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For a third month in a row, Linux remains above 1% on the Steam Hardware Survey
I still can't quite believe it but the Linux user share on Steam has not only remained above 1% for three months, it's actually risen again.
Category: Misc
Steam Next Fest is live again with demos, livestreams and more
It's that time again! From now until October 7 you get to try out various new demos on Steam, watch developer livestreams and much more.
XIGNCODE3 anti-cheat working towards Steam Deck support by launch
XIGNCODE3 is another popular anti-cheat like Easy Anti-Cheat and BattlEye that currently causes issues for Linux and it's going to hopefully see support for Linux and the Steam Deck by launch.
Steam Play Proton 6.3-7 is out now, Proton Experimental gets DLSS for DX12 games on Linux
Two big bits of news for Steam Play Proton today with two new versions getting released so let's take a look and see exactly what's new for the Windows compatibility layer.
Another month down, here's a round-up of what was big through September 2021
September 2021 is officially over and with it a whole lot of news came in. Here's our monthly overview round-up of what was big in case you missed it.
Valve's Steam Deck dev kit got the early benchmark treatment
Shared on a Chinese news website, one lucky recipient of the Steam Deck developer kit decided to show off some benchmarks although they probably weren't supposed to.
Kalypso Media forms new studio to work on Tropico 7, hiring developers now
It seems Tropico 7 is now a confirmed thing, with Kalypso Media emailing today an announcement about forming a brand new studio dedicated to the next game.
Stadia gets Control, Hello Engineer and more in Stadia Pro for October
Time for another look at what Google are doing with their cloud gaming service Stadia with more new releases and new Stadia Pro games coming to the optional subscription. There's also a new way to party up with people.
'Deckard' is apparently the codename for a possible standalone Valve VR headset
Back in June we reported on a patent from Valve that indicated work progressing towards their next VR headset and it appears the codename is Deckard.
New Steam Client Beta adjusts the Vulkan pre-caching system and PipeWire for Linux
Another day another Steam Client Beta release and this time Valve has done some adjustments to the Vulkan pre-caching system for Linux.
Night School Studio creator of Oxenfree joins Netflix
Netflix announced recently their plan to get into gaming and the first set are mobile-focused games but it won't be long until it's bigger and now Night School Studio creator of Oxenfree has been acquired by Netflix.
OBS Studio 27.1 is out with YouTube integration and lots of improvements
OBS Studio is the free and open source recording and livestreaming app used by many content creators and a big new release is now available with YouTube integration.
Looks like Valve sent out quite a lot of Steam Deck developer kits
You probably heard recently that Valve was readying up Steam Deck developer kits and now we can see that quite a lot of developers have received one.
Trouble is brewing over on GOG due to the HITMAN release needing online for some features
GOG.com, the store that prides itself on offering "DRM FREE" builds of games has recently released Hitman - Game of The Year Edition from IO Interactive and GOG fans are not happy.
BattlEye confirms Linux support for Steam Deck, will be opt-in like Easy Anti-Cheat
Just recently we had Epic Games announce that Easy Anti-Cheat now offers proper native Linux support and in addition support for Wine and Steam Play Proton - now we have BattlEye also confirming the same readying up for the Steam Deck.
Futex2 Linux Kernel patches get another go after feedback to help Linux gaming
Another day, another try and getting the long-awaited futex2 patches into the Linux Kernel with another version submitted.
Help make the next Ubuntu version awesome with the final Ubuntu 21.10 Beta released
Ubuntu 21.10 Beta is one of the final steps before the next release of this very popular Linux distribution. It's time to get testing and reporting issues to ensure it's a good one.
Epic Games announce full Easy Anti-Cheat support for Linux including Wine & Proton
Today, Easy Anti-Cheat from Epic Games / Epic Online Services has officially announced a full expansion for Linux including native builds and Wine + Proton. This is big for Linux Gaming and the Steam Deck.
Steam Client Beta updated with PipeWire desktop capture for Remote Play
Valve continue upgrading and tweaking the Steam client with a fresh Beta version being released today with a couple of tweaks that are interesting for Linux users.
Valve answer questions about the Steam Deck in a new FAQ, anti-cheat for all Linux systems
After gathering questions from pretty much everyone, Valve has put up a new official FAQ page for the Steam Deck that answers some pretty important questions and it's good news.
- Here's all the games to claim for Steam Deck / Linux from Prime Gaming as of May 9th
- Palworld devs confirm game changes due to the Nintendo / Pokemon lawsuit
- GOG begin rolling out dynamic bundle pricing to complete your collections
- Steam Deck sales still going strong over three years later
- Mesa 25.1 open source graphics drivers are out now
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