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TUXEDO announce the Pulse 15 second-gen laptop with AMD Ryzen 7 5700U 35W

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jul 2022

The second-generation TUXEDO Pulse 15 is up for pre-order with shipping expected in late July, which comes with the powerful AMD Ryzen 7 5700U that TUXEDO have pushed up to 35w.

FIREFIGHT RELOADED Half-Life 2 mod screenshot

Half-Life 2 mod FIREFIGHT RELOADED gets a Native Linux version

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jul 2022

FIREFIGHT RELOADED is a Half-Life 2 mod that gives you fast-paced horde-mode FPS gameplay with a ton of customizations and features inspired by other Source Engine mods.

Stray is the most wishlisted Steam game and it's Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jul 2022

Ahead of the release of Stray on July 19th, Stray has become the most wishlisted game on Steam and it has been fully Steam Deck Verified.

Point and lick adventure Nine Noir Lives releases September 7

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jul 2022

Cat lovers and adventure game aficionados alike may want to keep an eye on this one, as the point and lick (get it?) game Nine Noir Lives releases September 7 along with Native Linux support.

ARK: Survival Evolved switches away from Linux Native to use Proton

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jul 2022

You wouldn't know this looking at the Steam page for ARK: Survival Evolved but Studio Wildcard have now put their Native Linux version behind a Beta on Steam as they now prefer Linux users to play with the Proton compatibility layer.

The Humble 'Play with Pride' bundle has a few nice looking gems available

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jul 2022

Here's one I somehow completely missed from last week. Humble Bundle has a Play with Pride bundle available with another set of great looking games.

LEGO: At the Movies Bundle has some great picks for you

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jul 2022

Love your LEGO games? There's plenty of them available in the LEGO: At the Movies Bundle from Humble Bundle and plenty will work fine on Linux desktop and Steam Deck.

Dicey Dungeons 'Reunion' is a huge free update out now

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jul 2022

Dicey Dungeons Reunion is a big free update for the brilliant dice-rolling dungeon crawler and it's out now.

Team Fortress 2 gets a big update with Valve back in action

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jul 2022

Looks like Valve are really back in action on updating Team Fortress 2, with a fresh update out now and it's quite big compared to previous patches. Here's what's new.

Void Scrappers is an upcoming space horde shooter inspired by Vampire Survivors

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jul 2022

Vampire Survivors has basically reignited the horde shooter genre now right? Developer 8BitSkull (Fates of Ort) has announced their next game with Void Scrappers.

Steam Deck Beta gets scaling for external displays, new "Preview" testing branch

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jul 2022

Lots of goodies have arrived in a fresh Steam Deck Client Beta, along with a small update to SteamOS 3.3 Beta too.

Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 screenshot

Proton Experimental fixes up Disgaea 5, Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jul 2022

Valve has released another fresh update to Proton Experimental, the opt-in version of Proton you can try that often pulls in new features and fixes. This new update landed on July 7th.

Expansive open world country-life sim The Ranchers gets funded in less than a day

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jul 2022

The Ranchers from French developer RedPilz Studio is a very promising looking open world country-life sim, which will be coming with Native Linux support and optimized for the Steam Deck.

Slimbook ready up their AMD Ryzen 5700U powered KDE Slimbook 4 laptop

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jul 2022

In the market for some new hardware? Hardware vendor Slimbook has announced the KDE Slimbook 4 with a powerful new AMD Ryzen processor.

JSAUX are filling the Steam Deck accessory gap and have a Docking Station ready

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jul 2022

Want some accessories for your Steam Deck? Well JSAUX recently put out their Docking Station, along with some other goodies for you to look into.

You should avoid the stock Firefox install on Steam Deck as it's badly outdated (updated)

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jul 2022

For all the pros of the Steam Deck like the full KDE Plasma desktop mode, there's a bit of a sore spot with Valve being too slow to update some of the included software. ARTICLE UPDATED.

Mark your calendars, Steam Next Fest returns in October 2022

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jul 2022

Valve has sent word that Steam Next Fest is coming back again and it will be live on October 3rd - 10th.

Colourful 3D platformer Frogun releases August 2nd

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jul 2022

Molegato and Top Hat Studios have announced today their the 3D platformer Frogun will be releasing with Native Linux support on August 2nd.

Nomad Survival is another great cheap Vampire Survivors styled game

By Liam Dawe, 6 Jul 2022

Nomad Survival is an auto-attacking rogue-lite action game where you try to survive as long as you can, while you continue to buff up your character as you go.