Half-Life Alyx NoVR continues to impress and evolve
Half-Life Alyx NoVR is really coming together and a fresh update is out now to make the experience even better for those without a VR kit.
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Skullgirls got review-bombed on Steam after some art changes
Skullgirls 2nd Encore from Hidden Variable Studios and Autumn Games is having some community issues lately, with it getting review-bombed after a recent update.
Quantum: Recharged from Atari gets a new trailer
Ahead of the upcoming release of Quantum: Recharged, the latest in the series of retro remakes from Atari and SneakyBox, a new trailer is live now.
Nearly 40% of Linux gamers on Steam are on Steam Deck
The latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out for June 2023, and it shows just how much the Linux share is now influenced by the Steam Deck.
Evolution sim Thrive v0.6.3 gives a glimpse of the future
Free, open source and scientific! Thrive is an in-development evolution sim, with a new release out now adding in some more big prototypes for later-life stages.
BattleBit Remastered is good fun but anti-cheat for Steam Deck & Linux is concerning
BattleBit Remastered is climbing the ranks on Steam, it has regularly seen tens of thousands of players and works on Linux but anti-cheat may be a problem.
Steam Deck now the global #1 top seller on Steam
With the Steam Summer Sale 2023 now in full swing, and with a big discount on the Steam Deck, it has risen back up the Steam charts.
Valve appear to be banning games with AI art on Steam (updated)
Here's an interesting one on Steam publishing for you. Valve appear to be clamping down on AI art used in games due to the murky legal waters. UPDATE: Valve gave a statement.
AMD RADV gets feature to help emulation and translation layers
Some fun news for AMD GPU owners with the open source RADV (Vulkan) Mesa driver, as it recently gained support for fragment shader interlock. This will be useful for emulation and translation layers.
Steam Summer Sale 2023 is live with the Steam Deck up to 20% off
Today the Steam Summer Sale 2023 is live once again, where a great many developers put up big discounts for their games. You know the drill right? Your wallet is already hiding from you.
Cassette Beasts adds new monsters, plus multiplayer and DLC coming
Cassette Beasts is easily one of the best releases this year, and possibly one of the best creature / monster collecting games in modern times too. It's also about to get bigger!
Dwarf Fortress getting close to a Linux release on Steam
Dwarf Fortress from Bay 12 Games and Kitfox Games just had a big tech upgrade, and it sounds like their Native Linux release is coming quite soon.
Aliens: Dark Descent is very real-time XCOM and I love it
Finally, another Aliens game to sink my teeth into. I've been playing Aliens: Dark Descent and overall I'm pretty damn happy with the experience.
One Lonely Outpost to get Linux support around the full release
After a bit of a development hiccup changing developers after the crowdfunding campaign, One Lonely Outpost has hit Early Access with Linux support planned later.
Planetary Life is a neat looking indie sandbox evolution sim
Developer Sotenbox recently put up a trailer for Planetary Life, a pretty neat looking entry into the evolution simulation genre.
Valve pulls in another graphics driver developer for Linux gaming
Valve clearly still have plenty of big ambitions for Linux gaming and Steam Deck, and as it turns out recently they pulled in yet another developer to work on open source graphics drivers.
The King's Campaign will be playable on Steam Deck and Linux desktop at release
The King's Campaign from Reverie World Studios and Bad Logic Studios is releasing July 13th, and they've recently detailed work to improve it on Steam Deck.
Micro-strategy and base building game Kingdom Eighties is out now
Kingdom Eighties is at least the 4th game in the series and it's a bit of a standalone spin-off, with a rather different setting compared with previous entries.
Gears 5 gets updated to improve Steam Deck support
Gears 5 from The Coalition and Xbox Game Studios recently had an update that should make it work better on Steam Deck with Proton.
The latest Volcanoids update looks electrifying
Volcanoids is pretty great and a game I keep going back to with each major update, and it looks like they're going to sucker me right in again.
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