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After over 80 weeks the Steam Deck leaves the top 10 global sellers on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
At one point it seemed like there was just no stopping the Steam Deck but now it seems after being available for 1 year and around 8 months or so, the Steam Deck has started to move down the top sellers on Steam.

Epic Games sheds 830 people due to 'spending way more money than we earn'

By Liam Dawe,
Recent industry news doing the rounds is from Epic Games, who yesterday publicly shared an email that was sent by Tim Sweeney about laying off 16% of the company.

Microsoft - keep your filthy hands off Valve, leak shows MSFT would buy Valve

By Liam Dawe,
Well, that's certainly an article title isn't it. But I mean it. Microsoft, don't you dare touch Valve. You're fat enough already and too big as it is.

Unity Considers Tentative Changes To Controversial Policies

By Smellbringer,
In the ongoing saga of changes with Unity's revenue model, Unity seem set to make some changes but not a full reversal so here's the latest.

Unity apologises for the new runtime fee, say they will make changes

By Liam Dawe,
After leaving developers furious for nearly a whole week after the recent announcement of making developers pay for game installs, Unity put up a fresh statement.

Unity attempt to clarify new install fees as developers revolt

By Liam Dawe,
The saga with the Unity game engine continues, after their completely botched announcement of a new fee system game developers will need to pay.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 32: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

By Hamish,
Over the past few months I have been making a number of upgrades and changes to Dianoga, and the time has come to lay them all out. The first upgrade I purchased at the start of the year was a simple one, but I now had more than doubled the amount of hard drive space Linux had available, and could enjoy more games with my CRT monitor.

5 years ago Valve released Proton forever changing Linux gaming

By Liam Dawe,
Has it really been that long? Apparently so. Valve originally announced their rebranding of Steam Play with Proton back on August 21st, 2018. Seems like a good time for a quick reflection being halfway to a decade old now with the tech that gave rise to the Steam Deck.

Overwatch 2 becomes the worst user-reviewed game on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
While other developers like Larian are riding high with Baldur's Gate 3, it seems Blizzard are not doing so well with the recent Steam release of Overwatch 2 becoming the worst user-reviewed game of all time on Steam.

83 of the top 100 most played Steam games work on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Taking a look at the most-played games on Steam by player-count, here's how many of them should be playable on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 31: The Fear of Loss

By Hamish,
I was trawling through the old web one evening, looking for additional resources on early Linux gaming, when I came across a freeware game I had never heard of before. Little did I know that this was going to be the start of a long and daunting quest; it was really starting to look like Phobia III - Edge Of Humanity had become Linux gaming lost media.

Linux continues hitting above 3% desktop user share on Statcounter

By Liam Dawe,
Another month down and we can see that the Linux desktop user share is continuing to rise and not just on the recent Steam Survey.

Linux overtakes macOS users on Steam thanks to Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Well it finally happened. According to the latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey for July 2023 we can see that Linux users have overtaken macOS.

AI-powered news sites are dumb and Redditors managed to trick them

By Liam Dawe,
This is pretty amusing to see. Nothing really related to Linux / Steam Deck gaming, but more a state of the industry post that I thought you might also find fun. Redditors managed to trick an AI-powered news scraper.

Linux hit over 3% desktop user share according to Statcounter

By Liam Dawe,
Do my eyes deceive me? Apparently not. According to Statcounter, the Linux share on the desktop has actually now passed 3% for the first time.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 30: Imperial Purple

By Hamish,
War! Age of Imperialism was in the first instance a board game, designed by Glenn Drover of Eagle Games. Players assume the role of a colonial empire intent on subjugating the rest of the world. Coverage at the time directed much praise to the game's artificial intelligence, which does make for a canny computer opponent.

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor had a very rough launch

By Liam Dawe,
Here we go again! Just like The Last of Us Part I (and so many other games recently), another major game released too early. STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor is a hot mess.

If You Like… Slay the Spire

By scaine,
When Slay the Spire launched, back in January 2019, it represented the pinnacle in what became a well recognised genre - Deck Builders. Let’s delve into that genre and see lies beneath the surface.

Report: Steam Deck to pass 3 million sales during 2023

By Liam Dawe,
A new report from Omdia currently doing the rounds is that the Steam Deck from Valve is set to hit 3 million sales during 2023.

Prepare to see a lot more of Epic Online Services, with Epic's new self-publishing

By Liam Dawe,
While the Epic Games Store doesn't support Linux or Steam Deck officially, this industry news is something we should all know about with Epic now opening up self-publishing along with some new rules for their store.
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