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Warzone 2100 version 4.5.0 Beta enhances support for campaign mods, improved multiplayer

By Liam Dawe,
One of my favourite RTS games, Warzone 2100, just keeps on getting better thanks to it being open source. A major new Beta has been released that has some really great improvements for both singleplayer and online play.

Flathub continues growing with over 2 billion downloads recorded

By Liam Dawe,
Flathub, the main front-end for Flatpak packages, which serves various applications and games to many different Linux distributions and Steam Deck has surpassed 2 billion downloads.

Mesa gets a nice performance boost for Proton games with various videos

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Mike Blumenkrantz has another blog post up and Merge Request ready for Mesa, the set of open source graphics drivers, which gives a big boost to performance for Windows games with various videos.

NonSteamLaunchers adds support for EmuDeck, SteamRomManager and fixes Battle.net

By Liam Dawe,
NonSteamLaunchers is one of the simplest ways to get various other stores like Battle.net, Epic, GOG and more on Steam Deck / Linux has a fresh release adding some useful features.

Dice rolling dungeon crawler Dice & Fold is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Released today with Native Linux support, Dice & Fold from Tinymice Entertainment is a turn-based dungeon crawler where your only way of attacking the enemy is by rolling dice.

VKD3D-Proton v2.13 has updates for OpenVR / OpenXR, performance improvements + more

By Liam Dawe,
Hans-Kristian Arntzen today announced the released of VKD3D-Proton version 2.13, the Direct3D 12 API on top of Vulkan translator for Proton.

The Self-Published Survivors Bundle on Steam gives you 9 positively rated games for cheaps

By Liam Dawe,
There sure are a lot of survivor-like bullet-heaven games now aren't there. So, to help cut through the noise just a bit, a whole bunch just teamed up for the special Self-Published Survivors Bundle.

Check out the new trailer for PRIM, a creepy-but-cute point’n’click dark humour adventure

By Liam Dawe,
PRIM, a creepy-but-cute point’n’click adventure game full of dark humour, is looking really good and there's a brand new trailer to show it off.

Embracer Group put out their plans for AI in game development

By Liam Dawe,
After killing off and selling off various studios and causing lots of job losses, Embracer Group have put out their latest annual report and they have big plans for AI.

X4: Foundations Update 7.00 and X4: Timelines DLC are out now

By Liam Dawe,
X4: Foundations 7.00 Update and X4: Timelines from Egosoft bring some huge changes to the huge space sim and there's never been a better time to try it out.

Cosmic horror post-apocalyptic RPG Death Trash has a teaser for a new update

By Liam Dawe,
Death Trash features a world where cosmic horrors long for humanity but meet punks with shotguns. Influenced by post-apocalyptic, horror, and cyberpunk classics. Death Trash is certainly promising, and it's finally gearing up for a content update.

PVKK from the Dome Keeper devs has you manually control a massive planetary defence cannon

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Bippinbits have announced PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant (yes really) as their next game following Dome Keeper. It looks suspiciously like Dome Keeper is 3D, but it's a lot more than that.

SteamOS 3.6.6 Preview for Steam Deck has fixes for ELDEN RING, system memory leak and more

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has launched another small update for the Steam Deck with SteamOS 3.6.6 Preview now available for testing which may be essential if you're playing ELDEN RING.

ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree DLC update causing problems on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree releases soon, and there's a patch out but sadly this has been causing issues for players on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Proton Experimental gets fixes for Helldivers 2, Ghost of Tsushima and more

By Liam Dawe,
Another update to Proton Experimental landed today, June 20th, from Valve bringing some game fixes across desktop Linux and Steam Deck.

Wax Heads is a cosy-punk slice-of-life narrative sim about managing a struggling record store

By Liam Dawe,
Here's another interesting looking indie game for you to follow with Wax Heads, a cosy-punk slice-of-life narrative sim about managing a struggling record store.

DRM lease protocol support finally merged for GNOME Wayland - great for VR fans

By Liam Dawe,
VR fans rejoice! The GNOME project has finally pulled in DRM lease protocol support today, something required for getting VR under GNOME on Wayland working well.

Selaco now has a Bullet Time mod inspired by Max Payne and it's amazing

By Liam Dawe,
I was already a ridiculously big fan of Selaco, with it being one of the best retro-styled shooters (and just...shooters in general) I've played in forever and now the Bullet Time X mod has just made it even more amazing.

Guide a caravan of adventurers through hostile environments in Sandwalkers

By Liam Dawe,
A bit of a blending of Curious Expedition and Vagrus - The Riven Realms we have here with Sandwalkers, a roguelike turn-based exploration game where you guide a caravan across hostile environments.

Star Fox like shooter Whisker Squadron: Survivor just added a campaign mode to blast through

By Liam Dawe,
Taking Star Fox and putting the survivor-like spin on it with lots of upgrades and repeat runs, Whisker Squadron: Survivor has levelled up with a new campaign mode that's really worth a go.