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Umamusume: Pretty Derby now Steam Deck Playable / SteamOS Compatible and works on Desktop Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Another game with anti-cheat that released on Steam recently is Umamusume: Pretty Derby. Valve just rated it Steam Deck Playable / SteamOS Compatible.

Silence of the Siren renames to Heroes of Science and Fiction to pull in more HoMM fans

By Liam Dawe,
Heroes of Science and Fiction is the new name for Silence of the Siren from Oxymoron Games, as they try to pull in more fans of Heroes of Might and Magic.
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Lost Ark from Amazon Games appears to have enabled the anti-cheat for Linux / SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Lost Ark is a free to play MMO from Smilegate RPG and Amazon Games that was previously blocked on Linux platforms like SteamOS / Steam Deck but now works.

Avowed from Obsidian and Xbox now Steam Deck Verified with Update 1.5

By Liam Dawe,
Avowed from Obsidian Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios is now fully Steam Deck Verified with the big new 1.5 update.

Blender 4.5 LTS arrives with Vulkan fully supported and lots of performance improvements

By Liam Dawe,
A big day in Blender land with the arrival of Blender 4.5 LTS, finally bringing Vulkan up to full supported status with it matching OpenGL.

Steam adds Trade Protected Items starting with Counter-Strike 2, along with a bit of Half-Life fan trolling

By Liam Dawe,
Counter-Strike 2 has begun a new season, and Valve added a new feature called Trade Protected Items and they're poking fun at Half-Life fans too.

Valve gets pressured by payment processors with a new rule for game devs and various adult games removed

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have added a new rule to the Onboarding guide for game developers, noting that payment processors get a say in what stays on Steam.

The upcoming skate. from EA will be unsupported on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck due to anti-cheat

By Liam Dawe,
skate. is an upcoming next-generation skateboarding game and it's now confirmed it will not support Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck due to anti-cheat.

Popular free online shooter STRAFTAT just got a big content expansion with 4 player support

By Liam Dawe,
STRAFTAT is a free to play arena shooter that's quite popular, and it just had a big content expansion with support for 4 players.

Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition has arrived and Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition is now here from Aspyr Media, updating the classic from 2006.

Wuthering Waves now Steam Deck Playable, and works on Desktop Linux with one tweak

By Liam Dawe,
After Wuthering Waves launched on Steam, it was left broken on all Linux platforms including SteamOS and Steam Deck but now it works.

Shark Dentist looks a bit silly, tense, gruesome and I need to play it

By Liam Dawe,
I don't know who thought that it was a good idea to be a Shark Dentist, in what looks like a set from a cheap horror movie - but now I have to try it.

The Alters gets patched to replace AI generated bits, fix a Steam Deck crash and more

By Liam Dawe,
The Alters from 11 bit studios appears to be doing very well, apart from the controversy over the AI generated bits. A new patch is out to fix it up.

RimWorld – Odyssey expansion is out now along with update 1.6

By Liam Dawe,
RimWorld has expanded in a massive way with the Odyssey expansion and the 1.6 update, now available for all players.

Try the big demo upgrade for Demon Tides, an impressive looking open-world 3D platformer

By Liam Dawe,
An open world platformer where you express yourself with different movements, Demon Tides looks like a lot of fun and it just had a huge demo upgrade.

Legion Go S gets Joystick LED controls in SteamOS, plus more Steam updates for all

By Liam Dawe,
Valve put out a new Steam Beta for Desktop and SteamOS, here's all that's changed for the July 14th update.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition to release August 14

By Liam Dawe,
Relic Entertainment have announced that Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition is set for release on August 14th.

Lossless Scaling Frame Gen gets a Decky Loader Steam Deck plugin but there's drama

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
There's some drama in Steam Deck land with a Decky Loader plugin, that works with Lossless Scaling Frame Generation from the new lsfg-vk project for Linux.

Open source Medal of Honor: Allied Assault adds better bots and a new master server for online play

By Liam Dawe,
Fancy some Medal of Honor: Allied Assault on modern systems with online play? OpenMoHAA is what you need to check out.

Split-screen game launcher for Linux / SteamOS adds support for multiple keyboards and mice

By Liam Dawe,
PartyDeck is a free and open source split-screen game launcher for Linux / SteamOS, and the latest release sounds great.