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

By Liam Dawe, about 5 hours ago

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, about 5 hours ago

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.

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

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

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, 2 days ago

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.

itch.io Creator Day is live today where they take no cut from devs, along with their Autumn Sale

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

itch.io Creator Day is live right now, where the store will not take any cut at all from sales developers make.

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

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

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

We're getting a Palworld x Terraria crossover, major Palworld update in December

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

Quite a surprise this one. Palworld and Terraria are getting a crossover, but we don't really know what just yet.

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

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

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.

Mesa 24.2.8 released for Linux with bug fixes, last update for the 24.2 series

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

Developer Eric Engestrom announced the release of Mesa 24.2.8 open source graphics drivers for Linux with some bug fixes.

Steam Deck hits 17,000 games playable and verified

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

Another big milestone has been reached by Valve with their handheld Linux gaming PC, with the Steam Deck hitting 17,000 games rated playable or verified.

Steam Autumn Sale is live for you to empty your wallets, Steam Awards open for nominations

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

Another year coming to a close and so the Steam Autumn Sale is live again until December 4. Time to find where your wallet is hiding.

New Steam Controller 2 and VR controller designs got leaked

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

Valve did a bit of a woops here, as they recently accidentally leaked the designs for what looks like their upcoming Steam Controller 2 and a new VR controller that is likely to come with the long leaked Deckard VR headset.

GOG's Black Friday Sale is live now with some big discounts

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

Black Friday? It may only be Tuesday, but of course every store wants to get ahead of the game. GOG's Black Friday Sale is live now.

TRX an open-source reimplementation of Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 keeps expanding

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

Originally two separate projects, the open source reimplementations of Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 now live under one roof with the TRX project.

Dev of Proton Sarek for older GPUs has forked DXVK to backport game settings and improve compatibility

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

The developer of the interesting Proton Sarek project to help Linux gamers with older GPUs play more games has now forked DXVK, to hopefully improve things even further.

PlaytronOS Alpha 2 brings expanded NVIDIA support, more handheld PC support and much more

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

Playtron continue building up their PlaytronOS / GameOS (they don't seem to have settled properly on a name yet) alternative to SteamOS and Windows with a second Alpha release out now.

Steam Client Beta fixes up NVIDIA bugs on Linux with Game Recording and Remote Play

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

Good news for NVIDIA GPU owners on Linux, as the latest Steam Client Beta has a couple of nice sounding improvements for you.

2K Launcher is finally no more - that's at least one publisher making things better for gamers

By Liam Dawe, 5 days ago

2K Games have officially nuked the 2K Launcher from orbit, finally removing it from their games across both Steam and Epic.

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Proton Experimental for Steam Deck / Linux fixes Disgaea 4 Complete+, Final Fantasy XIV and various other games

By Liam Dawe, 6 days ago

Valve have updated Proton Experimental, the testing-ground for new features and fixes for their Windows compatibility layer for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux. Here's what's new for November 25th.