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Fanatical has another great Steam Deck game bundle 'BundleFestive Edition'

By Liam Dawe,
The Fanatical Build your own Play on the Go Bundle (BundleFestive Edition) is live for Steam Deck, as is another collection with the Build your own Special Editions Bundle (BundleFestive Edition).

4X RPG 'Heart of the Machine' from Arcen Games (AI War) releases January 2025

By Liam Dawe,
Arcen Games creators of AI War, AI War 2, The Last Federation and other games have announced their new sci-fi 4X RPG Heart of the Machine will launch January 31st, 2025. There's also a new demo available that you can try right now.

Half-Life 2 co-op mod Synergy upgraded for the Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary Update

By Liam Dawe,
Synergy is a free mod for Half-Life 2 that allows you to play the Half-Life 2 series and many other singleplayer Source Mods cooperatively with friends. It was recently upgraded to support the Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary Update.

The best Linux distribution for gaming in 2025

By Liam Dawe,
In a few previous years, I decided to do a fresh take each time on what the best Linux distribution was for gaming - so I'm back for a 2025 edition of the article that will cause you to tell me how wrong and terrible I am.

Prime Gaming December 3rd edition, new titles coming twice this week - lots for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Here we go again! Each week Prime Gaming, part of what you get with a subscription to Amazon Prime, add and remove various games you can claim to keep. This week we get two sets of new games!

Vulkan API 1.4 released with new required extensions, better 8K rendering

By Liam Dawe,
The Khronos Group have today announced the release of the Vulkan 1.4 API specification, with various changes and improvements for game and application developers.

Disney Black Friday Humble Bundle has 17 classics for you like Star Wars and LEGO

By Liam Dawe,
I doubt you need any more games, or perhaps you do, and you fancy some classics. Well the Disney Black Friday Humble Bundle has some fun stuff in it.

Lutris game manager v0.5.18 released with improved GOG and itch.io support, various other features

By Liam Dawe,
Lutris, the popular free and open source game manager for Linux, has a fresh update out now fixing up some issues and adding in a good bunch of new features.

Linux share remains above 2% in the November 2024 Steam Survey thanks to Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released the latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey for November 2024. Here's the details from it.

Proton 9.0-4 Beta updated with more game fixes needing testing on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Recently I covered the huge Proton 9.0-4 update for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux hitting the Release Candidate stage and there's been a couple of changes.

Here's the most played Steam Deck games for November 2024

By Liam Dawe,
Another month down and we're closing in on the festive period, so here's a look back at what's been popular on Steam Deck during November 2024.

Best cheap Steam Deck / Linux games in the Steam Autumn Sale 2024

By Liam Dawe,
To help you decide on what to pick up, I've gone through the Steam Autumn Sale and picked out a whole bunch that will work great across both Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

The latest from Prime Gaming - November 29 edition - more for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Here we go again! Each week Prime Gaming, part of what you get with a subscription to Amazon Prime, add and remove various games you can claim to keep.

Project Zomboid set for a massive update that should get a Beta before Christmas

By Liam Dawe,
Project Zomboid, the highly rated and popular zombie survival game from The Indie Stone, is set to get another truly massive update.

Theme park builder Parkitect gets a campaign editor and a new DLC is on the way

By Liam Dawe,
Parkitect from Texel Raptor is celebrating a sixth anniversary, with a big new update out now and news of a fresh DLC coming.

Survival game The Last Plague: Blight adds controller support, great for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
The Last Plague: Blight impressed me quite a lot with the initial Early Access release, and the developer has been doing some great updates to it recently.

Modding support returns to Dome Keeper in the latest update

By Liam Dawe,
While the developers keep working away on multiplayer for Dome Keeper, you can now get back to filling your game up with mods as support has returned.

Latin cowboy casual farming sim Gaucho and the Grassland new demo released

By nwildner,
​Gaucho and the Grassland is a game that depicts the life of a Gaúcho, the equivalent of a Latin Cowboy from the region of the Pampas (South of Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile). A new demo is out now, here's some thoughts on it.

The Raw Fury Humble Bundle is an awesome deal with 11 Steam Deck Verified games

By Liam Dawe,
With 11 quality games, the Raw Fury Humble Bundle is a really nice deal and great compatibility across Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

The new Nexus Mods open source cross-platform app adds Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord support

By Liam Dawe,
Nexus Mods keep expanding their very promising cross-platform open source app for modding, that will eventually replace their older apps and the new 0.7.0 release just went out.
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