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I will admit I had a nerdgasm at the portable pilet mini consoles from soulscircuit
Powered by the Raspberry Pi 5, the incoming pilet devices from soulscircuit look like a chunky retro-tech enthusiasts wet dream and I want them.
Category: Misc
You can win a Steam Deck, Meta Quest 3 VR Headset and more with Fanatical
Fanatical are celebrating their birthday and so they have a new bundle up, which gives you a chance to win some pretty big prizes.
Open-source PlayStation Remote Play app gets improvements for Steam Deck
chiaki-ng, the free and open source PlayStation Remote Play app has a new release out with several enhancements, and it should now work better on Steam Deck in Gaming Mode.
Steam Desktop and Steam Deck update fixes lots of bugs for Game Recording, Remote Play, ROG Ally X
Valve released the latest stable update to the Steam Client for Steam Desktop and Steam Deck today that includes a whole bunch of bug fixes.
Steam Link gets upgraded for Raspberry Pi 5 and Raspberry Pi Bookworm
While Valve no longer sell their Steam Link hardware, the idea lives on as an app you can install across various devices and recently Valve upgraded the Steam Link app for the Raspberry Pi platform.
Intel announced their Arc B-Series GPUs and XeSS 2, the day after CEO Pat Gelsinger retires
A bit of a double-whammy this week from Intel. Not only did they announce that CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired, but they've also now properly revealed their new Arc B-Series GPUs.
Humble Choice for December 2024 has Old World, The Invincible, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk and more gems
The final Humble Choice Bundle is here for 2024 with the December selection a pretty nice well-rounded collection for you.
DXVK-Sarek for old GPUs v1.10.4 released
With integration coming in a future release of Proton-Sarek, designed for gamers that have older GPUs, the first release of DXVK-Sarek is out now.
Jingle Jam gaming charity event is back with a fresh set of games
Jingle Jam 2024 has begun and runs until December 14th, where you can donate to get a bundle of games and support various charities.
The best Linux distribution for gaming in 2025
In a few previous years, I decided to do a fresh take each time on what the best Linux distribution was for gaming - so I'm back for a 2025 edition of the article that will cause you to tell me how wrong and terrible I am.
Prime Gaming December 3rd edition, new titles coming twice this week - lots for Steam Deck / Linux
Here we go again! Each week Prime Gaming, part of what you get with a subscription to Amazon Prime, add and remove various games you can claim to keep. This week we get two sets of new games!
KDE's 2024 fundraiser hits the goal - clearly their donation pop-up works
Some good news coming out from camp KDE, with their yearly fundraiser ongoing and they've managed to smash their original goal.
Vulkan API 1.4 released with new required extensions, better 8K rendering
The Khronos Group have today announced the release of the Vulkan 1.4 API specification, with various changes and improvements for game and application developers.
Disney Black Friday Humble Bundle has 17 classics for you like Star Wars and LEGO
I doubt you need any more games, or perhaps you do, and you fancy some classics. Well the Disney Black Friday Humble Bundle has some fun stuff in it.
Motorsport Games delisting all NASCAR games after iRacing license transfer
Motorsport Games announced at the end of November, that all NASCAR games will be delisted from stores on December 31st.
Looks like Discord finally fixed Linux screen and audio sharing with Wayland
A while ago in November, it seems I missed a post from a user in the GamingOnLinux Discord server, noting that the Discord developers finally hooked up screen and audio sharing for Linux with Wayland.
Lutris game manager v0.5.18 released with improved GOG and itch.io support, various other features
Lutris, the popular free and open source game manager for Linux, has a fresh update out now fixing up some issues and adding in a good bunch of new features.
Linux share remains above 2% in the November 2024 Steam Survey thanks to Steam Deck
Valve have released the latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey for November 2024. Here's the details from it.
Proton 9.0-4 Beta updated with more game fixes needing testing on Steam Deck / Linux
Recently I covered the huge Proton 9.0-4 update for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux hitting the Release Candidate stage and there's been a couple of changes.
Here's the most played Steam Deck games for November 2024
Another month down and we're closing in on the festive period, so here's a look back at what's been popular on Steam Deck during November 2024.
- It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"
- Over 19,000 games have released on Steam in 2025, with nearly half seeing fewer than 10 reviews
- The huge Project Zomboid build 42 finally gets multiplayer just in time for the holidays
- Kitten Space Agency is the spiritual successor to Kerbal Space Program
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is now Steam Deck Verified with a big update
- > See more over 30 days here