Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord support

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

Nexus Mods keep expanding their very promising cross-platform open source app for modding, that will eventually replace their older apps and the new 0.7.0 release just went out.

Mesa 24.2.8 released for Linux with bug fixes, last update for the 24.2 series

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

Developer Eric Engestrom announced the release of Mesa 24.2.8 open source graphics drivers for Linux with some bug fixes.

You can get a free copy of both Breathedge and Dark Sector right now

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

If you're in need of more games and perhaps you can't afford something from the GOG Sale and Steam Sale - you're in luck! Here's two free games you can get right now.

Incredible retro FPS Selaco adds a new 'Special Campaign' in another huge update

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

Celebrating six months since the intial Early Access release, the awesome retro-fuelled Selaco has another really big update out now.

Steam Deck hits 17,000 games playable and verified

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

Another big milestone has been reached by Valve with their handheld Linux gaming PC, with the Steam Deck hitting 17,000 games rated playable or verified.

Steam Autumn Sale is live for you to empty your wallets, Steam Awards open for nominations

By Liam Dawe, 6 days ago

Another year coming to a close and so the Steam Autumn Sale is live again until December 4. Time to find where your wallet is hiding.

New Steam Controller 2 and VR controller designs got leaked

By Liam Dawe, 6 days ago

Valve did a bit of a woops here, as they recently accidentally leaked the designs for what looks like their upcoming Steam Controller 2 and a new VR controller that is likely to come with the long leaked Deckard VR headset.

GOG's Black Friday Sale is live now with some big discounts

By Liam Dawe, Nov 26

Black Friday? It may only be Tuesday, but of course every store wants to get ahead of the game. GOG's Black Friday Sale is live now.

Huge new Proton 9.0-4 update for Steam Deck / Linux now in need of testing

By Liam Dawe, Nov 26

Ready to bring improved compatibility with Windows games to Steam Deck and Desktop Linux, Valve has a Proton 9.0-4 Release Candidate in need of testing.