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Team Fortress 2 Classic scrap their open beta and new Valve rules likely mean they have to change the name

By Liam Dawe,
Team Fortress 2 Classic is an upcoming Source Engine mod based on Valve's Team Fortress 2, it was due to hold an open beta but they've had to scrap it.

Proton 10.0-3 release candidate live for testing better Windows game compatibility on Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released a new release candidate build for the Windows compatibility layer Proton, with Proton 10.0-3 available for users to test.
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Speed is the name of the game in the Source Engine powered Momentum Mod

By Liam Dawe,
Momentum Mod is an upcoming Source Engine game based on movement-oriented game modes from various games. Gotta go fast huh?

The truly excellent Utopia Must Fall has a new Beta with Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
Utopia Must Fall is great base-defense arcade shooter, easily one of my favourites that I played earlier this year and soon Steam Deck players will enjoy it.

SteamOS 3.7.16 Beta released to fix the performance overlay with Baldur's Gate 3

By Liam Dawe,
Valve just put up a small Beta release for SteamOS / Steam Deck, to bring a fix for the performance overlay acting weirdly with Baldur's Gate 3.

Team Fortress 2 Classic will get an open Beta on October 13 during Steam Next Fest

By Liam Dawe,
Team Fortress 2 Classic is an upcoming mod for Valve's shooter that aims to re-imagine the launch era of the original game and you'll be able to try it soon.

OpenMW 0.50.0 for Morrowind has a first Release Candidate with gamepad support and a gamepad UI

By Liam Dawe,
An exciting release for the Morrowind game engine OpenMW is coming, with the first Release Candidate out for version 0.50.0 bringing some big changes.

System76 COSMIC desktop Beta and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Beta now available

By Liam Dawe,
Two huge bits of news from System76, as they've released a Beta for both the new COSMIC desktop and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS bringing lots of goodies.

Valve fixes DualSense crash on Linux / SteamOS and improves game recording with Vulkan

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released another small Beta update for Desktop PCs, SteamOS and Steam Deck for the Steam Client to fix up some more annoying problems.

A second Hollow Knight: Silksong patch is ready for testing - here's the details

By Liam Dawe,
Team Cherry clearly aren't slowing down on making improvements to the smash-hit Hollow Knight: Silksong, with a second patch already available to test.

Steam Link VR for Meta Quest on Linux now appears to work in the latest updates

By Liam Dawe,
If you have a wireless VR headset and a Linux system, you might be excited to know that Valve's Steam Link VR now appears to actually work.

SteamOS 3.7.15 Beta brings fixes for audio, security issues, Asus ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go

By Liam Dawe,
While we're all desperate to know what the heck the Steam Frame actually is, Valve released SteamOS 3.7.15 Beta "The Sound of Silence".

OBS Studio 32.0.0 Beta 1 released with a new plugin manager

By Liam Dawe,
OBS Studio is set to get even more advanced for all your recording and streaming needs on Linux, with the introduction of a new plugin manager.

Valheim: Call To Arms major update announced with new combat mechanics and lots of new items

By Liam Dawe,
Iron Gate AB have been cooking! Valheim: Call To Arms is the next major update to the popular survival game and it's available to test right now.

Valve continue building up their new game Deadlock with a big update with six new heroes

By Liam Dawe,
Valve developers are still working on their upcoming game Deadlock, a third-person MOBA and the latest update is a pretty big one.

Steam is getting wider and more responsive store pages

By Liam Dawe,
Valve are continuing their work to modernise more of Steam, and now we're finally getting bigger and more responsive store pages.

Nexus Mods app 0.15.2 brings updater improvements and more bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
The Nexus Mods team just put out a new version of their in-development cross-platform mod manager, the Nexus Mods app v0.15.2 is now available to test.

Linux Mint 22.2 Beta available for the next long-term supported release

By Liam Dawe,
Linux Mint 22.2 arrives soon with a Beta release now available so you can test it early, and help report any issues for the next long-term support release.

Classic Marathon Trilogy on Steam gets a Beta with Linux support and lots of overall improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Classic Marathon, Classic Marathon 2 and Classic Marathon Infinity are getting some big upgrades with a Beta now available to test.

Steam's Performance Monitor now supports showing CPU temperature

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a small update to the Steam Beta Client to continue working on the newer Performance Monitor.
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