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Infinity Nikki

Infinity Nikki devs are working on Steam Deck support for the Steam release

By Liam Dawe,
5
While there's no current release date for the Steam release, Infold Games are still working towards it for Infinity Nikki and it seems it may be good news for Steam Deck players.
ChimeraOS Linux

ChimeraOS Linux 48 brings new hardware support for your handhelds and living room PCs

By Liam Dawe,
3
There's a good few ways of getting Linux on handhelds and living room PCs, with ChimeraOS Linux being one of the great ones. ChimeraOS Linux 48 has just released bringing in a whole lot of improvements.
Junk Store

Junk Store plugin for Steam Deck plans new release as closed-source paid software to run other stores

By Liam Dawe,
10
Junk Store may have failed to get released on Steam as Valve removed their store page, but that hasn't stopped their team working on this special Steam Deck plugin to bring other stores like Epic Games, GOG and Amazon Games to the Steam Deck.
Neverwinter Nights 2

Neverwinter Nights 2 Enhanced Edition hasn't been announced yet but it just got a Steam Deck Playable rating

By Liam Dawe,
7
We know Neverwinter Nights 2 Enhanced Edition is probably coming, thanks to the previous leak, but it still hasn't actually been announced yet. However, it's clearly getting closer.
Civilization VII

Civilization VII update 1.1.1 adds quick move, lots of UI improvements, a new start position and lots of fixes

By Liam Dawe,
6
Firaxis Games are quickly cleaning up the messy release of Civilization VII, with more new additions now available in patch update 1.1.1.
Monster Crown: Sin Eater

Devs of Monster Crown: Sin Eater a 2D monster taming RPG want to 'take that concept to its absolute limits'

By Liam Dawe,
0
Studio Aurum are developing a new 2D monster taming RPG with Monster Crown: Sin Eater, a standalone follow-up to their previous Monster Crown.
Mudborne

Mudborne is a wonderfully chilled sim about catching and breeding frogs out now

By Liam Dawe,
4
Mudborne from ellraiser / TNgineers is a wonderfully charming laid-back casual nature management sim about discovering & breeding frogs. Officially out now with Native Linux support and it's Steam Deck Verified.
SteamOS

HP are interested in making a SteamOS handheld as the Windows experience sucks

By Liam Dawe,
21
If you look at nearly all reviews of handheld gaming PCs with Windows, the major problem is Windows itself. HP are now interested in jumping in with SteamOS!
Nexus Mods App

Nexus formally announce their open source cross-platform Nexus Mods App: Stardew Valley Preview

By Liam Dawe,
5
The new cross-platform and open source Nexus Mods App is coming along with their team now formally announcing the Stardew Valley Preview. With support for Linux / Steam Deck baked right in.
Dawnfolk

Dawnfolk is a must-play if you like chilled unique city-builders

By Liam Dawe,
1
If you like your games that try to break the mold, you should definitely check out the recently released Dawnfolk from Darenn Keller.
Temtem: Swarm

Temtem: Swarm recently hit 100K sales and a big update is out now

By Liam Dawe,
0
Temtem: Swarm is another survivor-like bullet heaven, a spin-off from the monster catching Temtem from Crema / GGTech Studios and it appears to have sold quite well.
Painkiller

Action-shooter Painkiller is set to return in 'fall 2025'

By Liam Dawe,
2
Coming from Anshar Studios and 3D Realms, the classic FPS is back. Painkiller has been announced to release sometime in "fall 2025".
Starship Troopers: Extermination

Starship Troopers: Extermination gets a Steam Deck upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
3
Starship Troopers: Extermination from Offworld just had another major upgrade released, and they're now improving the experience of playing it on Steam Deck.
Stellaris

Stellaris 4.0 'Phoenix' game-changing update due May 5 with the BioGenesis Expansion

By Liam Dawe,
7
Paradox have today launched the new Season 09 Expansion Pass, which initially launches with the Stargazer Species Portrait. There's stuff that's actually interesting to come though, but you have to wait until May 5th.
Steam's City Builder & Colony Sims Fest

Steam's City Builder & Colony Sims Fest is live now

By Liam Dawe,
1
Another chance to grab some discounts! Valve have launched a festival for City Builder & Colony Sims to celebrate everything that might remotely resemble you building a community and keeping people alive.
Linux tux and GOL penguin

Linux kernel 6.14 out late due to 'pure incompetence' - don't get too excited about Linux gaming boosts

By Liam Dawe,
14
Linux kernel 6.14 has arrived today, and a day later than it was expected. As usual there's lots new from supported hardware to various improvements.
EmuDeck

Emulation manager EmuDeck 2.4 brings Steam library integration changes, improved BIOS checker

By Liam Dawe,
1
EmuDeck is an all-in-one solution for managing emulation on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck and other handhelds and the 2.4 release brings some nice additions.
Frosthaven

The board game Frosthaven is getting a video game with the designer of X-COM

By Liam Dawe,
3
The popular board game Frosthaven is getting adapted into a video game, with Snapshot Games at the helm led by CEO Julian Gollop, known for designing X-COM.
The Dark Mod

Thief-like free and open source game The Dark Mod 2.13 brings better AI vision and new graphical goodies

By Liam Dawe,
2
The Dark Mod is a seriously impressive project giving us a completely free and open source standalone Thief-like stealth game, and The Dark Mod 2.13 release is another great one.
F.E.A.R.

The EchoPatch to modernize F.E.A.R. adds in gamepad support

By Liam Dawe,
5
EchoPatch, a mod patch for the classic and awesome shooter F.E.A.R. has another new release out and this brings gamepad support.
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