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Prime Gaming December 3rd edition, new titles coming twice this week - lots for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Here we go again! Each week Prime Gaming, part of what you get with a subscription to Amazon Prime, add and remove various games you can claim to keep. This week we get two sets of new games!

KDE's 2024 fundraiser hits the goal - clearly their donation pop-up works

By Liam Dawe,
Some good news coming out from camp KDE, with their yearly fundraiser ongoing and they've managed to smash their original goal.

Vulkan API 1.4 released with new required extensions, better 8K rendering

By Liam Dawe,
The Khronos Group have today announced the release of the Vulkan 1.4 API specification, with various changes and improvements for game and application developers.

Disney Black Friday Humble Bundle has 17 classics for you like Star Wars and LEGO

By Liam Dawe,
I doubt you need any more games, or perhaps you do, and you fancy some classics. Well the Disney Black Friday Humble Bundle has some fun stuff in it.

Motorsport Games delisting all NASCAR games after iRacing license transfer

By Liam Dawe,
Motorsport Games announced at the end of November, that all NASCAR games will be delisted from stores on December 31st.

Inventory management battler NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters gets new content - we have keys to give away

By Liam Dawe,
NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters from DiceHit Games, Rogue Duck Interactive and The 4 Winds Entertainment is an inventory management battler with a creature collecting / fusing twist and a fresh content update recently went live.

Looks like Discord finally fixed Linux screen and audio sharing with Wayland

By Liam Dawe,
A while ago in November, it seems I missed a post from a user in the GamingOnLinux Discord server, noting that the Discord developers finally hooked up screen and audio sharing for Linux with Wayland.

Lutris game manager v0.5.18 released with improved GOG and itch.io support, various other features

By Liam Dawe,
Lutris, the popular free and open source game manager for Linux, has a fresh update out now fixing up some issues and adding in a good bunch of new features.

Blizzard are delisting Warcraft I and II from GOG, so GOG adds a special discount and will keep them updated

By Liam Dawe,
GOG have announced that Warcraft I and Warcraft II are going to be leaving GOG "at the publisher's request" (Blizzard).

Linux share remains above 2% in the November 2024 Steam Survey thanks to Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released the latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey for November 2024. Here's the details from it.

Proton 9.0-4 Beta updated with more game fixes needing testing on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Recently I covered the huge Proton 9.0-4 update for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux hitting the Release Candidate stage and there's been a couple of changes.

Here's the most played Steam Deck games for November 2024

By Liam Dawe,
Another month down and we're closing in on the festive period, so here's a look back at what's been popular on Steam Deck during November 2024.

Free & open source RPG 'Veloren' update compilation - weeks 233 to 241

By nwildner,
This is a compilation series from recent updates provided at the Veloren blog, the free and open source voxel action-adventure RPG

Best cheap Steam Deck / Linux games in the Steam Autumn Sale 2024

By Liam Dawe,
To help you decide on what to pick up, I've gone through the Steam Autumn Sale and picked out a whole bunch that will work great across both Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

The latest from Prime Gaming - November 29 edition - more for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Here we go again! Each week Prime Gaming, part of what you get with a subscription to Amazon Prime, add and remove various games you can claim to keep.

Project Zomboid set for a massive update that should get a Beta before Christmas

By Liam Dawe,
Project Zomboid, the highly rated and popular zombie survival game from The Indie Stone, is set to get another truly massive update.

Theme park builder Parkitect gets a campaign editor and a new DLC is on the way

By Liam Dawe,
Parkitect from Texel Raptor is celebrating a sixth anniversary, with a big new update out now and news of a fresh DLC coming.

itch.io Creator Day is live today where they take no cut from devs, along with their Autumn Sale

By Liam Dawe,
itch.io Creator Day is live right now, where the store will not take any cut at all from sales developers make.

Survival game The Last Plague: Blight adds controller support, great for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
The Last Plague: Blight impressed me quite a lot with the initial Early Access release, and the developer has been doing some great updates to it recently.

Modding support returns to Dome Keeper in the latest update

By Liam Dawe,
While the developers keep working away on multiplayer for Dome Keeper, you can now get back to filling your game up with mods as support has returned.