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iFixit have the Steam Deck Battery prices up but already sold out

By Liam Dawe,
Recently we had the official iFixit launch for Steam Deck replacement parts but one major bit was missing — the Battery. Now though, it seems the store pages for it are properly live and they're already out of stock.

Gamers Nexus have a fascinating look at the Steam Deck fan situation

By Liam Dawe,
For all the hype around the Steam Deck there is one major controversy with the fan. There's two fans being used, with one having a noticeably louder pitch than the other and now Gamers Nexus are attempting to find out why and how bad it is.

Diablo Immortal works on Steam Deck, plus a fix for Battle.net being slow

By Liam Dawe,
Since Diablo Immortal is the hot new thing, I decided to attempt to give it a go on Steam Deck. Turns out the Battle.net launcher really hates some connections, here's a fix and a Diablo Immortal video.

GOG Summer Sale now live with new releases from SEGA

By Liam Dawe,
For readers who prefer to shop over on GOG, their Summer Sale has just started along with some new releases.

Free to play shooter Rogue Company verified 'Playable' on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Rogue Company, a free to play shooter from First Watch Games and Hi-Rez Studios recently had an update of Easy Anti-Cheat and now it's confirmed as "Playable" (not fully Verified) on Steam Deck. The situation is a little odd for the Linux desktop though.

Endlanders is a glitchy RPG with real-time deck-building grid-based combat

By Liam Dawe,
Endlanders and the prologue demo Endlanders : First Encounter have a graphics style that reminds me of Hyper Light Drifter and Resolutiion while offering rather different gameplay.

Action Quake 2 (AQtion), considered the 'precursor' to Counter-Strike now on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Action Quake 2 (AQtion), a free and open source first-person shooter that the developers say "spawned one of the most popular and influential games of all time, Counter-Strike" is now available on Steam.

ScummVM 2.6 is incoming, devs asking for testing help of more retro games

By Liam Dawe,
ScummVM, the excellent open source software that bundles together multiple game engines has a new release coming and now it's time to help test.

Gravitar: Recharged released from Atari revamping another classic

By Liam Dawe,
Another remake of a classic has landed, with Atari's Gravitar from the 80s now being available on Steam with Gravitar: Recharged.

Craftomation 101 merges survival, crafting and automation programming

By Liam Dawe,
From the developer of while True: learn() and Learning Factory comes yet another game with programming. Craftomation 101 brings together elements of a survival game, crafting and automation.

Wine 7.10 rolls out with 56 bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Wine is the compatibility layer that allows you to run games and applications developed for Windows - on Linux (plus also macOS and BSD). A new biweekly development release is out now with Wine 7.10.

There's another big Queer Games Bundle live on itch.io for 2022

By Liam Dawe,
Want to support queer creators? Now is a good chance for you, while also grabbing a whole chunk of games too in the Queer Games Bundle 2022.

Proton 7.0-3 in testing, will bring more game compatibility to Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Valve and their partner CodeWeavers are working towards the next major upgrade of Proton, the compatibility layer for running Windows games on Linux and the Steam Deck.

Hands of Necromancy is an upcoming GZDoom powered dark fantasy shooter

By Liam Dawe,
Love retro shooters? How about those with a little magical flair to them and dark fantasy? The GZDoom engine powered Hands of Necromancy is coming to Steam with a teaser demo up now.

Old Skies is an upcoming time travel adventure from Wadjet Eye Games

By Liam Dawe,
Another great looking point and click adventure is on the way from Wadjet Eye Games! They just recently teased their latest called Old Skies.

Oxygen Not Included sees the 'Fast Friends' update out & now Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
The wonderful Oxygen Not Included from Klei Entertainment has seen a big free update released, which also brings with it full support for the Steam Deck and it's now Verified.

Steam Deck now lets you override display resolution for games

By Liam Dawe,
Have some games on Steam Deck that won't get the right resolution? Now you can force them into what you want.

Valve reveals the top 10 most played Steam Deck titles and they're all fully Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Valve just put up another of their round-up posts going over all the recent work on the Steam Deck, and they also revealed the current most popular titles.

Splitgate the free online FPS with portals has Season 2 live now

By Liam Dawe,
Mixing together some fast-paced shooter with a bit of a Halo feel and portals like out of Valve's Portal series, Splitgate has a big new update out now.

System76 and HP bring the HP Dev One with Pop!_OS Linux

By Liam Dawe,
As we reported previously, The HP Dev One is a new laptop collaboration from System76 and HP that brings Pop!_OS Linux to even more people. It's now available to order.