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Nexus Mods app makes improvements to Collections, fixes Baldur's Gate 3 Script Extender on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 3 Feb 2025

The newer open source and cross-platform Nexus Mods app has another update out, this time with more UI changes and improvements to the Collections system along with bug fixes.

Run a game store and go through gaming history in GSC - Game Store Chronicle

By Liam Dawe, 3 Feb 2025

Imponix Game Studio have announced GSC - Game Store Chronicle, a management simulator where you run your very own game store.

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH gets stability fixes and a Steam Deck graphics setting tweak

By Liam Dawe, 3 Feb 2025

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH has its first post-release patch to improve how it runs across all systems, with some useful improvements.

1997 classic adventure The Space Bar upgraded with ScummVM and Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 3 Feb 2025

Another classic revived. The ZOOM Platform recently announced that the 1997 classic adventure The Space Bar has been upgraded to use ScummVM and there's now a Linux version to go with it.

PS2 Emulator emulator PCSX2 should get Wayland support "in the coming months"

By Liam Dawe, 3 Feb 2025

PCSX2 is a free and open source Sony PS2 Emulator, and it seems they're working towards ensuring it has full support for Wayland on Linux.

Video Game History Foundation launches a digital archive free for everyone

By Liam Dawe, 3 Feb 2025

Giving everyone free access to their new launch (well, it's in "early access"), the Video Game History Foundation have put up their digital archive of video game history research materials.

Misc

Physics building game Besiege gets a big 10 year anniversary update

By Liam Dawe, 3 Feb 2025

Besiege from Spiderling Studios just had a big free upgrade for all players to celebrate the 10th anniversary.

Steam Survey for January 2025 shows Linux still above 2%

By Liam Dawe, 3 Feb 2025

Valve have released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for January 2025, showing both Linux and macOS having a dip with a rise of Windows 10.

The Sims and The Sims 2 officially return with a Legacy Collection for each

By Liam Dawe, 31 Jan 2025 [updated]

The rumours were true, EA have re-released the classics. The Sims Legacy Collection and The Sims 2 Legacy Collection are live on Steam now.

Warner Bros platform fighter MultiVersus goes offline for good in May

By Liam Dawe, 31 Jan 2025

Player First Games / Warner Bros. Games have announced that the Super Smash Bros.-like game MultiVersus is officially closing.

Linux performance overlay MangoHud 0.8.0-rc1 out now for testing with Intel GPU support and lots of improvements

By Liam Dawe, 31 Jan 2025

MangoHud is a performance overlay you can use on Desktop Linux, and it's what powers the built-in overlay on Steam Deck. A new release candidate is now available for testing for an upcoming stable release with version 0.8.0-rc1.

Calamities are coming to Old World in the Wrath of Gods DLC plus they hit a big sales milestone

By Liam Dawe, 31 Jan 2025

Mohawk Games have announced the Old World - Wrath of Gods is coming on March 4, which has some big new features and content, plus they've hit a nice sales milestone.

Free tense horror game Those Who Crawl about exploring shrinking caves added Linux / Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, 31 Jan 2025

Originally released in 2022, Hush Fin Games have upgraded the free game Those Who Crawl, which now includes Linux and Steam Deck support.

Minecraft gets new types of cows, a firefly bush and more ambient sounds

By Liam Dawe, 31 Jan 2025

Following on from a previous testing snapshot update for Minecraft that added in new pigs, wildflowers and ambient features there's another snapshot available for testing with more new content.

The Spell Brigade gets lots of gameplay improvements plus a UI update for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 31 Jan 2025

The Spell Brigade is a popular survivor-like with online co-op for up to 4 players, it's sold well and the developers continue making big improvements to it.

Games to claim from Prime Gaming, Jan 31 edition round-up for SteamOS Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 31 Jan 2025

Here's the up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming for January 31st, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck.

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH should work better on Linux / Steam Deck with the latest Proton Hotfix

By Liam Dawe, 31 Jan 2025

Even though FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH is rated as Steam Deck Verified, it did launch with some problems on Linux / Steam Deck but Valve's Proton developers are moving quickly to improve it.

NVIDIA Beta driver 570.86.16 released with VRR for multiple displays and lots of improvements

By Liam Dawe, 30 Jan 2025

NVIDIA today released the 570.86.16 Beta driver for Linux which includes various new features, and a few good bug fixes too.

Open source RTS 0 A.D. Alpha 27 released bringing a new Vulkan renderer, new maps, AMD FSR and lots more

By Liam Dawe, 30 Jan 2025

The free, open source and cross-platform RTS 0 A.D. Alpha 27 is now finally available and it brings with it a whole lot of new features and content.

Free bite-sized photography platformer Batography out now on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 30 Jan 2025

It's short, it's cute, it's free with Linux support and it's out now on Steam. Batography is a photography platformer where you play as a curious bat on their mission to take a full-fledged photo of the moon.