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Steam sets a new record with 37.2 million concurrent users online

By Liam Dawe,
Only a few months after Steam first hit 36 million, the record has been broken again this year with Steam remaining the champion for PC gamers.

Valve made it even easier to see who played on Steam Deck in user reviews

By Liam Dawe,
Just recently I reported on Valve adding a new feature to Steam user reviews, showing off who played mostly on Steam Deck and now they've made this even easier.

Deadlock from Valve no longer a secret - store page is up and we can finally talk about it

By Liam Dawe,
Deadlock, perhaps the worst kept secret from Valve, has now been softly revealed as the latest game from the maker of Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal and Team Fortress 2.

Steam Deck gets a global resolution override in latest Beta, plus more desktop Steam fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a couple more Steam Beta Client releases recently for both Steam Deck and Desktop so here's all you need to know.

Wine 9.16 released with more Wayland work and an initial Driver Store implementation

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine 9.16 development release is now available for this compatibility layer to run Windows apps and games on Linux. Here's all that's changed.

NVIDIA driver with Linux kernel 6.10 causing kernel oops

By nwildner,
NVIDIA is currently investigating a bug where their drivers are crashing on modern kernels (6.10+). This appears to happen across drivers 550, 555 and even the latest 560.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard devs talk up their PC features, optimisations and Steam Deck verification

By Liam Dawe,
BioWare and Electronic Arts are gearing up for the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard on October 31st and they've revealed a whole bunch of details about the PC release.

Genki reveal a new Tokyo Xtreme Racer is in the works

By Liam Dawe,
Genki are returning to their racing roots with a brand new Tokyo Xtreme Racer in the works, due out for release sometime in 2025.

Steam now shows who played mostly on Steam Deck in user reviews

By Liam Dawe,
Valve did a rather useful new tweak to the user review system on Steam to show who primarily played on Steam Deck.

#DRIVE Rally enters Early Access on September 25

By Liam Dawe,
#DRIVE Rally is an arcade-inspired rally-driving experience set in the golden racing era of the ‘90s, and now there's a new trailer along with a confirmed release date for Early Access of September 25th.

D.O.T. Defence looks like a fun spin on the RTS genre

By Liam Dawe,
D.O.T. Defence from Rattleaxe Games plans to launch in 2025 and looks like it will put a nice unique spin on RTS games, with matches you play in short bursts designed for single-player and local multiplayer.

Aether Collector is a mysterious point and click adventure set inside an anomaly

By Liam Dawe,
One for sci-fi fans, Aether Collector is a mysterious point and click adventure set inside an anomaly.

I'm quite excited for the Starship Troopers: Extermination single-player

By Liam Dawe,
Starship Troopers: Extermination is already a fun game, but the initial Early Access release was short-lived due to a lack of content. Over time, Offworld have really built it up and the new upcoming single-player mode has me really excited.

Proton 9.0-3 now in testing to bring more game compatibility to Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have begun the next round of testing for a new main version of Proton, the compatibility layer to run Windows games on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

Celebrating 6 years since Valve announced Steam Play Proton for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Today marks 6 years since Valve decided to change everything, especially for Linux fans, with the announcement of Steam Play Proton. Thanks to it, the Steam Deck and Desktop Linux gaming have continued to thrive.

Humble is doing a big Resident Evil Bundle again that's worth a look

By Liam Dawe,
Time to finish your collection? Resident Evil: Decades of Horror - Village Gold is a freshly released Humble Bundle for you.

Inspired by Lemmings and Pikmin, puzzle-platformer GOD'S GIFT is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Following a successful Kickstarter back in late 2018, developer Straitjacket has launched GOD'S GIFT, a puzzle-platformer inspired by classic Lemmings and Pikmin.

NVIDIA stable driver 560.35.03 released for Linux with Wayland fixes

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA today released driver 560.35.03 as the latest stable version for Linux users, so here's all that's changed.

Microsoft breaks some Linux dual-boots in a recent Windows update

By Liam Dawe,
Do you dual-boot Windows and Linux? Well, a recent Windows update seems to have been a bit messy and may have broken the ability to boot into Linux. Causing an alarming message to display of "Something has gone seriously wrong".

A new demo for physics-based sandbox A Webbing Journey shows you what it's like to be a Spider

By Liam Dawe,
A physics-based sandbox game where you play as a cute little spider, A Webbing Journey has a really fun idea and the latest demo is quite impressive.