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There is no AMD Z2 Steam Deck model coming - Valve

By Liam Dawe,
With CES starting tomorrow, there's already lots of leaks and speculation going around and Valve have been quick to shoot down an AMD Z2 Steam Deck.

The Awesome Games Done Quick Humble Bundle is a good deal not to be missed

By Liam Dawe,
Another great deal here for you with the Speedrunning with Awesome Games Done Quick Humble Bundle. Some good compatibility across Linux desktop and Steam Deck.

Valve set Palworld back as Steam Deck Playable but with multiple listed problems

By Liam Dawe,
It's been a strange few days for Palworld on Steam Deck. Originally it was rated Steam Deck Playable, then after the major Feybreak update Valve set it as Steam Deck Unsupported and now it's back to Steam Deck Playable again.

Fanatical's Monster Hunter Bundle returns to prepare you for Monster Hunter Wilds

By Liam Dawe,
Need some more Monster Hunter games? Fanatical have brought back their Build your own Monster Hunter Bundle for you to fill up your collection again.

Marvel Rivals team issue a statement on recent bans for Steam Deck and macOS players

By Liam Dawe,
Recently it came to my attention that Marvel Rivals did a ban-wave for a whole bunch of players on macOS and some on Steam Deck (Linux) too. Now, their team have issued a statement on the situation.

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault open source remake new Beta gets lots of fixes

By Liam Dawe,
I'm genuinely looking forward to replaying through Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and the expansions thanks to the open source OpenMoHAA project that just put out a new Beta release.

Slavic fantasy story-driven mystery adventure The End of the Sun releases January 29

By Liam Dawe,
The End of the Sun is an upcoming Slavic fantasy story-driven mystery adventure that sounds interesting and it's ready for release on January 29.

Prime Gaming January 3rd 2025 edition round-up for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Welcome to the first round-up of games you can claim from Prime Gaming for 2025, along with the expected compatibility across Steam Deck and desktop Linux. 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.

Selaco won IndieDB's 2024 Indie of the Year Award plus a big sales milestone was hit

By Liam Dawe,
The epic retro-fuelled shooter Selaco managed to win an award as IndieDB crowned it their 2024 Indie of the Year and it seems overall the game has done really well on sales.

Stardew Valley hits over 41 million sales with millions sold during 2024

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Eric Barone "ConcernedApe", has updated the Stardew Valley website with some new figures showing the pixel-art farming life-sim has only continued to grow.

Grab some typing adventures and language learning in the latest Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
The first new Humble Bundle of games for 2025 is here, and it's starting you off with some typing and language adventures to sink your fingers into.

While Palworld enjoys a resurgence Valve dropped the rating to Steam Deck Unsupported

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
Palworld is enjoying a nice resurgence after the release of the Feybreak major update with a huge increase in players. Going from around a regular 45,000 players online to around 200,000 concurrent players. However, Valve have dropped the rating the Steam Deck Unsupported.

Half-Life 3 rumours are about again after a teaser from G-Man's voice actor

By Liam Dawe,
2025 is shaping up to be potentially one of the most exciting in recent memory, with more rumours about Half-Life 3 being a very real thing.

Valve saw a record-breaking 19,000 games released on Steam in 2024

By Liam Dawe,
While Steam continues to grow with it repeatedly breaking the concurrent online user counts throughout 2024, we also saw 2024 as the biggest in terms of game releases ever too.

Veloren the free and open source action-adventure RPG update 0.17 brings plenty new to explore

By Liam Dawe,
Inspired by games like Cube World, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft - Veloren has a new release out now.

GE-Proton 9-22 released with lots of game fixes for Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
The community-build of Proton, GE-Proton, was updated with a new version that updates various upstream components and adds plenty of game fixes for Linux desktop and Steam Deck.

Here's the winners of 2024 The Steam Awards with God of War Ragnarok the Best Game on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Another year is finished and so Valve have now put up the results of The Steam Awards for 2024. No surprises on most of them.

Linux user share on Steam ended 2024 on a high note

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have put up the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for December 2024, which shows that the Linux share ended 2024 in December with a nice boost.

The most popular Linux gaming articles of 2024

By Liam Dawe,
Happy New Year! Here's a short look back over what the most read articles were on GamingOnLinux throughout 2024. An easy way for you to refresh your memory and prepare for 2025.

Proton Experimental updated with fixes for Marvel Rivals on Steam Deck / Linux and other game improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Over the festive period Valve released an update to Proton Experimental, bringing in more game fixes for the likes of Marvel Rivals and other games on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.