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Deep survival game Vintage Story has another massive update approaching in v1.20

By Liam Dawe,
Vintage Story is a survival game with some impressively deep game mechanics, and the v1.20 update is another major one that's coming out soon with a first Release Candidate available to test.

Steam Bullet Heaven Festival 2.0 is live to show off the explosive growth of the genre

By Liam Dawe,
Bullet Heavens are all the rage right now from Vampire Survivors to Brotato and everything in between them, so Valve launched have a little mini festival to celebrate them all.

Delta Force developer mentions they will look at supporting Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The new Delta Force has launched with kernel level anti-cheat, which sadly doesn't support Linux platforms yet but it seems hope for it is not entirely lost.

Mesa 24.3.1 open source Linux graphics drivers released

By Liam Dawe,
Mesa developer Dylan Baker announced the release of Mesa 24.3.1, a bug-fix release for the latest stable release of the Linux open source graphics drivers.

Valve's new branding guidelines hint at Steam Deck's SteamOS for more devices

By Liam Dawe,
While we've known for a while that Valve plan to get SteamOS Linux on devices other than the Steam Deck, we don't know when that will happen, but we've got another hint here that things are moving along.

I will admit I had a nerdgasm at the portable pilet mini consoles from soulscircuit

By Liam Dawe,
Powered by the Raspberry Pi 5, the incoming pilet devices from soulscircuit look like a chunky retro-tech enthusiasts wet dream and I want them.

Survival game The Long Dark gets a big update with a deep Safehouse Customization system

By Liam Dawe,
Seems like it's time to jump back into the world of The Long Dark, with a big update out now that includes major new free features along with expanding their Tales from the Far Territory DLC.

You can win a Steam Deck, Meta Quest 3 VR Headset and more with Fanatical

By Liam Dawe,
Fanatical are celebrating their birthday and so they have a new bundle up, which gives you a chance to win some pretty big prizes.

Open-source PlayStation Remote Play app gets improvements for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
chiaki-ng, the free and open source PlayStation Remote Play app has a new release out with several enhancements, and it should now work better on Steam Deck in Gaming Mode.

Steam Desktop and Steam Deck update fixes lots of bugs for Game Recording, Remote Play, ROG Ally X

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released the latest stable update to the Steam Client for Steam Desktop and Steam Deck today that includes a whole bunch of bug fixes.

Steam Link gets upgraded for Raspberry Pi 5 and Raspberry Pi Bookworm

By Liam Dawe,
While Valve no longer sell their Steam Link hardware, the idea lives on as an app you can install across various devices and recently Valve upgraded the Steam Link app for the Raspberry Pi platform.

Intel announced their Arc B-Series GPUs and XeSS 2, the day after CEO Pat Gelsinger retires

By Liam Dawe,
A bit of a double-whammy this week from Intel. Not only did they announce that CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired, but they've also now properly revealed their new Arc B-Series GPUs.

Humble Choice for December 2024 has Old World, The Invincible, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk and more gems

By Liam Dawe,
The final Humble Choice Bundle is here for 2024 with the December selection a pretty nice well-rounded collection for you.

Minecraft Java 1.21.4 'The Garden Awakens' update is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Mojang have today released Minecraft Java 1.21.4 'The Garden Awakens' update for everyone, bringing with it some fun new toys and a new biome to carefully explore.

Fanatical has another great Steam Deck game bundle 'BundleFestive Edition'

By Liam Dawe,
The Fanatical Build your own Play on the Go Bundle (BundleFestive Edition) is live for Steam Deck, as is another collection with the Build your own Special Editions Bundle (BundleFestive Edition).

4X RPG 'Heart of the Machine' from Arcen Games (AI War) releases January 2025

By Liam Dawe,
Arcen Games creators of AI War, AI War 2, The Last Federation and other games have announced their new sci-fi 4X RPG Heart of the Machine will launch January 31st, 2025. There's also a new demo available that you can try right now.

DXVK-Sarek for old GPUs v1.10.4 released

By Liam Dawe,
With integration coming in a future release of Proton-Sarek, designed for gamers that have older GPUs, the first release of DXVK-Sarek is out now.

Half-Life 2 co-op mod Synergy upgraded for the Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary Update

By Liam Dawe,
Synergy is a free mod for Half-Life 2 that allows you to play the Half-Life 2 series and many other singleplayer Source Mods cooperatively with friends. It was recently upgraded to support the Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary Update.

Jingle Jam gaming charity event is back with a fresh set of games

By Liam Dawe,
Jingle Jam 2024 has begun and runs until December 14th, where you can donate to get a bundle of games and support various charities.

The best Linux distribution for gaming in 2025

By Liam Dawe,
In a few previous years, I decided to do a fresh take each time on what the best Linux distribution was for gaming - so I'm back for a 2025 edition of the article that will cause you to tell me how wrong and terrible I am.