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Stardew Valley 1.6.9 released with a new friend to help you find lost items

By Liam Dawe,
Much like Terraria, work never seems to be finished on Stardew Valley, with a brand new update out now with a few new features and surprises.

Retro racing throwback Classic Sport Driving adds Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Classic Sport Driving is designed in the spirit of retro racers like Lotus Turbo Challenge and Outrun, so if you like the old style of racing this one might be for you.

SuperTuxKart 1.5 Beta released with a benchmark mode, graphics tweaks and more

By Liam Dawe,
The free and open source kart racing game SuperTuxKart is gearing up for another release, with SuperTuxKart 1.5 getting a first Beta that needs some testing.

Manjaro Linux want your system info with their new data collection tool

By Liam Dawe,
The Manjaro Linux team are asking for testers for their new data collection tool called "Manjaro Data Donor", which they plan to have as opt-out and not opt-in.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.20 update released for everyone

By Liam Dawe,
Valve are acting quickly to clean up some Steam Deck problems from the huge SteamOS 3.6 update with a new SteamOS 3.6.20 update released for everyone.

The BenQ beCreatus GR10 USB4 Steam Deck Dock is simply great

By Liam Dawe,
While a little on the pricey side, the BenQ beCreatus GR10 USB4 Steam Deck Dock is a worthy addition to your arsenal for both at home and while you're on the go.

STAR WARS: Bounty Hunter, High On Life and more going cheap in this Fanatical Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Fanatical have another pretty good deal live with the Build your own Supreme Collection (Winter 2024) Bundle. Good compatibility for Linux / Steam Deck too.

Half-Life 3 fan game Project Borealis: Prologue gets a Steam page - due out soon

By Liam Dawe,
Project Borealis is finally coming to Steam, to give you a taste of what Half-Life 3 or Half-Life 2: Episode 3 could have been. A good time to do so, since we're coming up on the 20th anniversary of Half-Life 2.

Atari acquires Transport Tycoon from Chris Sawyer

By Liam Dawe,
Atari have announced they've now acquired Chris Sawyer's Transport Tycoon, as Atari continue building themselves back up.

New release of Raspberry Pi OS brings Wayland to all models with a new compositor

By Liam Dawe,
The Raspberry Pi team have released a brand new version of the Raspberry Pi OS that brings with it Wayland support to all models.

KDE Plasma 6.3 will show when apps are killed due to out of memory (OOM)

By Liam Dawe,
Work continues as always on the next version of the popular KDE Plasma desktop environment. My favourite desktop, and the one used for the Steam Deck Desktop Mode.

Check out Proton-Sarek if you have an older GPU for Windows games on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Valve's work with Proton to run Windows games on Linux / Steam Deck is amazing, but they do require you have newer GPUs so some have been a bit left behind. Proton-Sarek aims to fix that.

Linux Mint partners up with Framework, also working on Night Light for Cinnamon desktop

By Liam Dawe,
Some fun Linux distro news for you this morning as the Linux Mint team have a fresh blog post up on what they've been doing and it's quite exciting to see.

ASYLUM from Senscape finally has a release date - March 6, 2025

By Liam Dawe,
After the successful crowdfunding for ASYLUM back in 2013, Senscape have been working away on the supernatural horror adventure and the spiritual successor to cult classic Scratches.

Terraria hits over 60 million sales with Terraria 1.4.5 shaping up to be another big update

By Liam Dawe,
The latest State of the Game developer post for Terraria gives out some big new sales numbers, and announces a new use for Life Fruit.

Windows to Linux compatibility layer Wine 10.0 planned for mid-January 2025

By Liam Dawe,
Lead developer Alexandre Julliard announced that Wine 10.0 is going to be releasing in mid-January 2025.

Linux hits exactly 2% user share on the October 2024 Steam Survey

By Liam Dawe,
The Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out for October 2024, and the Linux user share has gone back up again to exactly 2%.

Stuck for what to play this weekend? DayZ works really nicely on Linux now

By Liam Dawe,
If you're in need of something to game on Linux this weekend, why not try out the open-world survival game DayZ. The game is also going through a player surge thanks to a new expansion release.

The Thing: Remastered gets Steam Deck Verified ahead of release - check out the new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
The Thing: Remastered is coming sometime soon from Nightdive Studios and it seems it will run nicely on your favourite handheld, as it's now Steam Deck Verified. Good news for Desktop Linux players too then!

4x grand strategy game Imperiums: Greek Wars adds full Proton and Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
Kube Games have announced a huge upgrade to Imperiums: Greek Wars, a combination of turn-based 4X and historical grand strategy with a mythological twist.