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Steam Deck hits 17,000 games playable and verified
Another big milestone has been reached by Valve with their handheld Linux gaming PC, with the Steam Deck hitting 17,000 games rated playable or verified.
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Steam Autumn Sale is live for you to empty your wallets, Steam Awards open for nominations
Another year coming to a close and so the Steam Autumn Sale is live again until December 4. Time to find where your wallet is hiding.
New Steam Controller 2 and VR controller designs got leaked
Valve did a bit of a woops here, as they recently accidentally leaked the designs for what looks like their upcoming Steam Controller 2 and a new VR controller that is likely to come with the long leaked Deckard VR headset.
GOG's Black Friday Sale is live now with some big discounts
Black Friday? It may only be Tuesday, but of course every store wants to get ahead of the game. GOG's Black Friday Sale is live now.
Huge new Proton 9.0-4 update for Steam Deck / Linux now in need of testing
Ready to bring improved compatibility with Windows games to Steam Deck and Desktop Linux, Valve has a Proton 9.0-4 Release Candidate in need of testing.
TRX an open-source reimplementation of Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 keeps expanding
Originally two separate projects, the open source reimplementations of Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 now live under one roof with the TRX project.
Slay the Princess hits a big milestone with over 500,000 copies sold
Following on from the big free The Pristine Cut upgrade, Slay the Princess from Black Tabby Games continues to do really well.
Driveloop is a mental mixture of Mad Max and Vampire Survivors
Vampire Survivors and Mad Max vehicular combat you say? Sign me up doc! Driveloop was announced recently and it looks delicious.
Dev of Proton Sarek for older GPUs has forked DXVK to backport game settings and improve compatibility
The developer of the interesting Proton Sarek project to help Linux gamers with older GPUs play more games has now forked DXVK, to hopefully improve things even further.
Action-platformer metroidvania Janosik 2 will be a 'bigger, bolder adventure' launching December 9
The free to play Janosik just got a major update, and its bigger, bolder adventure sequel Janosik 2 is set for launch on December 9.
PlaytronOS Alpha 2 brings expanded NVIDIA support, more handheld PC support and much more
Playtron continue building up their PlaytronOS / GameOS (they don't seem to have settled properly on a name yet) alternative to SteamOS and Windows with a second Alpha release out now.
Steam Client Beta fixes up NVIDIA bugs on Linux with Game Recording and Remote Play
Good news for NVIDIA GPU owners on Linux, as the latest Steam Client Beta has a couple of nice sounding improvements for you.
2K Launcher is finally no more - that's at least one publisher making things better for gamers
2K Games have officially nuked the 2K Launcher from orbit, finally removing it from their games across both Steam and Epic.
Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core teaser trailer has me excited for more rock and stone
Deep Rock Galactic is a truly excellent online co-op game, one of the best in fact. Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core takes all the cool bits of it and turns it into a rogue-lite.
Proton Experimental for Steam Deck / Linux fixes Disgaea 4 Complete+, Final Fantasy XIV and various other games
Valve have updated Proton Experimental, the testing-ground for new features and fixes for their Windows compatibility layer for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux. Here's what's new for November 25th.
Unrailed 2: Back on Track gets Steam Deck Verified
Good news for track building on the go, Unrailed 2: Back on Track is now Steam Deck Verified even though it's not finished yet.
Linux Firmware Updater adds initial community support for ASUS ROG Ally and ROG Ally X
fwupd is a great tool to update firmware easily on Linux and version 2.0.2 was just released, bringing new features and support for more devices.
Star Fox 64 is getting a Native PC port from the devs of Ocarina Of Time and Zelda Majoras Mask ports
The Harbour Masters community of developers who are behind the PC ports of Ocarina Of Time and Zelda Majoras Mask have revealed a Star Fox 64 Native PC port is coming.
Death has a cute little pig companion in action-adventure Spindle - check out the new trailer
Spindle looks quite sweet, and one I haven't heard anything about for a while after its successful crowdfunding campaign back in 2021. But there's a new trailer to show it off.
ScummVM 2.9.0 for retro gaming is approaching and in need of testing
The ScummVM project is readying up another release, with the developers issuing a call for testing on ScummVM 2.9.0.
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