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METAL GEAR SOLID - Master Collection Version now shouldn't lose your saves

By Liam Dawe, 14 Nov 2023

One of the big nuisances of the METAL GEAR SOLID - Master Collection Version release on Steam, was that you may have found your saved games vanished. The latest version should fix that happening going forward.

KeeperFX open-source remake and expansion of Dungeon Keeper 1.0 out now

By Liam Dawe, 14 Nov 2023

While it (sadly) doesn't yet have proper Native Linux support, it's still great to see more open source remakes like this and Dungeon Keeper is a true classic. KeeperFX has hit the big 1.0!

Mega Crit (Slay the Spire) and Null Games now funding Godot Engine

By Liam Dawe, 14 Nov 2023

More good news for the free and open source Godot Engine, as they've announced two more fun names have joined in to help fund further development.

SteamOS 3.5.2 Preview adds Steam Deck OLED support, Steam Deck back in Top 10 Sellers

By Liam Dawe, 14 Nov 2023

Valve released a Preview update for SteamOS to ensure the Steam Deck OLED is fully supported. Plus, thanks to the recent price changes, the Steam Deck is back to being in the top sellers.

Steam Deck OLED initial quick-look and Q&A Part 1

By Liam Dawe, 13 Nov 2023

The Steam Deck OLED was recently revealed by Valve for release on November 16th, so I've spent as much time as I possibly can tinkering with it, testing it, playing games and more since Valve sent over a review unit.

WHAT THE GOLF? gets an 'Among Golf Update' out now

By Liam Dawe, 13 Nov 2023

There's something a little suspicious about the latest WHAT THE GOLF? update, with the Among Golf Update adding a bit of Among Us flavour.

OBS Studio 30.0 released with full-height docks plus Intel QSV H264, HEVC, AV1 on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 13 Nov 2023

Another big release of the video recording software OBS Studio 30.0 now available, bringing with it some new features and fixes.

Wine 8.20 brings DirectMusic improvements and preparations for Wine 9.0

By Liam Dawe, 13 Nov 2023

We're getting close to the end of 2023 now and so the preparations for the Wine 9.0 release are starting and the Wine 8.20 development release is out now.

Whisker Squadron: Survivor adds Twitch Integration and Cursed Choices

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2023

Whisker Squadron: Survivor is a lot of fun, blending the cool retro space-shooter action of Star Fox with the upgrades and repeating runs made popular by Vampire Survivors and the latest update sound great!

Lords of the Fallen fixes up issues on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2023

A fresh update has landed for the recently released action-RPG Lords of the Fallen, and now it should run better on Steam Deck.

GNOME gets €1M funding from the Sovereign Tech Fund

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2023

GNOME has received recognition as a Public Interest Infrastructure, and so they've been awarded €1M from the Sovereign Tech Fund.

Steam Deck, Steam Big Picture and SteamVR get lots of visual tweaks in new Beta

By Liam Dawe, 10 Nov 2023

Valve released a fresh Beta update across Steam Deck, Steam Big Picture and SteamVR that includes lots of subtle visual tweaks to the UI to make it look a bit fancier.