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VKD3D-Proton 3.0 brings FSR4 support, shader backend rewrite, lots of bug fixes and performance upgrades

By Liam Dawe,
VKD3D-Proton is one of the secret ingredients for Proton to make so many Windows games work well on Linux / SteamOS with a new 3.0 release out now.

Forestrike is a martial arts roguelite like no other where you see the future

By Liam Dawe,
Using the power of Foresight, in the 2D martial arts roguelite Forestrike you can see how each fight will go down, and it's really damn good.
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Below the Crown is an curious brew of chess and dungeon crawling out now

By Liam Dawe,
Out now in Early Access, from the minds that gave us the excellent Duskers, Below the Crown is a mixture of chess-like pieces and moves in a dungeon crawler.

Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive split with Cities: Skylines going to a new developer

By Liam Dawe,
Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive have ended their partnership on Cities: Skylines, with it moving onto a new developer.

The Many Sins of House Ocampo is one to watch for point and click mystery adventure fans

By Liam Dawe,
The Many Sins of House Ocampo is a new announcement from the developers of If On A Winter's Night Four Travelers and it looks great.

Timing is everything in the fast-paced arcade racer Wild Horse Racing - try the demo now

By Liam Dawe,
If you love arcade-styled retro racing games, Wild Horse Racing looks like it could be good fun and there's a demo available with Linux support.

Nightdive recently showed off Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster footage in a dev diary video

By Liam Dawe,
Looking forward to the next remaster from Nightdive? They recently put up a new dev diary video for Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster to show it off.

Check out the demo for top-down 2D action roguelike Shroomwood now on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
A fresh demo for you to try this week, as the top-down 2D action roguelike Shroomwood has a Linux build available for you to shoot your way through.

Cozy 3D food puzzler UMAMI has launched on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Need a new chill puzzle game? UMAMI from indie studio Mimmox has arrived with Linux support.

Wine 10.19 released as we head towards Wine 11

By Liam Dawe,
The development release Wine 10.19 is out now for the compatibility layer that powers Valve's Proton, here's all that's new and improved.

If you love Portal and first-person puzzlers - ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard launches February 12, 2026

By Liam Dawe,
ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard is a very interesting looking first-person puzzler that's now set to arrive February 12, 2026 that's all about mixing colours.

Assetto Corsa Rally has arrived in Early Access - should work well on Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
We're finally getting another proper modern rally racing sim with Assetto Corsa Rally out now in Early Access.

Deep Rock Galactic set for new biomes, missions and enemies in Season 6

By Liam Dawe,
After bringing in another team to help, Deep Rock Galactic is getting Season 6 sometime early next year with a bumper addition of new content.

Brill co-op climbing game PEAK gets a major fix for gamepads

By Liam Dawe,
PEAK remains a favourite this year, easily one of the best casual co-op games and the latest bug-fix update is important for gamepad players.

Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.12 has been released

By fheroes2,
A brand new version of the modernised Heroes of Might and Magic 2 game engine fheroes2 has released with version 1.1.12 now available.

Proton 10.0-3 released bringing lots of improvements for gaming on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Machine

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released Proton 10.0-3, the latest main stable version of the compatibility layer to run Windows games on Linux / SteamOS machines like Steam Deck.

Anti-cheat will still be one of the biggest problems for the new Steam Machine

By Liam Dawe,
Kernel-level anti-cheat feels like it's everywhere now, and will remain a thorn in Valve's side for the new Steam Machine powered by SteamOS Linux.

Hot on the heels of the Steam Frame announcement, SteamVR Beta 2.14.1 brings more fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Valve only just released the latest stable SteamVR update in version 2.13, but SteamVR 2.14.1 Beta is now here as well with more tweaks and fixes.

ARC Raiders is expanding with a new map but first a multi-phase event to unlock it

By Liam Dawe,
With the first major update for ARC Raiders now available, we have an in-game event for players to work towards unlocking the next map.

Ready for the Steam Frame, Khronos Group announced a new OpenXR "Best Practices Validation Layer"

By Liam Dawe,
The Khronos Group, the stewards of various open protocols like OpenGL, Vulkan, OpenXR and more just revealed a new tool for XR (VR / AR) developers.