MangoHud 0.7.2-rc1 adds Wayland keybinds, a time label and bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
The next version of the Linux performance overlay MangoHud is close, with a release candidate up now and ready for testing with MangoHud version 0.7.2-rc1.

Linux Mint 22 moves to Pipewire, will ship newer kernels after release

By Liam Dawe,
Some good news coming out of camp Linux Mint, as the upcoming release of Linux Mint 22 is set to be quite a good one for bringing it up to standard like other distributions on newer tech.

Escape Simulator adds VR support in the latest free update

By Liam Dawe,
Escape Simulator from Pine Studio has proven to be popular, so much in fact that they hit 1 million sales in less than a year and multiple expansions later there's another big free upgrade.

Cozy Space Survivors is a sweet time survival roguelite in space

By Liam Dawe,
Cozy Space Survivors is an upcoming simple cozy time survival roguelite in space, a game for people who don't have all that much free time.

Stop Killing Games is a new campaign to stop developers making games unplayable

By Liam Dawe,
We've all been there right? You paid for a game, it required an active internet connection and a couple of years later the publisher decided they're done with it and shut it down leaving you with a broken game. Annoying.

Superstar Strategy is a turn-based tactical RPG you can play with or against friends

By Liam Dawe,
Talberon Games have recently put up a brand new and improved demo for Superstar Strategy, a turn-based Tactical RPG that you can play alone, or brings friends along to play with or against them.

Screenbound is a platformer where you play in 2D and 3D together

By Liam Dawe,
An upcoming game from Crescent Moon Games and Those Dang Games is Screenbound, and it really does look interesting for blending together 2D and 3D gameplay.

Lemonade is an attempt to continue on the Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra

By Liam Dawe,
While Nintendo took down the Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu, the collateral damage was the Nintendo 3DS emulator Citra which was also taken offline but Lemonade is an attempt to keep it going.

Humble Choice for April has Terraformers, Victoria 3, The Callisto Protocol

By Liam Dawe,
Actually a pretty good selection for this month in Humble Choice with an overall set of pretty great looking games. So here's what's in it and the expected compatibility for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

Of Life and Land is a promising settlement-building game with rich simulation out on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Released into Early Access today is Of Life and Land (prev called Circle of Kerzoven), a settlement-building game from developer Marco Burri made in Godot.

Get famous or die trying - grab Content Warning free for the next few hours

By Liam Dawe,
Content Warning is the latest release from Landfall Publishing (Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, Clustertruck), which seems like a mix of Lethal Company with a blend of being a YouTuber. It's also free to claim until 4PM UTC later today, April 2nd.

Linux share on Steam bounces back to nearly 2% for March 2024

By Liam Dawe,
Thanks to all of Valve's effort with Proton, Steam Deck and their funding of people working on various other bits of Linux code like GPU drivers - the Linux share on Steam as of March 2024 bounced back to a near multi-year high.

Flathub now prominently notes unverified Flatpak apps

By Liam Dawe,
After all the issues with Canonical's Snap package scams lately, it seems the Flathub folks are continuing to ensure their platform is trustworthy.

Get a whole lot of Fallout games in this Fanatical bundle

By Liam Dawe,
If you somehow still don't own the Fallout games, and with the Amazon series coming up, maybe this Fallout Bundle from Fanatical might be a good time for you to dive in.

Here's the most played Steam Deck games from March 2024

By Liam Dawe,
Another month down and Valve have released the list of what was popular on Steam Deck for March 2024.

Heroic Games Launcher v2.14 has GOG and Amazon fixes, category customization improvements

By Liam Dawe,
The Heroic Games Launcher version 2.14.0 has been released and with it some category customisation improvements, to make them easier to work with. Along with fixes for their GOG and Amazon integrations and plenty more.

Free Settlers II inspired strategy game Widelands version 1.2 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
It's free, open source and full of features. Widelands, a game inspired by The Settlers II, has a big new release out now with version 1.2.

XZ tools and libraries compromised with a critical issue

By Liam Dawe,
There's been an urgent security bulletin sent out in a few places today in the Linux sphere that relates to the XZ tools and libraries with liblzma, as certain version have been compromised.

Proton Experimental updated for The Finals, Red Alert 2, deals with high core count CPUs

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has released a new Proton Experimental update that pulls in some nice fixes for Linux Desktop and Steam Deck gamers, and this update should improve quite a few games!

Maniac is classic GTA meets Vampire Survivors - out now on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
From Transhuman Design we have the next survivor-like game with Maniac, that puts it into a classic GTA setting while you go on a bit of a frenzy.