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Humble Choice for December includes Wasteland 3 and GreedFall and other deals

By Liam Dawe, 7 Dec 2022

A fresh month and a new Humble Choice Bundle for subscribers to grab some more games, here's a run over what's included and the compatibility for Linux desktop and Steam Deck.

Proton 7.0-5 out now for Steam Deck & Linux desktop, 14 newly playable games

By Liam Dawe, 7 Dec 2022

Valve has finished the current Proton Next testing, with Proton 7.0-5 now available as an update in your Steam Library replacing the previous Proton 7 version. Here's a run over what's new.

Heroic Games Launcher gets a big Hotfix to clean up some issues

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2022

The Heroic Games Launcher to help manage games on Steam Deck and Linux with GOG, Epic Games and other apps you can sideload has a new release out to clean up after the recent big update.

Fanatical running a winter festival of game bundles, like a Steam Deck Verified Bundle

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2022

Staying in and staying warm? I am. So might as well make the most of it with a whole load of new games to fill up your Steam Library with. Fanatical are running a little festival of bundles, including one full of Steam Deck Verified games.

NVIDIA talks up RTX IO with GDeflate (used in DirectStorage 1.1) to speed up games

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2022

Vulkan version 1.3.233 was released back in November, and with it came two new extensions from NVIDIA designed to help speed up gaming on Linux and Windows. Their tech is even used in DirectStorage from Microsoft.

ProtonPlus is a new in-development Proton version manager

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2022

While we already have ProtonUp-Qt which works just fine, it seems another thought they could do it better and differently with Proton version manager ProtonPlus.

Lutris v0.5.12 out now fixing Origin, Epic Store, Ubisoft Connect, GOG

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2022

Lutris, the all-in-one game manager for Linux and Steam Deck, has an important bug-fix release out now you'll want to upgrade for the best experience.

Valve are finally fixing buying games on Steam Deck that need a pop-up

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2022

It's hard to imagine for a lot of people, buying games directly on Steam Deck has been broken this long but Valve are finally looking to fix it.

Google are now processing Stadia Hardware refunds

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2022

With the closing of Stadia fast approaching, Google has already run through plenty of refunds for Stadia game purchases and now they're moving onto Stadia Hardware refunds.

NVIDIA puts out Security Bulletin for various driver issues

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2022

NVIDIA today put out an official Security Bulletin, noting multiple flaws found in their Windows and Linux drivers.

Steam Deck top 20 for November, plus a new stable Steam Deck Client update

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2022

Valve released a Steam Deck Client Update with a bunch of nice fixes, and they also revealed the top 20 most played games on Steam Deck for November 2022.

November's Steam Survey shows another uptick for Linux thanks to Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2022

November is over which means a fresh Steam Hardware Survey, and it continues the trend we've been seeing with the Linux user share rising and now it's bigger than ever.

The Jingle Jam 2022 Games Collection is live and another awesome deal

By Liam Dawe, 1 Dec 2022

Help spread a little cheer this holiday season, with The Jingle Jam 2022 Games Collection live now with lots of games and you can support charity with it.