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Developer of popular noise suppression tool NoiseTorch has dev machine compromised

By Liam Dawe, 19 May 2022

Are you a user of NoiseTorch? It's a popular way of getting some pretty great noise suppression on your microphone, to keep out all that background noise or a hammer hitting your desk. Sadly, the developer had a machine compromised.

The Linux port of Psychonauts 2 will land next week

By Liam Dawe, 19 May 2022

Having you been holding out for the Native Linux port of Psychonauts 2? Well, the developer has announced after a long wait that it's just about to finally land.

Mesa 22.1.0 out now improving open source graphics

By Liam Dawe, 19 May 2022

Mesa 22.1.0 is out now bringing tons of improvements for open source graphics drivers for OpenGL and Vulkan.

Humble Battles of Yore Bundle has plenty for Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 18 May 2022

A collection of RPGs, grand strategy and more modern spiritual successors to legendary PC games of yore apparently. Humble have an interesting bundle of titles in the Battles of Yore Bundle.

Canonical seek Software Engineers for the 'Ubuntu Gaming Experience' team

By Liam Dawe, 18 May 2022

Up for helping to improve Ubuntu Linux and get it into shape for more gaming? Now is your chance, as Canonical are hiring exactly for that.

Godot Engine 3.5 RC 1 is up with a new asynchronous shader compilation system

By Liam Dawe, 18 May 2022

Godot Engine 3.5 is getting close to release with a first Release Candidate available for developers to test the next version of this open source game engine.

Gamescope from Valve pulls in support for NVIDIA Image Scaling

By Liam Dawe, 18 May 2022

Gamescope, an open source project from Valve that's part of what powers the Steam Deck, now has support for NVIDIA Image Scaling.

Pixel art survival horror game Lamentum now supported on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 18 May 2022

Do you love pixel art and survival horror? Have a look at Lamentum from Obscure Tales and Neon Doctrine, as they have just released an official Native Linux build.

Path of Exile Sentinel rolls out, controller support works nicely on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 18 May 2022

With the big Sentinel update to Path of Exile out now, I gave it a spin on my Steam Deck to get a feel for the controls and it really does work nicely.

This Steam Deck Durability Test had me watching in horror

By Liam Dawe, 17 May 2022

There's been various attempts to show how durable (or not so) the Steam Deck can be in various situations but JerryRigEverything definitely had me wincing.

Space souls-like expands with Hellpoint: Blue Sun set to arrive on July 12th

By Liam Dawe, 17 May 2022

After not hearing much from Cradle Games and tinyBuild on Hellpoint, they've now announced the first major expansion Hellpoint: Blue Sun releases on July 12th. This is along with console next-gen stuff.

Songs of Conquest looks good on Linux, works quite well on Steam Deck too

By Liam Dawe, 17 May 2022

Songs of Conquest is a brand new release from Lavapotion and Coffee Stain Publishing, a turn-based tactical RPG with kingdom management that definitely feels like Heroes of Might and Magic.

Looks like the Budgie desktop is coming to Fedora Linux officially

By Liam Dawe, 17 May 2022

Do you love the Budgie desktop environment? Good news, another Linux distribution looks like it will have it soon with Fedora.

Fall Guys to become Epic Exclusive for new owners, so no Steam Deck support then

By Liam Dawe, 17 May 2022

Here we go again. Another game is moving from Steam to become an Epic Exclusive and this time it's Fall Guys.

Vector graphics editor Inkscape 1.2 is officially out now

By Liam Dawe, 17 May 2022

Inkscape is great for artists working on pretty much anything be it games, video or just for fun and a big new version has been released.

Super Hexagon is getting a big overhaul available in Beta now

By Liam Dawe, 16 May 2022

Super Hexagon Neo is the upcoming big upgrade for Super Hexagon from Terry Cavanagh, originally released in 2012 it's remained a rather popular title.

Here's how to take better quality screenshots on the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 16 May 2022

Want to get some higher quality screenshots of all the awesome moments in gaming on the Steam Deck (or any Linux desktop?). Here's a quick-tip guide on what to do.

Bad at Chess? Bring a shotgun in this roguelike spin

By Liam Dawe, 16 May 2022

If, like me, you're terrible at Chess, how about the chance to jump across the board with a Shotgun? That's exactly what you do in Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate.

Doom & Destiny Worlds gets Steam Deck Verified, dev gives info on what they changed

By Liam Dawe, 16 May 2022

Doom & Destiny Worlds is an open world turn-based RPG with crafting, building, farming, and 4 players local co-op option. Recently it was Verified for Steam Deck.