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Igalia detail their open source work for Valve's Steam Frame and Steam Machine

By Liam Dawe,
One of the great things about Valve's hardware is that it's not locked down, and they put a lot of money into open source for SteamOS (Linux).

Blending classic survival games with automation - ORMOD: Directive sounds interesting

By Liam Dawe,
ORMOD: Directive is a very interesting recent announcement that blends classic action survival gameplay mechanics with automation.
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WinBoat adds support for Podman, UWP, app filtering and more

By Liam Dawe,
WinBoat is a popular way to run Windows apps on Linux in a containerized environment that sorts all the configuration for you and a new update sounds great.

Palworld update 'Home Sweet Home' arrives December 17 with an ULTRAKILL collab

By Liam Dawe,
Home Sweet Home huh? The name of the next Palworld update that's been confirmed to arrive on December 17th.

Proton Experimental for SteamOS / Linux gets fixes for Marvel Rivals, BlazBlue Centralfiction and more

By Liam Dawe,
A fresh Proton Experimental update from Valve for the weekend with various game fixes for SteamOS / Linux.

Grab a free copy of Warhammer: Vermintide 2 for a limited time

By Liam Dawe,
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is currently on a time-limited deal where you can grab a copy and keep it, so act fast if you want a free game.

The Nightdive Studios enhanced Quake II re-release is now Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
With the latest minor update, the newer Quake II re-release that saw Nightdive Studios jump in to improve it is now Steam Deck Verified.

The multiverse is a mess so you and friends will get cleaning in S.K.R.U.B. Squad

By Liam Dawe,
I do love how many more casual co-op games we're seeing lately, and it looks like S.K.R.U.B. Squad may be one to add to your list.

Play dice against the guardian of the underworld in Dice of Kalma

By Liam Dawe,
Dice of Kalma challenges players to descend into the Underworld and face the Finnish god of death, Kalma, in a high-stakes game of luck and skill.

NodalBastion is a delightful mixture of tower defense and incremental progression

By Liam Dawe,
Taking inspiration from incremental games with a long progress tree to unlock, NodalBastion is a tower defense game that just keeps on going.

Dune: Awakening gets a limited time free trial and the biggest discount yet

By Liam Dawe,
Dune: Awakening from Funcom is trying to pull in some fresh players, with a new free trial available and the biggest discount on Steam so far.

ARC Raiders is now Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Valve recently published a Steam Deck Verified rating for the smash-hit extraction shooter ARC Raiders. I decided to see if it deserved the rating.

SteamOS 3.7.18 Beta available with a few nuisance bugs being squashed

By Liam Dawe,
SteamOS 3.7.18 Beta "Old Enough to Vote" was released by Valve today, bringing in a few more fixes for some annoying sounding issues.

Baldur's Gate 3 gets more Steam Deck improvements in Hotfix 35 with their native version

By Liam Dawe,
Larian have updated Baldur's Gate 3 with Hotfix #35, which includes more improvements to their Native Linux build supported on the Steam Deck with SteamOS.

Vampire Survivors gets turned officially into a crazy deck-builder with Vampire Crawlers from poncle

By Liam Dawe,
This is the kind of chaos I love to see, and very fitting from Vampire Survivor developer poncle, with the casual deck-builder Vampire Crawlers.

Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source

By Liam Dawe,
Microsoft announced today that they're preserving a bit of history here - with Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III now officially and clearly open source.

Bioflux - Horde is a survival game where the infected numbers look insane

By Liam Dawe,
Coming across it by pure chance recently, Bioflux - Horde is an upcoming survival game with enemy numbers that actually look like true hordes of infected.

Grab some Masterful Remasters in a new Green Man Gaming bundle - great for Steam Deck / SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a nice chance to grab a bunch of remasters in the Masterful Remasters Bundle from Green Man Gaming including Tomb Raider, Legacy of Kain and more.

Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster has launched from Nightdive and it's Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Nightdive Studios today released Outlaws + Handful of Missions: Remaster, and Valve have rated it Steam Deck Verified now too.

Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival gets a first gameplay trailer

By Liam Dawe,
We have our first brutal glimpse into the world of Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival, the upcoming horror-action game from Saber Interactive.