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Windows compatibility layer Wine 9.5 released

By Liam Dawe, Mar 23

Another two weeks are done and so a fresh update of the Windows compatibility layer is live with the Wine 9.5 development release.

Steam Spring Sale 2024 live, Valve list the Top 100 games on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Mar 14

Valve has launched the Steam Spring Sale 2024 and with it, you know the drill, there's masses of discounts across all sorts of games. There's also a fresh list of the top 100 most played games on Steam Deck.

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As of January 2024 - 75 of the Top 100 most played Steam games work on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Jan 5

Here's an up to date look at the current state of the most played games on Steam, and how many of they run on Steam Deck and Linux as a whole.

Fortnite on Linux / Steam Deck? Not until 'tens of millions of users'

By Liam Dawe, Dec 13, 2023

Hoping at some point to play Fortnite on Linux / Steam Deck without the use of Cloud Gaming services? Well, it's probably quite some time away, if ever.

Epic Games sheds 830 people due to 'spending way more money than we earn'

By Liam Dawe, Sep 29, 2023

Recent industry news doing the rounds is from Epic Games, who yesterday publicly shared an email that was sent by Tim Sweeney about laying off 16% of the company.

83 of the top 100 most played Steam games work on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Aug 8, 2023

Taking a look at the most-played games on Steam by player-count, here's how many of them should be playable on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Rocket League is getting additional anti-cheat functionality

By Liam Dawe, Jan 23, 2023

In a move that could cause issues for Linux desktop and Steam Deck gamers, Rocket League is going to introduce new anti-cheat measures.

73 of the top 100 most popular Steam games are playable on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Jun 30, 2022

It's been a little while since checking how well the top 100 most played games on Steam work on Linux and the Steam Deck, so here's a fresh run over the list for you.

Fall Guys to become Epic Exclusive for new owners, so no Steam Deck support then

By Liam Dawe, May 17, 2022

Here we go again. Another game is moving from Steam to become an Epic Exclusive and this time it's Fall Guys.

Heroic Games Launcher now works nicely on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Mar 3, 2022

Something that I've been asked, repeatedly (and then some), is to show the Heroic Games Launcher on the Steam Deck. So here we are, let's take a look.

1 week from release, Steam Deck hits well over 640 Playable games

By Liam Dawe, Feb 18, 2022

We're now only a single week away from something amazing, Valve will be officially releasing the Steam Deck. Here's some updated numbers on what games you can expect to see working well.

520 games are now rated either Verified or Playable for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Feb 12, 2022

As we hit less than two weeks until the Steam Deck launch on February 25, Valve appear to be doing well on the testing front with 520 games now either fully Verified or Playable.

Steam Deck Verified jumps to over 240 titles

By Liam Dawe, Feb 10, 2022

Each day we're stepping ever close to the Steam Deck releasing and it seems Valve's testing is beginning to speed up, with now well over 200 titles now fully Steam Deck Verified.

Over 120 titles are now Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe, Feb 4, 2022

We're now just three weeks away from the official release date of the Steam Deck handheld Linux gaming machine. The good news is that Verified titles have been growing nicely!

A look at the top 100 Steam games on Linux - January 2022 edition

By Liam Dawe, Jan 4, 2022

To begin 2022, let's take a fresh look at the current top 100 Steam games and see how well (or not) the run on Linux.

A look at the top 100 Steam games and how many will work on Linux and the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Oct 5, 2021

Across various previous articles we've looked at how many games are supported on Linux and how many Windows games work with Steam Play Proton, so let's take a look at the current top 100.

Heroic Games Launcher for Epic Games sees a small bug fix release ahead of the big 1.8

By Liam Dawe, Jun 22, 2021

Heroic Games Launcher is an application built on top of the a command-line client called Legendary, and Heroic has a fresh bug fix release out to help ahead of a major release.

The open source Epic Games client for Linux, Heroic Games Launcher can now run offline

By Liam Dawe, Mar 22, 2021

The open source Heroic Games Launcher is a game launcher that currently works with the Epic Games Store, providing Linux users with an easy way to manage it and play games.

Epic Games has acquired RAD Game Tools so they now own Bink video and more

By Liam Dawe, Jan 8, 2021

Epic Games latest acquisition is RAD Game Tools, one a great many game developers will be familiar with.

FNA dev and porter Ethan Lee stops future macOS ports, Linux to be their focus

By Liam Dawe, Jan 4, 2021

Ethan Lee, the developer responsible for the XNA reimplementation FNA along with around 50 game ports to Linux and macOS has announced the sunsetting of future macOS ports with a big update to a bunch of existing games.

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