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I love the animated ASCII artwork in Stone Story RPG - out now

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jul 2023

With some really fun animated ASCII artwork, Stone Story RPG is a really interesting mixture of an auto-RPG with strategic combat, crafting, programming and more.

For Honor from Ubisoft gets an anti-cheat update - now Playable on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jul 2023

Nice to see more bigger publisher jumping in to get their games working on Steam Deck and desktop Linux. Ubisoft has now upgraded For Honor to support Easy Anti-Cheat on Deck.

Proton Experimental fixes up Final Fantasy XIII, Dark Souls II and more

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jul 2023

Valve has released another upgrade to Proton Experimental for Steam Deck and desktop Linux on July 27th, here's a run over what's new and improved for you.

Combat-free RPG set in an occult library BOOK OF HOURS launches August 17th

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jul 2023

Releasing on August 17th from developer Weather Factory, BOOK OF HOURS is an "elegant, melancholy, combat-free RPG set in an occult library" and it certainly looks different.

Homeworld Remastered Collection and Severed Steel are free on Epic Games

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jul 2023

As a space-nerd, I couldn't miss telling you that you can grab the entire Homeworld Remastered Collection free on Epic Games right now.

Check out the new demo for Aurora: The Lost Medallion - The Cave

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jul 2023

Aurora: The Lost Medallion - The Cave is an upcoming coming-of-age tale of destiny, friendship, and discovery.

Prism Launcher for Minecraft Java has a nice bug-fix release out

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jul 2023

Prism Launcher is easily one of the best ways to play Minecraft Java on Steam Deck and desktop Linux, thanks to a clear interface and great modding support. Prism Launcher 7.2 was just released to fix up some issues.

Heroic Games Launcher gets a critical hotfix in 2.9.1

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jul 2023

Heroic Games Launcher recently had a massive 2.9.0 version bump with some awesome new features like Amazon Games integration. However, it was just a little bit broken.

Open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver 'NVK' gears up for merging into Mesa

By Liam Dawe, 27 Jul 2023

This is exciting as heck! Collabora developer Faith Ekstrand and various contributors have been powering through developing NVK, the open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA.

Baldur’s Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Pathfinder and more in this bundle

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jul 2023

This seems like a game bundle not to be missed if you're an RPG fan. Humble Bundle has teamed up with Beamdog for the RPG Legends: Baldur's Gate & Beyond.

Goodbye free time I have discovered Timberborn

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jul 2023

A city-building colony-sim where a bunch of Beavers are building a society long after us pesky humans died off is not a thing I thought I needed but Timberborn is properly great.

Learn to make no-code games with GDevelop and Fanatical

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jul 2023

Want to make games but don't know how to code? The free and open source GDevelop is a great cross-platform tool with an events-driven system.

Team Fortress 2 gets another update with lots of fixes

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jul 2023

With the Summer Event live until September 15th, 2023 it seems Valve still aren't quite done updating Team Fortress 2 with the renewed popularity.

Armored Core VI will be 'fully supported' on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jul 2023

Okay now THIS is exciting as heck. Armored Core VI Fires Of Rubicon will be "fully supported" on Steam Deck according to FromSoftware.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is Steam Deck Verified and out today

By Liam Dawe, 26 Jul 2023

This is great to see. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart from Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software and PlayStation is out on Steam today and it's Steam Deck Verified!

Mr. Run and Jump from Atari and Graphite Lab is out now

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jul 2023

Originally created for the Atari 2600 back in 2021 (yes, really), Mr. Run and Jump has been recreated properly for modern systems from Atari and Graphite Lab.

Check out the upgraded demo for Cyber Knights: Flashpoint

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jul 2023

Cyber Knights: Flashpoint is an upcoming squad tactics heist RPG, from Trese Brothers who created Star Traders: Frontiers and Templar Battleforce.

Get Dungeon of the ENDLESS and SEGA Bass Fishing free right now

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jul 2023

Need more free games? You can currently get free Steam keys for both SEGA Bass Fishing and Dungeon of the ENDLESS!

Devs of Superior: Vengeance detail their Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jul 2023

Superior: Vengeance is an Early Access hyper-stylized superhero third-person co-op shooter, and the good news for Steam Deck players is the developer is ensuring it works great.