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NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters

Fuse creatures together in NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters - set for launch on September 30

By Liam Squires-Hand,
0
Bringing together auto-battling and monster-training into a fun mixture, NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters from DiceHit Games and Rogue Duck Interactive releases on September 30th.
Hands of Necromancy II

Dark fantasy FPS fans should check out Hands of Necromancy II

By Liam Squires-Hand,
3
Following on from the positively rated Hands of Necromancy, HON Team and Fulqrum Publishing are back bringing you more Heretic and Doom styled fun in Hands of Necromancy II.
Viscerafest

Sci-fi fantasy singleplayer arena FPS 'Viscerafest' launches in April 2025

By Liam Squires-Hand,
1
After building up in Early Access to a Very Positive user rating, retro singleplayer arena FPS Viscerafest is going to properly launch in April 2025.
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

Prime Gaming is giving away quite a lot of games - so don't miss out

By Liam Squires-Hand,
7
For those of you who subscribe to Amazon Prime, you would do well to remember that Prime Gaming exists and there's quite a few free games available to claim for keeps right now.
LibreQuake screenshot

LibreQuake aims to create a completely free Quake alternative compatible with mods

By Liam Squires-Hand,
8
In a similar spirit to Freedoom, for Quake fans perhaps you'll want to take a look at LibreQuake, which aims to do a similar thing to allow you to play Quake content with completely open source software.
Mini Airways

Real-time air-traffic management sim 'Mini Airways' gets Steam Workshop support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
0
Mini Airways is a total delight and now it's even better with some extra free maps, plus there's also now Steam Workshop support with a level editor.
SDHQ Podcast Episode 9

Check out the SDHQ Podcast Episode 9 - featuring GamingOnLinux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
2
Recently I had the opportunity to sit down and have a chat with Noah Kupetsky of Steam Deck HQ to talk about all sorts of things.
Steam Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Fest

Steam Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Fest is live now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
3
Running through until September 23rd at 5PM UTC — the Steam Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Fest has now launched. That's right, another mini-festival of discounts, demos and more.
Enlisted

Enlisted from Darkflow / Gaijin swapping from Easy Anti-Cheat to BattlEye

By Liam Squires-Hand,
1
Darkflow Software and Gaijin Network Ltd have announced their multiplayer online shooter Enlisted will be changing the anti-cheat sometime in the coming days.
Shadows of Doubt

Steam Deck Verified - your game highlights for mid-September 2024

By Liam Squires-Hand,
5
Looking to pick up some more games for Steam Deck or Desktop Linux? Well, here's a whole bunch more that should work great.
TUXEDO Gemini 17 - Gen3

The TUXEDO Gemini 17 - Gen3 is a big powerful desktop-replacement class laptop

By Liam Squires-Hand,
6
For people who have the need for something somewhat portable, with a lot of power, perhaps the TUXEDO Gemini 17 - Gen3 will be your next purchase.
Anomaly Agent

Cyberpunk action-adventure Anomaly Agent gets Linux and macOS support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
1
Released back in January 2024, Anomaly Agent from Phew Phew Games went on to get an Overwhelmingly Positive rating from Steam users and now it's officially available for Linux and macOS.
DuckStation

PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation changes license for no commercial use and no derivatives

By Liam Squires-Hand,
42
There's been a bit of a furore in the emulation community lately centred around the PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation, which has now seen two license changes recently.
Steam logo - Valve

Valve make even more changes for Steam store pages

By Liam Squires-Hand,
7
Valve are continuing to tweak how Steam store pages are displayed, along with giving developers more tools to show exactly what they want.
Lutris logo

An interview with the creator of Lutris

By Liam Squires-Hand,
3
Want to learn a little more about Lutris, the popular Linux app for managing games, emulators and much more? Here's your chance.
Don't Starve Together

Go spelunking in the Don't Starve Together - Depths of Duplicity free update

By Liam Squires-Hand,
1
I haven't checked back on Don't Starve Together for quite a while now, but Klei Entertainment continue to make it one of the most interesting survival games around and the latest free update is out now with Depths of Duplicity.
Metro 2033

4A Games and Zen Studios staying with Embracer Group

By Liam Squires-Hand,
2
Back in March there was the report that Saber Interactive split off from Embracer Group, with them potentially taking on 4A Games and Zen Studios.
Linux tux

Linux kernel 6.11 is officially out now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
3
Linus Torvalds announced the final release of the Linux kernel 6.11, as usual with a ridiculous amount of improvements, fixes, support for new and future hardware releases and everything in between.
Linux tux

Microsoft Windows kernel changes don't suddenly mean big things for Linux gaming

By Liam Squires-Hand,
62
There's a lot of blog posts and news articles being written right now centred around Microsoft's plans for updates to Windows 11, and potential kernel changes, with some thinking this means big things for Linux gaming.
Steam

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.13 Beta and a new Steam Client Beta released

By Liam Squires-Hand,
1
We're really closing in on the stable release of SteamOS 3.6 now for Steam Deck, with this being the second release candidate. Plus another small Steam Client Beta release.
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