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Valve may be working on a new kind of Steam Machine

By Liam Dawe,
There's a whole bunch of hints and speculation going around right now, showing that Valve may be working towards a new kind of Steam Machine.

Free to play monster-hunting game Dauntless now on Steam and works on Steam Deck, desktop Linux needs a quick fix

By Liam Dawe,
Dauntless from Phoenix Labs has finally launched on Steam, it's also free to play so you can go and check out this monster-hunting game without spending a penny.

War Thunder is moving away from Easy Anti-Cheat to BattlEye

By Liam Dawe,
After doing the same with their FPS, Enlisted, Gaijin have announced today that War Thunder will also be changing the anti-cheat system used.

NVIDIA 565.77 stable driver for Linux released

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA have today released driver version 565.77 as their latest stable New Feature Branch build available for Linux, pulling in all the changes from the 565.57.01 Beta plus a whole bunch more improvements.

Prime Gaming December 5th edition for Steam Deck / Linux - a bunch of special extras were added this week

By Liam Dawe,
It's that time 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.

Deep survival game Vintage Story has another massive update approaching in v1.20

By Liam Dawe,
Vintage Story is a survival game with some impressively deep game mechanics, and the v1.20 update is another major one that's coming out soon with a first Release Candidate available to test.

Steam Bullet Heaven Festival 2.0 is live to show off the explosive growth of the genre

By Liam Dawe,
Bullet Heavens are all the rage right now from Vampire Survivors to Brotato and everything in between them, so Valve launched have a little mini festival to celebrate them all.

Delta Force developer mentions they will look at supporting Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The new Delta Force has launched with kernel level anti-cheat, which sadly doesn't support Linux platforms yet but it seems hope for it is not entirely lost.

Mesa 24.3.1 open source Linux graphics drivers released

By Liam Dawe,
Mesa developer Dylan Baker announced the release of Mesa 24.3.1, a bug-fix release for the latest stable release of the Linux open source graphics drivers.

Valve's new branding guidelines hint at Steam Deck's SteamOS for more devices

By Liam Dawe,
While we've known for a while that Valve plan to get SteamOS Linux on devices other than the Steam Deck, we don't know when that will happen, but we've got another hint here that things are moving along.

I will admit I had a nerdgasm at the portable pilet mini consoles from soulscircuit

By Liam Dawe,
Powered by the Raspberry Pi 5, the incoming pilet devices from soulscircuit look like a chunky retro-tech enthusiasts wet dream and I want them.

Survival game The Long Dark gets a big update with a deep Safehouse Customization system

By Liam Dawe,
Seems like it's time to jump back into the world of The Long Dark, with a big update out now that includes major new free features along with expanding their Tales from the Far Territory DLC.

You can win a Steam Deck, Meta Quest 3 VR Headset and more with Fanatical

By Liam Dawe,
Fanatical are celebrating their birthday and so they have a new bundle up, which gives you a chance to win some pretty big prizes.

Open-source PlayStation Remote Play app gets improvements for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
chiaki-ng, the free and open source PlayStation Remote Play app has a new release out with several enhancements, and it should now work better on Steam Deck in Gaming Mode.

Steam Desktop and Steam Deck update fixes lots of bugs for Game Recording, Remote Play, ROG Ally X

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released the latest stable update to the Steam Client for Steam Desktop and Steam Deck today that includes a whole bunch of bug fixes.

Steam Link gets upgraded for Raspberry Pi 5 and Raspberry Pi Bookworm

By Liam Dawe,
While Valve no longer sell their Steam Link hardware, the idea lives on as an app you can install across various devices and recently Valve upgraded the Steam Link app for the Raspberry Pi platform.

Intel announced their Arc B-Series GPUs and XeSS 2, the day after CEO Pat Gelsinger retires

By Liam Dawe,
A bit of a double-whammy this week from Intel. Not only did they announce that CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired, but they've also now properly revealed their new Arc B-Series GPUs.

Humble Choice for December 2024 has Old World, The Invincible, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk and more gems

By Liam Dawe,
The final Humble Choice Bundle is here for 2024 with the December selection a pretty nice well-rounded collection for you.

Minecraft Java 1.21.4 'The Garden Awakens' update is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Mojang have today released Minecraft Java 1.21.4 'The Garden Awakens' update for everyone, bringing with it some fun new toys and a new biome to carefully explore.

Fanatical has another great Steam Deck game bundle 'BundleFestive Edition'

By Liam Dawe,
The Fanatical Build your own Play on the Go Bundle (BundleFestive Edition) is live for Steam Deck, as is another collection with the Build your own Special Editions Bundle (BundleFestive Edition).