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Valheim should now start faster and perform better when CPU bound with a fresh upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 4 Mar 2025

While the developers of Valheim continue working on the Deep North biome, they've released another smaller update with some fixes and improvements to make the game smoother.

Godot Engine 4.4 is out now with Jolt Physics, Ubershaders, Interactive in-game editing

By Liam Dawe, 4 Mar 2025

Godot Engine 4.4 has been released bringing with it a plethora of advancements for game devs, so it might be time to give it another look.

Scarlet Hollow - The Roads Untraveled update out now, first episode free in the demo

By Liam Dawe, 3 Mar 2025

Scarlet Hollow is an award-winning gothic horror narrative adventure developed by Black Tabby Games (who also made Slay the Princess). Now it's better than ever with a soft relaunch with The Roads Untraveled update out now.

Secret Mode splits from Sumo Group (Tencent) to be an independent publisher

By Liam Dawe, 3 Mar 2025

Secret Mode some of you may know from publishing titles like Wobbledogs, Still Wakes the Deep, Eternal Threads and more have split from Sumo Group (Tencent).

The MechLock wall mount for Steam Deck looks ridiculously slick

By Liam Dawe, 3 Mar 2025

If you want to mount your Steam Deck to a wall, you could do so with something like the Deckmate but the MechLock looks far slicker with the super-smooth locking system where you can add a charger.

Bored? Check out the Museum of All Things and dive into Wikipedia in 3D

By Liam Dawe, 3 Mar 2025

Here's a really clever idea. The Museum of All Things is a free to download experience made in Godot that allows you to explore various subjects pulled from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons data.

R.E.P.O. is a new co-op horror game with silly physics currently exploding on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 3 Mar 2025

With a Steam image of a stupid smiley face that made me initially ignore it when seeing it (the kind I would expect from some basic cheapo game), R.E.P.O. is actually pretty darn amusing and it's rocketing up the charts on Steam.

No support for Assassin's Creed Shadows on Steam Deck at launch

By Liam Dawe, 3 Mar 2025

One from earlier in February I missed was a Q&A post from Ubisoft about Assassin's Creed Shadows, and it's bad news for players hoping to run it on Steam Deck.

EchoPatch mod is a great way to modernise the classic shooter FEAR

By Liam Dawe, 3 Mar 2025

With the news recently about Monolith Productions closing, perhaps you might be wanting to jump back into the classic shooter FEAR (stylised as F.E.A.R.). Here's a mod to make the experience better.

Sonic Unleashed gets a full fan-made PC port with Linux / Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, 3 Mar 2025

Sonic Unleashed from the Xbox 360 has made its way onto PC, although not by SEGA. This is a fan-made port created through the process of static recompilation.

GOverlay app to help you configure the MangoHud overlay v1.3 released

By Liam Dawe, 3 Mar 2025

GOverlay can help you set up the performance display MangoHud with buttons and checkboxes, instead of needing to edit a config file. A new v1.3 was released making it portable.

Kaizen: A Factory Story announced from former Zachtronics developers

By Liam Dawe, 2 Mar 2025

Coincidence, which includes a bunch of former Zachtronics developers, have announced the open-ended puzzle automation game Kaizen: A Factory Story.

Steam hits another all-time user record with over 40 million online

By Liam Dawe, 2 Mar 2025

Over the weekend Steam managed to break yet another concurrent online user record, smashing the previous that was set back in December 2024.

Heroic Games Launcher v2.16 released with improved Steam Deck / Linux game compatibility

By Liam Dawe, 2 Mar 2025

Heroic Games Launcher continues to evolve into an even more impressive cross-platform game launcher for GOG, Epic Games, Amazon Prime and more with v2.16 bringing some great enhancements.

Steam sees a big rise in Simplified Chinese for February 2025 bringing Linux down below 2%

By Liam Dawe, 2 Mar 2025

Valve have released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey numbers for February 2025, and there's a pretty massive increase in Simplified Chinese as language which has pushed about all the numbers everywhere else.

A Review and Dev Interview: Broadside Renegades

By anewson, 2 Mar 2025

This ain't your dad's Vampire Survivors. We take a look at a hidden gem and talk to the developer about the development process.

March 25 reminder - GamingOnLinux needs your support

By Liam Dawe, 2 Mar 2025

Welcome to March 2025 readers! Here's a gentle reminder that GamingOnLinux is primarily funded by readers - that's you! And we need your support.

AMD Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT arrive March 6th, AMD dive deeper into RDNA 4 and FSR 4

By Liam Dawe, 28 Feb 2025

AMD have today pulled back the curtain on the Radeon RX 9000 series powered by RDNA 4 along with FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4).

HASTE: Broken Worlds is a speedrunning Sonic-like platformer from Landfall with a demo up now

By Liam Dawe, 28 Feb 2025

Gotta go fast? Landfall, developer of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator and Clustertruck, have released a demo for HASTE: Broken Worlds that's worth a look.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution — Director’s Cut

Everything to grab from Prime Gaming, February 28th edition for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, 28 Feb 2025

Here's the up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming for February 28th, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck.