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OrangePi Neo gaming handheld

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

By Liam Dawe,
12
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.
Pilet

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

By Liam Dawe,
9
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

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

By Liam Dawe,
3
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

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

By Liam Dawe,
1
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

SMITE 2 gets a free to play launch date for January

By Liam Dawe,
2
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.
Passant

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

By Liam Dawe,
0
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

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

By Liam Dawe,
3
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.
SteamOS logo

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

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
15
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.
Lenovo Legion Go S

Lenovo Legion Go S with Valve's SteamOS is official, expected to launch in May

By Liam Dawe,
24
Lenovo have lifted the lid on the world's first officially licensed handheld powered by SteamOS, the Lenovo Legion Go S, which should arrive in May.
Tails of Iron 2

The latest Tails of Iron 2 trailer looks awesome showing off magic and monsters

By Liam Dawe,
4
Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter is really looking awesome, and there's a new trailer out to show off various magic and monsters in the world.
Nitro Blaze 11

Acer announced the new Nitro Blaze 8 and massive Switch-like Nitro Blaze 11 gaming handhelds

By Liam Dawe,
7
It's raining gaming handhelds lately. Acer have now announced the New Nitro Blaze 8 and Nitro Blaze 11.
Helldivers 2

Horizon Zero Dawn and Helldivers 2 are getting movies plus a Ghost of Tsushima anime is coming

By Liam Dawe,
5
Sony have also had their keynote speech now at CES 2025, and for fans of their games the good news is that there's more of them coming to the big screen.
Steam

Steam / Steam Deck Beta update brings improvements for Startup Animations, Steam Input and more

By Liam Dawe,
6
Valve updated the Steam Client for Desktop and Steam Deck with a new Beta release, so here's what you need to know.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series

NVIDIA announce 'Blackwell' GeForce RTX 50 Series, DLSS 4 and brings AI to Shaders with RTX Neural Shaders

By Liam Dawe,
18
NVIDIA had some pretty big announcements at CES 2025 for gamers and game developers, like the announcement of the new 'Blackwell' GeForce RTX 50 Series, DLSS 4 and bringing AI to Shaders.
GeForce NOW - Steam Deck

GeForce NOW is getting full Steam Deck support with a native app

By Liam Dawe,
10
NVIDIA have announced that an official dedicated GeForce NOW app is coming to the Steam Deck.
AMD

AMD reveal Ryzen 9950X3D and 9900X3D, 'Fire Range' HX3D for mobile, Ryzen Z2 for handheld PCs, RDNA 4 and FSR 4

By Liam Dawe,
15
AMD presented their CES 2025 Keynote today to announce multiple new processors with a few bits of exciting news there.
Intel

Intel 'very committed' to their discrete graphics cards, Core Ultra 200HX and H Series CPUs announced

By Liam Dawe,
5
Intel have presented their Keynote at CES 2025, to announce their newest CPUs along with assuring everyone their continuing with the dedicated graphics card business.
Steam Deck OLED

SteamOS moving from Steam Deck to more handhelds gives me hope for better anti-cheat compatibility

By Liam Dawe,
14
With 2025 looking potentially like the year of SteamOS Linux with it coming to more handhelds, perhaps we might finally see a solution to the anti-cheat problem that has plagued the Steam Deck and desktop Linux for so long.
Quest Master

Zelda-inspired dungeon maker 'Quest Master' 1.0 due out in Spring with a single-player campaign

By Liam Dawe,
2
Quest Master is a very positively reviewed Zelda-inspired dungeon maker currently in Early Access, and recently a big roadmap update was shared for the upcoming 1.0 release.
VoxeLibre

VoxeLibre the free and open source Minecraft-like v0.88 brings huge improvements

By Liam Dawe,
2
VoxeLibre continues advancing towards helping you replace Minecraft with a free and open source alternative. The next release v0.88 is out now and it's a big one.
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