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WebScreen is a customizable open source mini-screen that sits on your monitor to show notifications and more

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jan 2025

WebScreen is an upcoming mini-screen that can sit on top of your monitor like a webcam, allowing you to customize it to get notifications and all sorts so you don't miss anything while you're busy (like playing video games).

Forest Reigns is a post-apocalyptic FPS set in Paris from former Stalker devs

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jan 2025

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Forest Reigns looks like a beautiful blend of gameplay with elements of Stalker, Crysis and Fallout wrapped up in a neat package.

Scribbly comic-book styled Heroes of the Seven Islands is a party-based RPG inspired by 90s games

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jan 2025

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With a demo now available, if you love turn-based dungeon crawling RPGs like something out of the 90s, be sure to go and check out Heroes of the Seven Islands.

DEFICIT is an exciting looking new FPS with chaotic close-quarters combat

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jan 2025

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Developer ITEM42 recently announced DEFICIT and it's not often I feel I really need a game after seeing a trailer but DEFICIT looks juicy.

NTSYNC driver for improving Windows games on Linux with Wine / Proton should finally land in Linux kernel 6.14

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jan 2025

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After waiting quite a while on it and some rewrites, it looks like the NTSYNC driver code to help Windows games running on Linux will be pulled in and enabled in the Linux kernel.

Terry Cavanagh dev of VVVVVV / Super Hexagon announced a collection of experimental games

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jan 2025

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Terry's Other Games is coming in February, pulling together a bunch of games developer Terry Cavanagh has developed over the last 20 years or so updated for modern platforms.

Sid Meier's Civilization VII is Steam Deck Verified with the Linux version ahead of release on February 11

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jan 2025

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Quite a nice surprise! Sid Meier's Civilization VII from Firaxis Games / 2K has been given the green tick of approval from Valve, as it's now Steam Deck Verified ahead of release.

Razer announced the Razer Handheld Dock Chroma for your Steam Deck, ROG Ally, Legion Go and more

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jan 2025

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Seems like making a dock for handheld gaming PCs is now some rite of passage for accessory and hardware vendors, as even Razer have jumped in now with the aptly named Razer Handheld Dock Chroma.

Maze Mice from the dev of Luck Be a Landlord blends maze-running, time-freezing and bullet heaven together

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2025

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TrampolineTales developer of the popular Luck be a Landlord slot machine deck-builder just announced Maze Mice and it really sounds unique.

OrangePi Neo gaming handheld with Manjaro Linux now due out in Q1 2025

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2025

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While announcements on the OrangePi Neo gaming handheld that will ship with Manjaro Linux have been a bit quiet lately, it's still coming and they've updated their launch plan for it to be available in Q1 2025.

Funded in 5 minutes - the open source modular mini computer 'Pilet' is on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2025

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Funded within 5 minutes, soulscircuit are clearly onto a winner here with their upcoming Pilet open source modular mini computers powered by the Raspberry Pi 5.

Deadlock from Valve drops fixed two-week update cycle to move onto larger updates

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2025

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While developers at Valve continue building up the invite-only Deadlock, their next-generation MOBA, they're changing up how they do updates for the game.

Monster Hunter Wilds will have two more open Beta test dates in February

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2025

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Giving you a chance to see how well Monster Hunter Wilds will run on your Steam Deck or Desktop Linux system, there's going to be two more open Beta tests during February.

SMITE 2 gets a free to play launch date for January

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2025

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Titan Forge Games have announced that SMITE 2 is going free to play on January 14, after their paid-for Early Access period comes to a close.

Challenging Chess-like roguelike Passant will have full Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2025

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Passant: A Chess Roguelike is an upcoming Chess-like roguelike that will challenge your brain, and it's going to have full Steam Deck support at release.

Horse Runner DX is a wholesome endless-runner where you play as a herd of different horses

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2025

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Taking elements from the likes of Alto's Adventure, BIT.TRIP RUNNER, Dino Run, Canabalt and others we have a new wholesome looking endless-runner with a twist in Horse Runner DX.

Valve confirms a public beta of SteamOS is coming as 'SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck'

By Liam Dawe, 7 Jan 2025 [updated]

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With the announcement of the Lenovo Legion Go S as the first third-party SteamOS device, Valve have now officially announced that SteamOS Linux is expanding beyond the Steam Deck.