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The latest Tails of Iron 2 trailer looks awesome showing off magic and monsters

By Liam Dawe,
Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter is really looking awesome, and there's a new trailer out to show off various magic and monsters in the world.

Acer announced the new Nitro Blaze 8 and massive Switch-like Nitro Blaze 11 gaming handhelds

By Liam Dawe,
It's raining gaming handhelds lately. Acer have now announced the New Nitro Blaze 8 and Nitro Blaze 11.

Horizon Zero Dawn and Helldivers 2 are getting movies plus a Ghost of Tsushima anime is coming

By Liam Dawe,
Sony have also had their keynote speech now at CES 2025, and for fans of their games the good news is that there's more of them coming to the big screen.

Steam / Steam Deck Beta update brings improvements for Startup Animations, Steam Input and more

By Liam Dawe,
Valve updated the Steam Client for Desktop and Steam Deck with a new Beta release, so here's what you need to know.

NVIDIA announce 'Blackwell' GeForce RTX 50 Series, DLSS 4 and brings AI to Shaders with RTX Neural Shaders

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA had some pretty big announcements at CES 2025 for gamers and game developers, like the announcement of the new 'Blackwell' GeForce RTX 50 Series, DLSS 4 and bringing AI to Shaders.

GeForce NOW is getting full Steam Deck support with a native app

By Liam Dawe,
After NVIDIA previously released a Beta script to setup GeForce NOW on Steam Deck, they're about to make it a whole lot better with a proper native app for full Steam Deck support.

AMD reveal Ryzen 9950X3D and 9900X3D, 'Fire Range' HX3D for mobile, Ryzen Z2 for handheld PCs, RDNA 4 and FSR 4

By Liam Dawe,
AMD presented their CES 2025 Keynote today to announce multiple new processors with a few bits of exciting news there.

Intel 'very committed' to their discrete graphics cards, Core Ultra 200HX and H Series CPUs announced

By Liam Dawe,
Intel have presented their Keynote at CES 2025, to announce their newest CPUs along with assuring everyone their continuing with the dedicated graphics card business.

SteamOS moving from Steam Deck to more handhelds gives me hope for better anti-cheat compatibility

By Liam Dawe,
With 2025 looking potentially like the year of SteamOS Linux with it coming to more handhelds, perhaps we might finally see a solution to the anti-cheat problem that has plagued the Steam Deck and desktop Linux for so long.

Zelda-inspired dungeon maker 'Quest Master' 1.0 due out in Spring with a single-player campaign

By Liam Dawe,
Quest Master is a very positively reviewed Zelda-inspired dungeon maker currently in Early Access, and recently a big roadmap update was shared for the upcoming 1.0 release.

VoxeLibre the free and open source Minecraft-like v0.88 brings huge improvements

By Liam Dawe,
VoxeLibre continues advancing towards helping you replace Minecraft with a free and open source alternative. The next release v0.88 is out now and it's a big one.

Kero Quest 64 looks like a classic Nintendo 64 / PS1 game and it's coming to Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
With a style that would have fit right in on something like the Nintendo 64 or the PlayStation 1, the upcoming retro collectathon 3D platformer Kero Quest 64 is coming to Linux and Steam Deck.

Project Zomboid - Build 42 Unstable is out with lots new for testing

By Liam Dawe,
One missed from last month is the massive update to survival game Project Zomboid is now available as an Unstable Beta for testing.

Wireless HORIPAD for Steam gets a firmware fix for the Steam Deck OLED

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
If you plan on picking up the Wireless HORIPAD for Steam for use with a Steam Deck OLED, you'll likely want to upgrade the firmware on the HORIPAD.

Discord Canary on Linux breaks Wayland screen-sharing support for now

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
Recently I shared the news that Discord Canary had fixed full Wayland screen-sharing on Linux with working audio, but it has been removed again.

GPD WIN 4 handheld plans to support Valve's SteamOS in 2025 (updated: nope)

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
Hardware vendor GPD have updated their store page for the GPD WIN 4 (2025) which notes they plan to support SteamOS on it with help from Valve.

There is no AMD Z2 Steam Deck model coming - Valve

By Liam Dawe,
With CES starting tomorrow, there's already lots of leaks and speculation going around and Valve have been quick to shoot down an AMD Z2 Steam Deck.

The Awesome Games Done Quick Humble Bundle is a good deal not to be missed

By Liam Dawe,
Another great deal here for you with the Speedrunning with Awesome Games Done Quick Humble Bundle. Some good compatibility across Linux desktop and Steam Deck.

Valve set Palworld back as Steam Deck Playable but with multiple listed problems

By Liam Dawe,
It's been a strange few days for Palworld on Steam Deck. Originally it was rated Steam Deck Playable, then after the major Feybreak update Valve set it as Steam Deck Unsupported and now it's back to Steam Deck Playable again.

Fanatical's Monster Hunter Bundle returns to prepare you for Monster Hunter Wilds

By Liam Dawe,
Need some more Monster Hunter games? Fanatical have brought back their Build your own Monster Hunter Bundle for you to fill up your collection again.