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Luxtorpeda adds Classic Marathon for playing the Native Linux version via Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Recently the Aleph One team released the classic Bungie shooter Marathon on Steam, as I covered previously, but it's only officially for macOS and Windows despite it supporting Linux. Now you can use Luxtorpeda for it.

Zelda: Majora's Mask gets a PC port with a new open source tool for Nintendo 64 games

By Liam Dawe,
Well, Nintendo aren't going to be happy about this one are they. A developer going by Mr-Wiseguy released an open source tool for bringing Nintendo 64 titles to any platform, and released a PC port of Zelda: Majora's Mask.

Lose yourself in the Steam Endless Replayability Fest

By Liam Dawe,
Steam's Endless Replayability Fest has launched and you know the drill - it's a great time to check out various games across demos, discounts and teasers of various upcoming games.

Square Enix shifting from "quantity to quality" and be more multi-platform

By Liam Dawe,
Final Fantasy developer Square Enix have released their Financial Results for the end of the Japanese financial year, and it seems they're going through a big change in their strategy.

LPCAMM2 upgradeable RAM for laptops sounds awesome

By Liam Dawe,
Since I almost entirely use a desktop or Steam Deck, I don't follow the laptop world too closely but the new upgradeable LPCAMM2 RAM for laptops sounds really awesome.

Stellaris devs clarify "ethical" AI use in the Stellaris: The Machine Age DLC

By Liam Dawe,
There's been a bit of a stir recently with the release of the Stellaris: The Machine Age DLC, as Paradox Interactive put up an AI statement on Steam that the developers have now attempted to give more info on.

CachyOS gets experimental handheld edition for ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion GO and Steam Deck (soon)

By Liam Dawe,
CachyOS, a customizable Linux distribution based on Arch Linux, has a new release available which brings with it an experimental edition for the growing list of PC gaming handhelds like the ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion GO, MSI Claw and coming soon to Steam Deck too.

NonSteamLaunchers Steam Deck plugin in testing, plus a way to Remote Play Together anything

By Liam Dawe,
The developer of NonSteamLaunchers got in touch to mention that a Steam Deck (Decky Loader) plugin is now available for testing, plus the latest release pulling in a handy tool for being able to Remote Play Together anything.

Glyphica: Typing Survival brings typing games into the survivor-like era

By Liam Dawe,
Survivor-likes, bullet-heaven horde-games are everywhere after Vampire Survivors showed up and now one developer is attempting to do the same with a typing game in Glyphica: Typing Survival.

PlayStation Remote Play app for Steam Deck adds easier connections, new resolution options

By Liam Dawe,
Version 1.7.0 is out now for chiaki4deck, the open source community-made PlayStation Remote Play app for Steam Deck bringing in some goodies.

EA want to put adverts in your video games to squeeze you for every penny

By Liam Dawe,
As if things couldn't get any worse, now EA are looking at ways of putting adverts in video games to squeeze every possible penny from you.

NVIDIA switching to open kernel modules by default in future driver update for Turing+

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA have announced some big changes are coming to their Linux drivers, which will start with the upcoming 560 series.

GE-Proton 9-5 released with fixes for Star Citizen, Apex Legends, The Witcher 2

By Liam Dawe,
GE-Proton 9-5 has been released bringing in various upgrades from Valve's official Proton, plus various other patches to fix even more games on Steam Deck / Linux.

Proton Experimental brings controller support for more launchers

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released an update to Proton Experimental for Linux and Steam Deck today which continues to expand the controller support available for various games launchers, amongst a bunch of other improvements.

Bungie's classic free FPS 'Marathon' is now on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Before the likes of Halo: Combat Evolved and Destiny, Bungie created the FPS series Marathon which nowadays lives on as an open source project and now it's available on Steam.

Collabora detail the improved updater for Steam Deck in SteamOS 3.6

By Liam Dawe,
One of the companies that Valve fund for improvements across Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck is Collabora and a developer has gone into more detail on the upgrades to the update system in SteamOS 3.6 that's now in Preview.

Men of War II will be online-only at launch but an offline mode is in development

By Liam Dawe,
The release of the strategy game Men of War II is fast approaching from Fulqrum Publishing and Ukrainian studio Best Way, which is confirmed to have Native Linux support but there's one sore spot.

Rogue Voltage is a refreshing and very creative engineering roguelike

By Liam Dawe,
Rogue Voltage takes the idea of roguelikes and deck-builders and spins it into something incredible clever with a little engineering involving lots of wires.

Heroes of Might and Magic III open source build gets initial gamepad support

By Liam Dawe,
VCMI, the cross-platform open source game engine for Heroes of Might and Magic III has another fresh release out and they've been working on hooking up gamepad support.

SteamOS 3.6 Preview for Steam Deck brings numerous big new features

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have now put SteamOS 3.6 into Preview for Steam Deck, so those willing to test can jump in now and check out more big new features.