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Open source Theme Hospital game engine CorsixTH v0.67 gets a first Beta

By Liam Dawe,
Oh goodie, goodbye again free time. Remember the classic Theme Hospital? CorsixTH is a free, open source and cross-platform game engine to keep it looking good on modern systems and a new release is getting close.

Steam Deck compatibility with Starfield to be discussed "later down the road"

By Liam Dawe,
Starfield is set to release on September 6th and there's obviously a lot of excitement around it but will it work on Valve's Steam Deck? That's not currently clear.

Valve pulls in another graphics driver developer for Linux gaming

By Liam Dawe,
Valve clearly still have plenty of big ambitions for Linux gaming and Steam Deck, and as it turns out recently they pulled in yet another developer to work on open source graphics drivers.

The open source NVIDIA NVK driver is coming along well

By Liam Dawe,
A project I have a very keen eye on is NVK, the open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver developed by the community (not NVIDIA), and it seems like progress on it is going rather well.

Steam Deck hits over 10,000 verified and playable games

By Liam Dawe,
A big milestone has just been hit for the Steam Deck, as there's now over 10,000 titles rated to be either Verified or Playable.

Get a free copy of RPG card battler Ancient Enemy in the GOG Summer Sale 2023

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for another free game? Yes another! Ancient Enemy is the latest giveaway on GOG and it should work just fine on Linux with Wine / Proton.

Top-down paper-folding puzzle adventure Paper Trail talks up Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
Need more games for your Steam Deck or desktop Linux with Proton? Paper Trail looks very sweet and the developers are clearly big Steam Deck fans.

The King's Campaign will be playable on Steam Deck and Linux desktop at release

By Liam Dawe,
The King's Campaign from Reverie World Studios and Bad Logic Studios is releasing July 13th, and they've recently detailed work to improve it on Steam Deck.

Micro-strategy and base building game Kingdom Eighties is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Kingdom Eighties is at least the 4th game in the series and it's a bit of a standalone spin-off, with a rather different setting compared with previous entries.

Linux kernel 6.4 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Linus Torvalds has announced the release of the Linux kernel 6.4 and with it, lots and lots of new features and fixes.

Gears 5 gets updated to improve Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
Gears 5 from The Coalition and Xbox Game Studios recently had an update that should make it work better on Steam Deck with Proton.

The latest Volcanoids update looks electrifying

By Liam Dawe,
Volcanoids is pretty great and a game I keep going back to with each major update, and it looks like they're going to sucker me right in again.

Brotato 1.0 is out now and it's a damn good time

By Liam Dawe,
Brotato is something just a little bit special isn't it? Blobfish have managed to craft something that really stands out in a sea of twin-stick bullet-hell vampire survivor-likes that keep flowing.

Proton Experimental fixes up EA App, Grounded, The Witcher 3

By Liam Dawe,
A rather nice looking Proton Experimental update went live on June 24th, so here's a run over what to expect on Steam Deck and Linux desktop.

Dros offers a captivating steampunk adventure with puzzles and quirky characters

By Etienne,
Ready to jump on into a decaying steampunk world full of puzzles, platform challenges, and quirky characters? Then Dros might be something for you.

Wine 8.11 and vkd3d 1.8 are out now

By Liam Dawe,
Two bits of Wine news here for you as not only has the latest Wine development release been made with Wine 8.11 but vkd3d 1.8 is out now too.

Vampire Survivors is getting a co-op mode

By Liam Dawe,
Thought you were over your Vampire Survivors fix? Think again, they're adding in a whole new local co-op mode for the entire game.

Classic LucasArts games emulator DREAMM adds early Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Want a way to play classic LucasArts games on Linux? While some ways already exist like ScummVM, another is DREAMM and it now has early Linux support.

Fanatical has another Steam Deck game bundle plus you could win a Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Fanatical are offering up some Summer treats. Not only do they have a bundle of games that work on Steam Deck but you can also enter to win a Steam Deck and a whole bunch more with it.

Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 confirmed for a Steam release

By Liam Dawe,
I have to admit I am a little bit excited by this. Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 is now confirmed to be coming to Steam. So we could be playing classic Metal Gear on Linux desktop and Steam Deck with Proton very soon.