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Discord CEO steps down, replaced with former Activision Blizzard CSO as they work towards being a public company

By Liam Dawe,
As Discord forces in more adverts and paid customization towards becoming a public company the CEO and Co-Founder, Jason Citron, has announced they're stepping down as CEO.

NVIDIA disclose new security flaw in their Linux GPU drivers

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA sent out a security bulletin today to reveal a fresh security flaw found in their Linux GPU drivers. So it’s time to get updating again to be safe.
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Mesa NVK (NVIDIA Vulkan driver) now Vulkan 1.4 conformant on Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs

By Liam Dawe,
Collabora developer Faith Ekstrand has announced a nice big milestone for the open source Mesa driver NVK, the NVIDIA Vulkan driver, as it has expanded Vulkan 1.4 conformance to now include Maxwell+ (Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs).

You can get DOOM, DOOM Eternal, more DOOM and multiple Wolfenstein games in this latest Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
If you're needing to build up your shooter collection, the new id & Friends Humble Bundle might perhaps be exactly what you want with plenty of DOOM.

Steam will soon list what accessibility features games support on store pages

By Liam Dawe,
Finally. Something many have been asking for Valve to do for a long time now, and something I've pointed out multiple times across various articles - Steam pages will soon list what accessibility features games support on store pages.

Colony building sim Mountaincore is now free to play and open source

By Liam Dawe,
A complicated history for this one, with the developer Rocket Jump Technology no longer existing as a business. The previous iteration of the game named King under the Mountain went open source back in January 2024, and now what was to be the big revamp is also open source.

Valve continues preparing the Steam Deck OS to release for more devices with SteamOS 3.7.4 Preview

By Liam Dawe,
SteamOS 3.7.4 Preview is out now and it contains only a few bug fixes, but one sounds pretty darn important to give non-Steam Deck users a good experience.

Frostrail from the devs of Barotrauma 'eager' to support Linux with a 'tentative yes'

By Liam Dawe,
Barotrauma devs FakeFish recently revealed Frostrail during the Triple-I Initiative event, and they're giving a "tentative yes" for Linux support.

11 bit studios are remaking the original Frostpunk in Unreal Engine 5 with Frostpunk 1886

By Liam Dawe,
11 bit studios have announced today that their popular city building survival strategy game Frostpunk from 2018 is getting a remake in Unreal Engine 5.

Popular idle game Melvor Idle is getting a sequel with Melvor Idle 2 bringing some huge new features

By Liam Dawe,
Coming sometime soon to Early Access, Melvor Idle 2 has been announced by developer Games by Malcs. Building upon the success and popularity of the first game, but with some big new features to hook you in.

System76 COSMIC Alpha 7 is out with new accessibility features, global shortcuts and more

By Liam Dawe,
System76 continue building up their desktop environment COSMIC, with a 7th Alpha release now available for testing built on top of Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS alpha.

Dune: Awakening set for a public playtest May 9-12 but the anti-cheat concerns me for Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Dune: Awakening from Funcom is set to release on June 10th, and to ensure their servers are working well they've announced a major public playtest will go live in May.

Steam Deck Verified round-up highlights for late April 2025

By Liam Dawe,
Come and see what Valve have been rating Steam Deck Verified recently, and perhaps you might just find your next game to play through. All games will work on Desktop Linux too thanks to Valve's Proton.

Survivor-like bullet hell with random maps FIENDRISE adds Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Originally released on April 17th, FIENDRISE is another quality looking survivor-like bullet heaven / bullet hell like thingy that has randomly generated stages to explore to give you a new experience every time.

Stone Age co-op farming & life sim Roots of Pacha gets a major 'Sun and Moon' v1.3 update

By Liam Dawe,
Roots of Pacha is basically like a Stone Age version of Stardew Valley, a co-op farming and life sim from Sofa Den. The Sun and Moon update is a big one and it's out now.

More games for Steam Deck / Linux from Prime Gaming for April 25th

By Liam Dawe,
Here's the fresh and up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming for April 25th, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck. An easy way to build up your gaming collection with these games coming as part of your Amazon Prime subscription.

FBC: Firebreak from Remedy releases June 17, aiming to be Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Good news for people wanting to play Remedy Entertainment's new game FBC: Firebreak, as it's releasing June 17th and it will be playable on Steam Deck (and so Desktop Linux too thanks to Valve's Proton).

Lenovo - Legion Go S with Valve's SteamOS gets a price increase at Best Buy

By Liam Dawe,
Best Buy have recently increased the price they're listing for the two upcoming Lenovo - Legion Go S models with Valve's SteamOS. They seem to have taken down pre-orders too, with it now just being listed as "Coming Soon".

Fanatical's Prestige Collection for April 2025 has some highly rated picks for cheap

By Liam Dawe,
Another great to chance to grab some cheap highly rated games in the Fanatical Prestige Collection for April 2025 Bundle. Additionally, Fanatical also have a discount for the newly released Oblivion Remastered.

Point and click adventure Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders launches later this year

By Liam Dawe,
Casebook 1899 - The Leipzig Murders from Homo Narrans Studio is now on the road to release, with it being confirmed a GOG and Steam release will happen this year with Native Linux support.
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