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X4: Kingdom End

Is X4: Kingdom End worth your money?

By Etienne,
5
It has been over four years since X4: Foundations was released. With the new fourth DLC Kingdom End, Egosoft has now brought the last of the original races back into the game, namely the peaceful and scientifically highly motivated Borons.
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor had a very rough launch

By Liam Dawe,
32
Here we go again! Just like The Last of Us Part I (and so many other games recently), another major game released too early. STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor is a hot mess.
Good Old Games Week sale

GOG are doing a Good Old Games Week sale

By Liam Dawe,
4
Sounds like a good time to pick up some classics, as GOG are doing a Good Old Games Week sale that lasts until May 8th, 10 PM UTC. Plus there's another free game.
Linux Game Jam 2023

Dust off your game dev environment with the Linux Game Jam 2023

By Liam Dawe,
16
The Linux Game Jam 2023 is happening and a good chance for you to blow the dust and clean away the cobwebs from your development environment and perhaps come up with the next big hit?
Steam - New Beta Overlay

Huge Steam Beta upgrade with new overlay, screenshot manager & more

By Liam Dawe,
31
Wow. Valve sure love to just drop awesome stuff out of nowhere don't they? A brand new Beta update is now live for Steam with some massive improvements. There's also a fresh Steam Deck Beta too!
The Last of Us

The Last of Us gets more optimizations and another Steam Deck fix

By Liam Dawe,
8
Slowly but it's happening, The Last of Us is getting fixed up after the poor launch and it's getting a little closer to being playable on Steam Deck now too.
Cassette Beasts

Charming monster collector Cassette Beasts is out now

By Liam Dawe,
3
Cassette Beasts is the second full release from Bytten Studio following Lenna's Inception. It's a rather sweet evolution on the Pokémon-like monster catching games.
Cities Skylines

Cities: Skylines final expansion announced for May 23rd

By Liam Dawe,
0
Paradox Interactive announced today that the mini-expansion Cities: Skylines - Hotels & Retreats is due for release on May 23rd.
Street Fighter 6

Street Fighter 6 on Steam Deck and Linux tested, Valve sets it to Proton Experimental

By Liam Dawe,
8
Street Fighter 6 is coming up for release in June and there's a demo now available to try out on Steam, which Valve has now set to use Proton Experimental.
Proton Experimental

Proton Experimental upgraded for April 26th brings fixes and new game support

By Liam Dawe,
2
Here we go, now that Proton 8 is out and Proton Experimental has been rebased on top of Proton 8, there's more fixes and improvements coming in for Steam Deck and Linux desktop gamers.
Core Keeper

Core Keeper is getting pets and a creative mode on May 10th

By Liam Dawe,
3
The upcoming "Paws & Claws" update for Core Keeper sounds wonderful, adding in two major features with pets and a creative mode.
Microsoft

UK CMA blocks the Microsoft takeover of Activision

By Liam Dawe,
32
Here's some industry news for you: the UK's Competition and Markets Authority has announced today they've blocked Microsoft's takeover of Activision.
Valheim

Valheim is getting siege weapons, fortresses and fearsome foes

By Liam Dawe,
4
The upcoming major update to Valheim with The Ashlands is sounding increasingly exciting, as the developers have another spoiler-filled development blog post up.
Stellaris: Galactic Paragons

Stellaris: Galactic Paragons announced for May 9th and a big free update

By Liam Dawe,
6
Stellaris: Galactic Paragons is the next expansion for my favourite space strategy game from Paradox Interactive and it's coming May 9th.
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor

Steam Deck gets a Preview update with STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor improvements

By Liam Dawe,
2
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor is releasing on April 28th, so Valve has released an updated graphics driver in the Preview update branch for Steam Deck.
Grounded 1.2

Grounded 1.2 out now and Steam Deck Verified but desktop Linux needs a small fix

By Liam Dawe,
7
The survival game Grounded from Obsidian Entertainment and Xbox Game Studios has now released version 1.2 and it got bumped up to Verified on Steam Deck.
Steam Deck

Using a Steam Deck to control a Ukrainian automatic turret, now I've seen it all

By Liam Dawe,
27
People have used their Steam Deck to do all sorts of crazy things but this latest is nuts. It seems people in Ukraine are using it to help work an automatic turret.
AMD Ryzen Z1 Series

AMD Ryzen Z1 Series announced for handhelds, ASUS ROG Ally first to get it

By Liam Dawe,
13
After many leaks, AMD has now formally announced their brand new Ryzen Z1 Series, which directly target the handheld gaming space like the Steam Deck.
Kdenlive

KDE apps like Kdenlive get big upgrades for KDE Gear 23.04

By Liam Dawe,
4
KDE Gear is the name of the big bundle of software the KDE team create, and with the KDE Gear 23.04 release there's new apps and plenty of improvements to making the desktop experience better.
Lichenvale

First-person slasher Lichenvale out now from ex-Ubisoft dev

By Liam Dawe,
8
Inspired a fair bit by some classics from the 90s like Hexen and Heretic, Lichenvale is a first-person slasher out now.
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