KDE Plasma app Ark gets support for self-extracting .exe archive files
In another of their regular update blog posts, KDE's Nate Graham has highlighted some recent new KDE Plasma features coming soon to the desktop.
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Free and open source action-adventure RPG 'Veloren' update 0.16 out now
It's free, it's open source and it's looking good! Veloren is a action-adventure role-playing game set in a vast fantasy world and a brand new release is out with update 0.16.
Sci-fi deck-builder Hyperspace Deck Command has a demo out now
Hyperspace Deck Command is the next game in the Hyperspace Anthology from Sleeper Games that includes their two previous games Swirl W@tch and ---Red---Tether-->.
Nova, a Rust-based Linux driver for NVIDIA GPUs announced
Danilo Krummrich who is a Red Hat display driver team Software Engineer, announced the Nova project, a Rust-based GSP-only driver for Nvidia GPUs.
chiaki4deck the PlayStation Remote Play app for Steam Deck tweaks rumble
Continuing to push out small but useful sounding tweaks, the unnoficial PlayStation Remote Play app for Steam Deck, chiaki4deck, has another little update out to make the experience better.
Orange Pi Neo Linux gaming handheld starts at $499 with Ryzen 7840U, Ryzen 8840U at $599
After being revealed early in February, the upcoming Orange Pi Neo that will come with Manjaro Linux now has a price, and there will be multiple versions of it although we still don't exactly have a clear release date.
GOG begin funding indie devs with Loco Motive releasing this Summer
GOG have announced that they're getting into game funding, with the first partnership being a boost for developers from Robust Games and publisher Chucklefish for their upcoming title Loco Motive.
Ubuntu 24.04 increases vm.max_map_count for smoother Linux gaming
At last! Users from Ubuntu 24.04 onwards that's scheduled to release on April 25th should hopefully see a smoother Linux gaming experience.
Draw 7 and hope you get a good hand in the Steam Deckbuilders Fest
Running through until April 1st at 10am PT / 5pm UTC, the Steam Deckbuilders Fest is live filled with games with cards of all sorts.
Trackline Express is a bit like Unrailed! with even more chaos
Trackline Express is a train and track building game from Bubblebird Studio that's planned to release on April 18th, and it sure does look like some wonderful chaos. From the same developer that created the chilled Haven Park.
Check out tactical dice-rolling roguelike combat in Slice & Dice
Slice & Dice from developer Tann has recently arrived on Steam giving players a fresh tactical dice-rolling roguelike, along with Native Linux support.
Cinematic narrative adventure Until Then releases May 23rd
Polychroma Games and Maximum Entertainment have announced the cinematic narrative adventure Until Then is going to release on May 23rd.
SDL 3 has a first preview release out with HDR and Vulkan for the 2D rendering API
Fun times ahead for game developers, as the very popular SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) has a preview of the upcoming SDL 3 now available for feedback and testing.
Mini Airways is like Mini Metro / Mini Motorways but for aircraft
After a interesting take on the strategy management sim? Taking a heavy dose of inspiration and naming from the very popular Mini Metro and Mini Motorways, a completely different developer is doing their take with Mini Airways.
MangoHud manager GOverlay 1.1.1 released upgrading to QT6
GOverlay, the app you can use if you want a UI to manage overlays like MangoHud has a new release out that upgrades its insides and fixes some bugs.
Nature-expanding tile-stacking puzzler 'Preserve' has a demo up on Steam
Preserve looks very sweet. A tile-based puzzle game all about nature that features both horizontal and vertical building and there's a Native Linux demo now available to try out.
Steam Deck and Desktop Steam Beta fixes a Steam Play bug with Windows versions
Valve released a fresh Steam Beta Client update on March 22nd, and with it a bunch of bug fixes for both Steam Deck and Desktop Steam.
Proton 9.0 (Beta16) brings more regression fixes, updated Steamworks SDK
Valve have released another Beta version of Proton 9.0, what will become the next main stable version of Proton on the path to getting as many games running as possible on Linux Desktop / Steam Deck.
Windows compatibility layer Wine 9.5 released
Another two weeks are done and so a fresh update of the Windows compatibility layer is live with the Wine 9.5 development release.
Humble brings back a bunch of boomer shooters for this game bundle
In the new Back with a Vengeance: The Best of Boomer Shooters Humble Bundle, you can grab some hot action for cheaps and they all work well on Linux Desktop and Steam Deck.
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