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Valve heads to PAX Australia for the first time, maybe they'll finally get the Steam Deck
PAX Aus have announced their 2024 line-up and it's absolutely packed with big names. Curiously, even Valve for Steam will be attending.
Category: Misc
Steam Client update gets fixes for offline mode and startup movie issues
Valve released another stable Steam Client update for Desktop and Steam Deck, just a few quick-fixes but sounds like they were needed.
Frame of Mind developer ended up coding the game on Steam Deck for a year
Here's a fun one for you. What do you do when you're a game developer and your laptop dies? Use your Steam Deck to continue developing of course.
Dead by Daylight spin-off Project T has been cancelled, Midwinter Entertainment shut down
Midwinter Entertainment and Behaviour Interactive Inc. were working on Project T, a spin-off from the popular Dead by Daylight but it's now been shelved.
Prime Gaming is giving away quite a lot of games - so don't miss out
For those of you who subscribe to Amazon Prime, you would do well to remember that Prime Gaming exists and there's quite a few free games available to claim for keeps right now.
LibreQuake aims to create a completely free Quake alternative compatible with mods
In a similar spirit to Freedoom, for Quake fans perhaps you'll want to take a look at LibreQuake, which aims to do a similar thing to allow you to play Quake content with completely open source software.
Check out the SDHQ Podcast Episode 9 - featuring GamingOnLinux
Recently I had the opportunity to sit down and have a chat with Noah Kupetsky of Steam Deck HQ to talk about all sorts of things.
Steam Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Fest is live now
Running through until September 23rd at 5PM UTC — the Steam Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Fest has now launched. That's right, another mini-festival of discounts, demos and more.
Steam Deck Verified - your game highlights for mid-September 2024
Looking to pick up some more games for Steam Deck or Desktop Linux? Well, here's a whole bunch more that should work great.
The TUXEDO Gemini 17 - Gen3 is a big powerful desktop-replacement class laptop
For people who have the need for something somewhat portable, with a lot of power, perhaps the TUXEDO Gemini 17 - Gen3 will be your next purchase.
PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation changes license for no commercial use and no derivatives
There's been a bit of a furore in the emulation community lately centred around the PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation, which has now seen two license changes recently.
Valve make even more changes for Steam store pages
Valve are continuing to tweak how Steam store pages are displayed, along with giving developers more tools to show exactly what they want.
An interview with the creator of Lutris
Want to learn a little more about Lutris, the popular Linux app for managing games, emulators and much more? Here's your chance.
4A Games and Zen Studios staying with Embracer Group
Back in March there was the report that Saber Interactive split off from Embracer Group, with them potentially taking on 4A Games and Zen Studios.
Linux kernel 6.11 is officially out now
Linus Torvalds announced the final release of the Linux kernel 6.11, as usual with a ridiculous amount of improvements, fixes, support for new and future hardware releases and everything in between.
Microsoft Windows kernel changes don't suddenly mean big things for Linux gaming
There's a lot of blog posts and news articles being written right now centred around Microsoft's plans for updates to Windows 11, and potential kernel changes, with some thinking this means big things for Linux gaming.
European Consumer Organization goes after multiple publishers for their in-game currency
European Consumer Organization (BEUC) has called on the European Commission to deal with various game publishers, that the BEUC claim are breaching EU consumer protection laws.
Ubuntu 24.10 gets a new Snap feature to handle prompting for app permissions
Canonical are continuing to advance their own Snap packaging system, with the Ubuntu 24.10 development builds getting a new permission prompt feature.
KDE Plasma 6.2 Beta released and Plasma Wayland Protocols 1.14 out now
Time for a little testing over the weekend, as the KDE team have released Plasma 6.2 Beta along with updated Plasma Wayland Protocols.
Steam has a PlayStation Publisher Sale on with some nice discounts
If you need some more big games for Linux desktop and Steam Deck, take a look at the latest PlayStation Publisher Sale on Steam.
- NVIDIA driver 570.181 released for Linux as the latest recommended stable driver
- Bottles app for running Windows apps / games on Linux gets NGI Zero Commons funding
- Mesa 25.2.0 released with NVIDIA upgrades, Apple Vulkan driver enhancements and lots more improvements
- NVIDIA say no to adding backdoors and killswitches in their GPUs
- Open source re-implementation of Caesar III levels up in the new release
- > See more over 30 days here