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Chizha Mount Ling Dock for Steam Deck looks premium and it's fully featured but pricey

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The team working on the Dockcase: Chizha Mount Ling Dock for Steam Deck sent over a review sample, so I've been testing it for weeks and here's what I think.

GE-Proton 10-25 brings fixes for Nioh 2, WoW, Rockstar Launcher and more

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Another smaller bug fix release arrived with GE-Proton 10-25 to run more Windows games on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck. Here's all you need to know.

Wine 10.18 brings OpenGL memory mapping using Vulkan in WoW64 mode

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Bringing many improvements to running Windows apps and games on Linux, Wine version 10.18 has arrived as we close in on the Wine 11 release.

Linux gamers on Steam finally cross over the 3% mark

By Liam Squires-Hand,
It finally happened. Linux gamers on Steam as of the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for October 2025 have crossed over the elusive 3% mark.

The classic Serious Sam 2 gets a big upgrade and now Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A blast from the past returns in style, with Serious Sam 2 from Croteam recently getting a huge 20th Annviersary Update and now it has been Steam Deck Verified.

Get some seriously spooky stuff in the Indie Fears Humble Bundle

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A very nice selection of games here ready for Halloween with the Indie Fears Humble Bundle that makes it a top deal!

Linux users have no reason to worry about recent AMD GPU driver changes

By Liam Squires-Hand,
This is a little PSA to Linux users and Linux gamers, with news reports out there about AMD shifting focus away from certain GPUs.

Inspired by Advance Wars, the new Earth vs Mars from Relic Entertainment is out now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A smaller team at Relic Entertainment under the Relic Labs umbrella have released Earth vs Mars, a homage to some classic strategy games like Advance Wars.

ARK: Survival Ascended gets bumped up to Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Squires-Hand,
ARK: Survival Ascended entered Early Access in 2023, and while it worked well enough on Linux / Steam Deck - Valve noted it was Unsupported until now.

Northgard Definitive Edition announced for December with expanded content

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Shiro Games have revealed they're giving their strategy game Northgard the Definitive Edition treatment in December, with a whole bunch of new content planned.

The classic tense horror roguelike 'Basingstoke' from Puppygames gets a big surprise upgrade

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Basingstoke (now known as Welcome to Basingstoke) is an absolute underappreciated gem from Puppygames, and now is the perfect time to jump back in.

DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake out now and Steam Deck Playable

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Square Enix have released DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake and you should be mostly good to go on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck with it.

Mesa 25.2.6 rolls out with more fixes for Intel GPUs, Zink and NVK

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Mesa 25.2.6 is the latest bug fix release available now for open source Linux graphics drivers, pulling in fresh updates for games and other assorted issues.

Replicat is basically the classic card game snap meets Balatro - check out the demo

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Balatro, much like Vampire Survivors, has created a bit of an indie trend and now the classic card game snap has been given the Balatro treatment in Replicat.

The brutal survival horror Darkwood is getting a sequel with Darkwood 2 from Hooded Horse

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Publisher Hooded Horse recently revealed Darkwood 2 is coming from the developers of the Pathologic series.

Ubuntu getting optimisations for modern processors with architecture variants

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Canonical announced they're working on architecture variants of Ubuntu, to hopefully result in better optimisation and performance on modern processors.

Bazzite using Fedora 43 is out now with full Xbox Ally / Xbox Ally X support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Bazzite Linux has been upgraded with the Fedora 43 release, and it comes with many handheld gaming enhancements for those wanting to break away from Windows.

Valve fix some games on Linux / Steam Deck having incorrect Steam Play settings and added a chat warning

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A fresh Steam Beta is out for Desktop and Steam Deck / SteamOS which brings some important bug fixes, and one that was especially annoying for Linux systems.

The extraction shooter ARC Raiders is out and appears to work on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
ARC Raiders from Embark Studios has released today and even though it has anti-cheat, it still appears to run just fine on Desktop Linux.

OpenRazer expands Razer device support with new hardware for Linux users

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Get your latest Razer devices working nicely with all features on Linux with OpenRazer, a new release has expanded the supported devices list.