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Valve Index VR HMD

Gamescope (used on Steam Deck) adds in some VR support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
17
What are you up to Valve? Gamescope, software used on the Steam Deck for Gaming Mode that handles displaying everything recently had some VR work pulled in. Perhaps for the upcoming Deckard VR HMD?
System76 Pangolin

System76 teasing new fully AMD powered Pangolin Linux laptop

By Liam Squires-Hand,
18
System76 saw your many comments and they're going to deliver. The Pangolin is making a return, powered by all AMD.
Google Stadia

Google to release a tool to enable Bluetooth on the Stadia Controller

By Liam Squires-Hand,
15
Google is getting ready to shut down Stadia now, their cloud gaming service, but they have some good news for those with the Stadia Controller.
Deep Rock Galactic

Deep Rock Galactic sold 2.3 million copies last year and I'm not surprised - it's awesome

By Liam Squires-Hand,
7
Deep Rock Galactic is a game about a bunch of Dwarves going mining, and there's lots of creepy-crawlies that want to get in the way. It seems to only be getting more popular as time goes on too.
0 A.D.

The next release of 0 A.D. will have experimental Vulkan API support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
8
0 A.D. is an in-development free and open source RTS, one that's very promising and looks pretty good and the next Alpha version will also feature experimental Vulkan support.
Steam Big Picture

New Steam Linux & Steam Deck Beta fixes up a major bug

By Liam Squires-Hand,
4
Recently Valve put up a Beta for Steam desktop and Steam Deck, which unfortunately came with a huge bug that people found but a new release fixes it and adds some more fixes too.
Dino Run DX

Dino Run DX has the source code opened up

By Liam Squires-Hand,
6
Seems more developers are warming up to the idea of open source. Pixeljam recently opened up the source code to Dino Run DX.
Hogwarts Legacy

Hogwarts Legacy to be Steam Deck Verified at launch

By Liam Squires-Hand,
52
For Harry Potter fans, the upcoming release of Hogwarts Legacy is fast approaching and it seems they're making sure it works on Steam Deck.
Intel Core i9-13900KS

Intel reveals the Core i9-13900KS that hits 6Ghz out of the box

By Liam Squires-Hand,
6
For people that love chasing Ghz, Intel has a surprise for you. They revealed the Intel Core i9-13900KS today that hits 6Ghz max turbo out of the box.
Songs of Syx screenshot

Dwarf Fortress too retro? Songs of Syx is worth looking at with another big Beta update

By Liam Squires-Hand,
4
Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder that in many ways could be compared with Dwarf Fortress, only with a graphical style that's just a bit more modern. A new Beta release went up recently and it's another big one.
Super Alloy Ranger

Mega Man-like side-scroller action game Super Alloy Ranger now on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
3
Enjoy games similar to Mega Man? Like running and gunning? Super Alloy Ranger looks interesting and they recently put up a Native Linux version too.
GOverlay

GOverlay app for managing the MangoHud overlay gets a bunch of new options

By Liam Squires-Hand,
4
GOverlay is great! Giving you a real easy way to tweak the MangoHud performance overlay on Linux, along with it also working with vkBasalt and ReplaySorcery.
Coromon

Pokemon-like 'Coromon' finally has big FPS problem fixed for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
5
Coromon is another attempt to make a Pokemon styled game and while it is a lot of fun, the game had a major frustrating problem on Steam Deck and Linux desktop with Proton that has now been solved.
Steam New Big Picture Mode

Steam & Steam Deck Beta improves controller configurator plus Linux fixes (updated)

By Liam Squires-Hand,
10
Valve has released a new Steam Client Beta for both desktop and Steam Deck, with new fixes and some new features too like showing full or partial controller icons when hovering over items. ARTICLE UPDATED.
Steam Deck

Valve remind people to be careful where you buy a Steam Deck

By Liam Squires-Hand,
5
Recently the official OnDeck Twitter account from Steam creator Valve posted a PSA (public service announcement), reminding people on being careful where they buy a Steam Deck.
Wadjet Eye Games bundle

Get a whole load of Wadjet Eye Games adventures in this new bundle

By Liam Squires-Hand,
13
Wadjet Eye Games publish some really good stuff and now you can easily pick up a load of them, thanks to this very good Humble Bundle.
Kandria screenshot

Check out the new release of Kandria a hand-crafted 2D action game

By Liam Squires-Hand,
2
I have to admit, not many platformer-likes catch my attention nowadays but Kandria certainly looks the part.
GOL Penguin Logo

Remember to support the projects you use and appreciate

By Liam Squires-Hand,
13
In light of some recent news surrounding the MSI Afterburner software, it's another reminder that it's quite important for people to directly support projects they use and enjoy.
3 Minutes to Midnight

3 Minutes to Midnight devs say it's going well for full Linux / Steam Deck support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
7
3 Minutes to Midnight is an upcoming comedy adventure game from Scarecrow Studio. It was funded on Kickstarter and their latest development update sounds great.
The Talos Principle - NVIDIA NVK Driver

The open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver 'NVK' begins to run games

By Liam Squires-Hand,
16
Back in October last year I wrote about the new open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver named NVK, and now it appears to be able to actually run games. Not particularly well though.
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