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Survival game Valheim adds a new feast mechanic and The Bog Witch in testing

By Liam Dawe,
The excellent survival game Valheim is getting ready to expand again, with a new update available for testing that adds in The Bog Witch and a whole new feast mechanic.

SteamOS 3.6.18 Beta released, still not quite the true end of the line

By Liam Dawe,
When will it end? Will SteamOS 3.6 ever become stable? The end of the line has come, and gone, a few times now.

SDL 3.1.3 Stable ABI Preview released

By Liam Dawe,
One missed in the inbox of no return from last week. The next-generation SDL 3 is closing in on a proper stable release now with the SDL 3.1.3 Stable ABI Preview now available for game developers.

Steam Beta fixes up issues with Game Recording, Remote Play and more

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released another smaller Beta update for Steam desktop and Steam Deck with even more bug fixes.

Steam Beta gets fixes for SteamVR, Game Recording and Steam Input

By Liam Dawe,
Another Steam Client Beta release is live for October 4th that includes a bunch of quick bug fixes for desktop and Steam Deck.

Epic roguelike Caves of Qud gets a tutorial Beta and the price goes up soon

By Liam Dawe,
Caves of Qud is easily (and I keep saying this) one of the best roguelikes ever made, and with the latest Beta it's a lot easier to get into. You might also want to buy it soon before the price rises.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.17 Beta released with another quick fix

By Liam Dawe,
After a bigger Steam Beta Client recently that had some nice improvements for Game Recording, and various Linux fixes along with another SteamOS Beta - we have yet another tiny SteamOS update.

Steam Beta gets big Game Recording improvements, plus Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.16 Beta out now

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a fresh Steam Client Beta for all platforms with some big Game Recording improvements, plus there's also another small Steam Deck SteamOS Beta update.

Deadlock from Valve has an amusing new anti-cheat system turning cheaters into frogs

By Liam Dawe,
Valve are continuing to build up Deadlock, their fancy new third-person MOBA, with the introduction of a new anti-cheat system that's quite hilarious.

Cross-platform Nexus Mods app adds support for Mod Collections, fixes REDmod on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The open source and cross-platform Nexus Mods app that's currently in development has a new 0.6.1 release available for testing with some nice improvements.

Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.6.15 Beta: Zoomer Edition released

By Liam Dawe,
Valve sure do love their funny code-names don't they. Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.6.15 Beta: Zoomer Edition has been released with a bug-fix.

Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.6.14 Beta released with a Flatpak security fix

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released another small update to SteamOS 3.6 Beta for Steam Deck, bringing two small but important fixes as we're firmly on the road to the stable release.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.13 Beta and a new Steam Client Beta released

By Liam Dawe,
We're really closing in on the stable release of SteamOS 3.6 now for Steam Deck, with this being the second release candidate. Plus another small Steam Client Beta release.

Ubuntu 24.10 gets a new Snap feature to handle prompting for app permissions

By Liam Dawe,
Canonical are continuing to advance their own Snap packaging system, with the Ubuntu 24.10 development builds getting a new permission prompt feature.

KDE Plasma 6.2 Beta released and Plasma Wayland Protocols 1.14 out now

By Liam Dawe,
Time for a little testing over the weekend, as the KDE team have released Plasma 6.2 Beta along with updated Plasma Wayland Protocols.

Steam Beta has a fix for exiting non-Steam games causing input issues

By Liam Dawe,
A fresh small Steam Beta was released, and for those of you on Steam Deck who play non-Steam games and emulators it's going to be a useful one.

EmuDeck 2.3 Beta brings a new unified UI and multi language support

By Liam Dawe,
For fans of emulation on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux, you might want to give the new EmuDeck 2.3 Beta a spin.

Steam Beta adds new shortcut key to save a clip of recent gameplay

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a fresh Steam Beta client for Desktop and Steam Deck, with one change I'm sure some will love with the new Game Recording system.

Steam Deck - SteamOS 3.6.12 Beta released as the first Release Candidate

By Liam Dawe,
Valve are closing in on the final stable release of SteamOS 3.6 for Steam Deck, with SteamOS 3.6.12 Beta out now as the first release candidate.

Deadlock surpassed 100,000 concurrent players, Valve adds wall jumping

By Liam Dawe,
Valve's latest game Deadlock continues rising up the most-played games ranking on Steam, despite it being invite-only and the developers continue expanding it.
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