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Dolphin Emulator for GameCube and Wii is coming to Steam

By Liam Dawe, 28 Mar 2023

Giving you another easy way to download and keep it up to date, the Dolphin Emulator for GameCube and Wii is coming to Steam.

Fresh Steam Deck and Steam desktop Beta, Valve dropping old Windows support

By Liam Dawe, 28 Mar 2023

Steam Deck and Steam desktop both got a fresh Beta release, with plenty of bug fixing involved and Valve are dropping support for older versions of Windows.

Build bridges over hot lava in Hellgineers

By Liam Dawe, 27 Mar 2023

Hellgineers takes the idea of Bridge Constructor and gives it a devilish spin, available now with Native Linux support.

Roguelite dungeon crawler Netherguild arrives on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 27 Mar 2023

Now available in Early Access, if you're looking for a roguelite dungeon crawler take a look at Netherguild.

Left 4 Dead 3 appears in Counter-Strike 2 files

By Liam Dawe, 27 Mar 2023

The internet is currently buzzing about mentions of Left 4 Dead 3 appearing in files for the upcoming Counter-Strike 2. So apparently Valve can count to 3.

Halls of Torment is classic Diablo meets Vampire Survivors

By Liam Dawe, 27 Mar 2023

Ah hell, going to say goodbye to any free time I had for the next month. Halls of Torment has sucked me right in being a blend of retro Diablo and Vampire Survivors.

Get a bunch of horror games in this latest game bundle

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2023

Humble Bundle just launched another bundle full of games, and it looks like many are compatible with Steam Deck and Linux desktop with Proton.

AMD detail more on FSR 3 and their new open source FidelityFX SDK

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2023

AMD had plenty to show off at GDC, and they've done a bit of a summary and some of it is quite exciting for future games.

Build your own Play On The Go Bundle for Spring 2023

Fanatical have another fantastic game bundle for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2023

Fanatical are doing some great bundles lately! They have another Build your own Play On The Go Bundle for Spring 2023 now available.

vkd3d 1.7 is out now for the Wine translation layer

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2023

The Wine team just announced the release of vkd3d version 1.7, their Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translation layer.

Rogue: Genesia is another horde survivor (Vampire-like?) game worth a look

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2023

These Vampire Survivor-like horde survival games are still all the rage, and I keep discovering more. Rogue: Genesia is another, with Native Linux support and it is rated Steam Deck Playable.

Build your own racecar in Revhead, now with added Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2023

Revhead, a racing sim all about actually building your own vehicle, recently had an upgrade with the developer now supporting the Steam Deck. It also has Native Linux support.

GE-Proton 7-53 is out now fixing up Star Citizen, Diablo IV and more

By Liam Dawe, 24 Mar 2023

Another fresh tasty release of GE-Proton is now available, two actually were released in the last day so here's what's new as of GE-Proton 7-53 for Steam Deck and Linux desktop gaming.

Framework reveal new laptop with modular graphics, plus an AMD Ryzen model

By Liam Dawe, 23 Mar 2023

Framework Computer Inc have done it again! They've announced multiple big exciting things for their modular laptops today. Here's what's coming.

NVIDIA 530.41.03 driver out now for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 23 Mar 2023

NVIDIA has today released their latest stable driver 530.41.03 update for Linux users, following on from the 530.30.02 Beta last month.

Xwayland Video Bridge created to improve Linux screen sharing

By Liam Dawe, 23 Mar 2023

With the move between X11 and Wayland still ongoing, and likely won't finish for years, problems keep coming up like screen sharing but XwaylandVideoBridge may help solve this.