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Chilly survival game BLACKFROST: The Long Dark 2 announced

By Liam Dawe,
While they're finishing up work on the final bits of The Long Dark, Hinterland recently revealed the next game with BLACKFROST: The Long Dark 2.

Palworld: Feybreak major update launches December 23

By Liam Dawe,
Pocketpair have announced the big free update for Palworld named Feybreak is set for launch on December 23, as they continue battling Nintendo.

Godot Engine's 2024 Showreel shows a lot of fun stuff for the open source game engine

By Liam Dawe,
The cross-platform free and open source Godot Engine has another showreel up, giving you a nice look at what some developers have been making with it.

KDE Plasma 6.3 will have much better fractional scaling

By Liam Dawe,
The KDE team continuing building up the next version of the popular KDE Plasma desktop environment, with Plasma 6.3.0 getting some great additions.

Linux Mint 22.1 Beta released with Cinnamon 6.4 desktop and lots of Wayland improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Linux Mint 22.1 is coming soon with a Beta release now available for testing, which includes the brand new Cinnamon 6.4 desktop release.

Xfce 4.20 desktop released with experimental Wayland support

By Liam Dawe,
After two years of work the Xfce team have release Xfce 4.20 which amongst many other things, now has very experimental Wayland support.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 10.0 second Release Candidate out now

By Liam Dawe,
With the Windows compatibility layer Wine now in a code freeze, they're focusing purely on bug fixes and not new features ready for the Wine 10.0 release early next year.

The upcoming Lenovo Legion Go S may come with a SteamOS Linux version

By Liam Dawe,
The leaked but unannounced Lenovo Legion Go S seems like it will come in two different versions, and one of them may even be with SteamOS Linux like Valve's Steam Deck.

Direct3D 12 to Vulkan project VKD3D-Proton v2.14 out now with various performance improvements

By Liam Dawe,
VKD3D-Proton v2.14 is now available bringing various improvements to the Direct3D 12 to Vulkan layer that's used by Valve's Proton for running Windows games on Linux.

Turok: Origins announced and it's now a third-person shooter with co-op

By Liam Dawe,
Turok: Origins was announced by Saber Interactive and this time it's a third-person shooter, with an optional co-op element where three people can team up to take on the dinosaurs and some new alien threat.

GE-Proton 9-21 released for Linux / Steam Deck bringing more game fixes

By Liam Dawe,
GE-Proton 9-21 has been released as the community-maintained version of the Proton compatibility layer for running Windows games on Linux Desktop and Steam Deck.

Slay the Spire 2 gets a first trailer - coming to Early Access in 2025

By Liam Dawe,
Slay the Spire 2 is coming to Early Access in 2025 and we have the first official trailer to get you ready for more deck-building.

The Illuminate have returned in a massive Helldivers 2 update out now

By Liam Dawe,
Helldivers 2 just dropped a colossal update that sees the return of the Illuminate faction, a bunch of powerful aliens that like to destroy colonies and take over the minds of your fellow humans.

ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN co-op spin-off announced

By Liam Dawe,
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN was announced by FromSoftware and Bandai Namco Entertainment for 2025. It's a co-op spin-off and it sounds pretty exciting.

Core Keeper developer announced KYORA that looks suspiciously like Terraria where "every pixel is yours to shape"

By Liam Dawe,
Terraria 2? Well, they can't call it that of course, but it sure looks like it. Coming from developer Pugstorm and published by Chucklefish, KYORA looks quite delightful.

SteamOS 3.6.21 Beta "Update of the Year" fixes security issues, plus Indiana Jones and the Great Circle rendering issues

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.6.21 Beta "Update of the Year" to fix up various problems, and then re-released it shortly after to fix up more issues. Here's what you need to know.

The Witcher IV revealed with Ciri as the protagonist

By Liam Dawe,
With a 6 minute cinematic trailer, CD PROJEKT RED have lifted the lid on The Witcher IV which will feature Ciri as the protagonist.

The Last of Us Part II Remastered comes to PC on April 3, 2025

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Naughty Dog announced that finally The Last of Us Part II Remastered will be getting a PC release! It arrives on April 3, 2025.

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH comes to PC on January 23, 2025 - it's getting optimised for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Square Enix have announced that FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH will be getting a PC release on January 23, 2025. They've shown off a new trailer and given a whole bunch of details.

Prime Gaming - December 12th edition round-up for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
It's that time! Yes, 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.