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ProtonUp-Qt v2.9.1 released for easy compatibility tool installs on Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
ProtonUp-Qt is an essential tool to help you install and manage GE-Proton, Luxtorpeda, Wine-GE and more for Steam, Heroic and Lutris for Linux desktop and Steam Deck.

Steam Deck and Desktop Steam stable update brings more bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released another small stable update for the Steam Client on Steam Deck and Desktop, so here's what's changed for you.

Heroic Games Launcher 2.11 released with custom library categories

By Liam Dawe,
Heroic Games Launcher 2.11 is out now and brings with it an easier way to sort your game library by adding custom categories.

GameMaker now free for non-commercial use, one-time fee for indie devs

By Liam Dawe,
Seems like GameMaker are trying to eat some of Unity's lunch here after the mess that was Unity's install fee plan, GameMaker have made it much easier for developers to use it (and cheaper).

Polychromatic app for managing Razer devices v0.8.3 out now

By Liam Dawe,
Need help managing various Razer devices on Linux? Polychromatic v0.8.3 is out now with improved hardware support powered by OpenRazer.

OBS Studio 30.0 released with full-height docks plus Intel QSV H264, HEVC, AV1 on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Another big release of the video recording software OBS Studio 30.0 now available, bringing with it some new features and fixes.

Prism Launcher 8.0 for Minecraft modding out now

By Liam Dawe,
Prism Launcher for easy Minecraft Java modding has launched the big Prism Launcher 8.0 upgrade with plenty of new features and enhancements.

Nexus Mods App is an in-development replacement for Vortex that will support Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Here's something promising for the future of cross-platform mod support, as it seems the Nexus team are working on a new Nexus Mods App. It's in the very early stages (pre-alpha they say), but eventually they plan to have it replace the popular Vortex but it's quite a long time away from that just yet.

EmulationStation Desktop Edition v2.2 brings huge additions

By Liam Dawe,
EmulationStation Desktop Edition is a frontend for browsing and launching games from your multi-platform game collection, it's pretty great and the latest version 2.2 is out now with loads of improvements and new system additions.

Heroic Games Launcher 2.10.0 released with plenty of essential fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Heroic Games Launcher has a big UI upgrade coming in the 3.0 update which isn't quite ready yet, but they have just released Heroic Games Launcher 2.10.0 which has some essential fixes for this popular multi-platform game manager.

Discord for Linux gets Flathub Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Discord, the massively popular messaging platform for text, voice and video has now been fully Verified on Flathub and so it's now official from the developers.

Blender enables Vulkan as an experimental option

By Liam Dawe,
Some fun news for Blender fans, as their work to bring up Vulkan support in the project has hit a big new milestone with support now enabled but it's still experimental for now.

Lutris game manager v0.5.14 adds EA App integration, expanded Flatpak support

By Liam Dawe,
The game manager Lutris has a brand new release out with some sweet new features, so time to take another look at one of the best ways to run games from pretty much anywhere on Linux and Steam Deck.

Steering wheel manager Oversteer v0.8.0 adds new hardware support

By Liam Dawe,
Got a steering wheel and want to manage it on Linux for all your racing and trucking games? Oversteer is what you need and a new release went out recently.

Heroic Games Launcher 2.9.2 Hotfix #2 is live

By Liam Dawe,
It's time again to upgrade your install of the Heroic Games Launcher which helps you install games from Epic, GOG, Amazon and more on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

OBS Studio 30.0 Beta 1 released supporting Intel QSV on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
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.

CrossOver 23 released for Windows apps and games on Linux, ChromeOS and macOS

By Liam Dawe,
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.

Steam Beta updated with Indonesian support, 4K high quality streaming preset

By Liam Dawe,
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.

Modrinth announce their Minecraft launcher is now in Beta

By Liam Dawe,
Now available for more people to test, with more features and bug fixes the Modrinth launcher for Minecraft is now in Beta.

Steam desktop and Steam Deck get a fresh stable update

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has released another big stable update to the Steam client for desktop and Steam Deck. So here's a run over what's new and changed.
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