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Steam Deck sales drop hard following the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement (updated: Valve fixed it)

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
Valve's Steam Deck with SteamOS has been consistently in the top sales charts on Steam since release, but recently it dropped down rather hard following the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement.

The devs of Celeste have cancelled their follow-up game Earthblade

By Liam Dawe,
Extremely OK Games, creators of the popular platformer Celeste, have announced that their follow-up game Earthblade has now been cancelled.

AMD reveals AMDGPU Composition Stack, a fork of Wayland's Weston compositor for advancing the Linux desktop

By Liam Dawe,
With many Linux desktops now running Wayland quite nicely, it seems it's time to keep pushing ahead. AMD have revealed what they call the AMDGPU Composition Stack (ACS).

Stable Steam Client update for Desktop and Steam Deck brings a whole lot of fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a fresh stable update to the Steam Client this week bringing numerous bug fixes and improvements for Desktop and Steam Deck.

SDL 3 officially released for game devs plus an SDL 2 to SDL 3 compatibility layer

By Liam Dawe,
Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) is a popular free and open source library for developers that handles audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick and graphics with SDL 3 now available. Plus a new SDL 2 to SDL 3 compatibility layer.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 10.0 out now bringing Wayland and ARM64EC support, new FFmpeg multimedia back-end

By Liam Dawe,
The big release is here! The Windows compatibility layer Wine version 10.0 is officially out now bringing lots of big new features.

GE-Proton 9-23 released with a Battle.net update fix for Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
GE-Proton 9-23 is out now as the latest update for the community-maintained version of Valve's Proton that pulls in lots of quick-fixes for Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck.

Don't miss the Fanatical Build your own Explosive Bundle as it's an awesome deal for FPS fans

By Liam Dawe,
Another awesome deal for you here in the Fanatical Build your own Explosive Bundle. A chance to build up your collection of action-packed games and seriously cheap too.

Grab a whole bunch of racing games in the Nacon Motorsports Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
The Nacon Motorsports: Drive & Thrive Humble Bundle is live and with it a good chance for you to build up your racing game collection. Here's the details on what Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck compatibility to expect.

Cats vs Cthulhu is a weird and charming survivor-like with unique movement

By Liam Dawe,
In a genre full of clones and copycats, Cats vs Cthulhu is a very unique bullet-heaven survivor-like where you bounce around the arenas trying to avoid all the enemies while collecting everything to power up.

Roll the dice to make crazy combos instead of collecting cards in the roguelike Die in the Dungeon

By Liam Dawe,
Build up a deck of dice in Die in the Dungeon, where all your dice have a different purpose that you stack up together to make crazy combinations.

On a massive space station spiraling out of control the action roguelite Katanaut is full of cosmic horrors

By Liam Dawe,
With a demo now available, Katanaut is an action roguelite set aboard a massive space station spiraling out of control. It looks like it has some great action, and it's pretty grim.

Indian mystery adventure game Detective Dotson arrives April 3 with a demo available

By Liam Dawe,
Detective Dotson is a mystery adventure game set in a stylised rendition of modern-day India that puts players in the role of Dotson, a reluctant detective.

Games to claim from Prime Gaming, Jan 17 edition round-up for SteamOS Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Here's the up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck. 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.

Skill-based siege defense game Siegecaster looks like a great mixture of chaos and building

By Liam Dawe,
From Half Human Games and Boss Corridor they just announced Siegecaster, an active skill-based siege defense game where you play as a wizard surviving a large-scale assault on your home.

NVIDIA release new GPU driver updates for Linux and Windows after announcing security issues

By Liam Dawe,
Today, January 16th 2025, NVIDIA have revealed multiple security flaws in their GPU drivers, so it's time to get updating again.

Cubic Odyssey announced as a fusion of Minecraft and No Man's Sky

By Liam Dawe,
With a style that's a fair bit similar to Minecraft with an expansive universe seen in the likes of No Man's Sky, the recently announced Cubic Odyssey from Atypical Games and Gaijin Network Ltd looks pretty darn fun.

Broken Alliance from the Death & Taxes dev is now in Early Access, a love-letter to Heroes of Might and Magic

By Liam Dawe,
Placeholder Gameworks who made Death & Taxes just released Broken Alliance into Early Access with Linux support. An indie love letter to pixel art, old-school adventure games, mythical creatures and fantasy storytelling.

Linux Mint 22.1 'Xia' is out now with improved Wayland support

By Liam Dawe,
Linux Mint 22.1 "Xia" has now been released bringing with it many improvements to the desktop, along with enhancements to all the software that powers it.

THREAT VECTOR is an action sci-fi horror FPS coming from KillPixel Games

By Liam Dawe,
KillPixel Games, one of the dev teams responsible for WRATH: Aeon of Ruin, have announced their next game with THREAT VECTOR.