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Humble launch the Tactical Triumph and Dice and Destiny bundles both with some great games

By Liam Dawe, 15 hours ago

Humble Bundle just launched two new bundles with Tactical Triumph and Dice and Destiny. Each have some pretty great looking games, so here's your usual run over what compatibility to expect for Linux platforms like Steam Deck.

Dig up planets for skeletons and fight huge guardians in the latest No Man's Sky update

By Liam Dawe, 18 hours ago

Hello Game have somehow done it again. No Man's Sky has another surprisingly large update available adding in more new content like a fossil beds to dig up skeletons and big fights against huge guardians.

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Triple-i Initiative returns April 10 with over 30 announcements - here's all the devs involved

By Liam Dawe, 18 hours ago

The Triple-i Initiative have now announced their gaming announcement event is scheduled for April 10th, taking up only 45 minutes of your time.

Monsterpatch is Pokemon meets Stardew Valley from the dev of Littlewood and Kindergarten

By Liam Dawe, 21 hours ago

Monsterpatch is the latest game from Sean Young developer of Littlewood and Kindergarten, blending together Pokemon and Stardew Valley with a little of their own Littlewood thrown in.

Folkways DLC for the excellent village builder dotAGE released - here's a little interview with the developer

By Liam Dawe, 22 hours ago

dotAGE is a very unique turn-based village builder that blends in roguelike survival elements. It's one that you should definitely add to your list, and a new DLC expansion is out now so I took the chance to speak to the developer a bit.

UnderMine 2 comes to Early Access in July with co-op

By Liam Dawe, 22 hours ago

UnderMine 2 from developer Thorium is set to enter Early Access on July 22nd, promising to take the best bits of the fun original and expanding on it.

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

By Liam Dawe, 23 hours ago

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

By Liam Dawe, 23 hours ago

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

By Liam Dawe, 24 hours ago

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

By Liam Dawe, 24 hours ago

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

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Firaxis Games are quickly cleaning up the messy release of Civilization VII, with more new additions now available in patch update 1.1.1.

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

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

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

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

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.

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

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

If you look at nearly all reviews of handheld gaming PCs that run Windows, the major problem is Windows itself. So with Valve opening up the door to SteamOS Linux for more devices, it seems HP are interested in jumping in too.

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

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

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

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

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

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

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.

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

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

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 gets a Steam Deck upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

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

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

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.