Category: Misc

Good news for fans of DRM free gaming and GOG store users, as Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition is now available although it doesn't support Creation Club.

The free and open source video recording and livestreaming app OBS Studio is readying up another release, with OBS Studio 30.0 Beta 1 now available for testing.

In the market for a new laptop or perhaps a Microsoft Surface-like tablet style system? Well, Star Labs have turned their StarLite laptop into a tablet.

Have you been seeing some problems with the NVIDIA 535 driver series when trying to run Steam games on Linux with Proton? Well, you're not alone but investigations are under way. Here's what's happening.

CodeWeavers, the company that works in partnership with Valve on Proton, has released CrossOver 23 - the latest version of their app to help run Windows apps and games on other platforms like Linux, ChromeOS and macOS.

The team working on the Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu have another progress report up, and as usual it's looking mighty fine so here's a little run over what they've done recently.

You can get a whole lot of crazy space sci-fi in this Spaced Out Humble Bundle and there's some really good picks. So here's what you can get and what compatibility to expect on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

ProtonDB is the go-to for a lot of people to see how games run on Linux desktop and Steam Deck, and while its rating system is far from perfect it's nice to have. A recent upgrade also makes it a lot nicer to browse.

Today is Debian Day and it's quite a special one, because the Debian Project has now been going for 30 years which is a very impressive milestone.

Valve has released a new Beta version of the Steam client for desktop and Steam Deck, plus an expansion to add in Indonesian language support.

While other developers like Larian are riding high with Baldur's Gate 3, it seems Blizzard are not doing so well with the recent Steam release of Overwatch 2 becoming the worst user-reviewed game of all time on Steam.

One security issue I somehow missed back in July was Zenbleed, an issue with AMD CPUs that's getting patched up in the Linux kernel and now the Steam Deck is getting a kernel fix for it too.

With some work currently pending to be pulled into Mesa, the open source AMD RADV driver could be about to get much faster with Ray Tracing which is exciting to see.

With the release of KDE Plasma 6 closing in, a Wallpaper Competition is live and the prize is pretty awesome - you can win a Framework Laptop 13 DIY Edition!

Some sad news to share this Monday morning. A name I imagine a lot of newer readers won't actually know, Dustin “Crusader” Reyes sadly passed away - someone who was a pioneer of Linux gaming news.

Now this is a tasty looking bundle full of tactical goodies! The Take Your Turn & RPGs Bundle is live and it has a really nice set of games to pick up. One not to be missed.

There's some interesting plans ahead coming from the Linux Mint team including a new EDGE ISO for running Mint on newer hardware, info on the next Linux Mint release and their concerns with Ubuntu and Snap.

A small update for Proton Experimental launched on August 10th for Steam Deck and desktop Linux to fix issues with two problematic games.

Fanatical is currently doing their own special Summer Sale with new bundle launches like the Play On The Go Bundle - Summer Edition, a free game and lots of discounts.

Earlier we reported about how id Software and Nightdive Studios had come together once more to remaster Quake II for a new generation and shadow dropped it at QuakeCon. Well, that was only one part of the festivities as id and Bethesda have put a bunch of their hit games on sale to celebrate QuakeCon.