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Formula Retro Racing - World Tour is a fresh upcoming low-poly racer

By Liam Dawe, 6 Oct 2022

Love your classic racing games with low-poly visuals? Keep an eye on Formula Retro Racing - World Tour which releases next year and has a demo available along with Native Linux support.

RimWorld - Biotech expansion announced and a big free update

By Liam Dawe, 6 Oct 2022

RimWorld is set to get even bigger with the upcoming Biotech expansion that releases in a few weeks, along with a major free update for all players.

SteamOS 3.3.2 and a Stable Steam Deck Client Update are out now, here's what's new

By Liam Dawe, 6 Oct 2022

SteamOS 3.3.2 and a Steam Deck Client Update are out now, pulling together all the recent Beta / Preview updates and putting them out for everyone. Here's what's new.

Humble have a nice list of classics in the RPG Legends bundle

By Liam Dawe, 5 Oct 2022

Need some classic RPGs in your life? Check out the RPG Legends: Baldur's Gate & Beyond bundle with some great picks.

Go tell Bungie you want Destiny 2 on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, 5 Oct 2022

Destiny 2 is one of the biggest and most popular shooters around and sadly it doesn't work on Steam Deck / Linux. Now is your chance to give your say and maybe Bungie will listen.

Here's how to play Overwatch 2 on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, 5 Oct 2022

While you might struggle to get in due to ongoing server issues, Overwatch 2 is out now free to play and it can run quite nicely on Steam Deck and Linux desktop. Here's how to get Overwatch 2 installed and running.

Oxygen Not Included has a new animated short, plus a 'Story Trait System' update

By Liam Dawe, 5 Oct 2022

Klei are back with a brand new big update to Oxygen Not Included, after they decided not to do any more paid DLC so this is the first of many free updates to come. Plus a fancy new animated short.

Steam Deck Beta updates fix Red Dead Redemption 2 and external screen changes

By Liam Dawe, 5 Oct 2022

Two Beta updates have landed for the Steam Deck with a Client and an OS update available, with some pretty big changes to how external screens are handled.

DEATHLOOP and Monster Train are in the new Humble Choice Bundle

By Liam Dawe, 4 Oct 2022

Another fresh month and a new set of games in Humble Choice, the monthly subscription from Humble Bundle so let's go over what's in it and the compatibility.

Streets of Rogue 2 gets a Steam page with some early screenshots

By Liam Dawe, 4 Oct 2022

Excuse me for being overly hyped about this one but HECK YES! Streets of Rogue 2 is coming along in development, with a Steam page up now.

NVK is a new open source Mesa Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs

By Liam Dawe, 4 Oct 2022

Jason Ekstrand of Collabora just announced NVK, a brand new open source Mesa Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs.

Dome Keeper is a nice twist on base / tower defense

By Liam Dawe, 4 Oct 2022

Blending together elements of survival, mining, exploration and tower defense — Dome Keeper is worth your attention.

Wine manager app Bottles gets some drag and drop fun

By Liam Dawe, 4 Oct 2022

Bottles is the awesome free and open source app to help you manage the Windows compatibility layer Wine. A fresh release is out now with version 2022.9.28.

Gamepad driver and app 'SC Controller' gets Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, 4 Oct 2022

SC Controller, what originally started as an application to control the Steam Controller outside of Steam and expanded to cover more gamepads now has a pre-release up with Steam Deck support.

Fanatical have another great bundle of Steam Deck Verified games

By Liam Dawe, 4 Oct 2022

Want to pick up some more great games for Steam Deck (or your Linux desktop!)? Fanatical have put up another bundle with all games that are Steam Deck Verified.

Valve makes Steam Deck custom boot screens easier (updated)

By Liam Dawe, 4 Oct 2022

Valve just released a fresh Beta update for the Steam Deck, as they loved seeing all the custom boot screens so much they've now made it officially supported. ARTICLE UPDATED.

Steam Next Fest - October 2022 Edition is live now

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2022

Ready to try more game demos? Now is your chance once again as Steam Next Fest - October 2022 Edition is live.

KDE devs talk Steam Deck and their work for it at Akademy 2022, over a million shipped

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2022

Recently at the Akademy 2022 conference, KDE's David Edmundson gave a talk on the Steam Deck and the ongoing work in KDE to improve things. We also get a note that Valve has shipped over a million Steam Deck units.

AMD driver update gets Red Dead Redemption 2 working better on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2022

Are you having issues with Red Dead Redemption 2 on either the Steam Deck or a Linux desktop with an AMD GPU? Well, upcoming driver updates should improve it.

SteamOS and Steam Deck on top for Linux in the Steam Hardware Survey

By Liam Dawe, 3 Oct 2022

The latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out now for September 2022, with it showing that clearly the Steam Deck with SteamOS is the most popular way now to game on Linux.