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Black Mesa 'Resonance Decade' update out now with Linux and Steam Deck improvements and a big sale

By Liam Dawe,
Crowbar Collective just released a major update to their Half-Life remake Black Mesa, which includes a whole lot of improvements to celebrate their ten year Steam anniversary. There's a lot of upgrades for Linux / Steam Deck players here.

Counter-Strike 2 gets weekly missions and a Linux Wayland fix

By Liam Dawe,
Just recently, Valve updated Counter-Strike 2 to entice players to keep coming back with a new permanent weekly mission system. Additionally, a just released update improves the game on Linux with Wayland.

Team Fortress 2 gets another update with fixes from the community and relaxed in-game chat restrictions

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released the latest small update to Team Fortress 2. Following on from the update released at the start of May, it's another that pulls in some community-provided fixes thanks to the source code being available as part of the Source SDK update.

Valve announce SteamOS Compatibility ratings, an extension of Steam Deck Verified for more devices

By Liam Dawe,
With SteamOS Linux from Valve about to expand onto devices other than the Steam Deck, like the upcoming Lenovo Legion Go S, Valve just announced a SteamOS Compatibility rating system.

VUSec reveal 'Training Solo', more security issues for Intel and Arm CPUs

By Liam Dawe,
Researchers at VUSec have revealed what they're calling "Training Solo", a set of security issues across Intel and Arm CPUs that sound pretty annoying and serious.

Steam's Creature Collector Fest is live now so go catch some deals

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have launched the latest mini festival, this time it's a Creature Collector Fest bringing in lots of games that get you to collect little monsters in some form.

Steam Deck sales still going strong over three years later

By Liam Dawe,
Back in February we hit the three year mark of Valve's Steam Deck with SteamOS Linux, and as we approach the release of the public SteamOS 3 Beta for more devices, here's an updated look at the sales charts.

Europa Universalis V from Paradox will only support Windows, no Linux or macOS this time

By Liam Dawe,
Recently we had the big announcement of Europa Universalis V from Paradox Interactive / Paradox Tinto. Now we know it will only officially support Windows.

Steam Deck Beta update brings controller fixes, plus an essential game fix for Desktop

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a Steam Beta update for Steam Deck and Desktop that has some essential fixes, one of which was quite a nuisance bug on Steam Deck.

The Xbox Games Studios Humble Bundle has some great Steam games for cheap

By Liam Dawe,
A good chance to grab some Xbox Games Studios published titles on Steam here thanks to the latest Humble Bundle. Here's what you can get in it and what compatibility you'll see on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck.

End of 10 is a campaign to move people over to Linux with Windows 10 support ending

By Liam Dawe,
Windows 10 is close to being dead now, with support ending this year. So why not try out Linux? Instead of getting a whole new system and having to deal with the increasing amount of AI junk and adverts in Windows 11.

TF2 mod Open Fortress is coming to Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Open Fortress is a mod for Valve's Team Fortress 2 and now it's getting a standalone release on Steam, thanks again to Valve adding the TF2 source code to the Source SDK.

Proton Experimental updated to fix missing saves and a new Proton 10 Beta fixes gamepad breakage

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released two Proton updates just as the weekend hit, both containing some essential fixes for running Windows games on Linux / Steam Deck. So here's all that's new for Proton Experimental and the latest Proton 10 Beta.

SteamOS 3.7.6 Preview for Steam Deck released, fixing a DOOM: The Dark Ages launch issue

By Liam Dawe,
Ahead of the release of DOOM: The Dark Ages on May 15th, Valve have released an update for SteamOS for Steam Deck to get it to actually run.

Here's all the games to claim for Steam Deck / Linux from Prime Gaming as of May 9th

By Liam Dawe,
Here's the fresh and up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming for May 9th, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck. An easy way to build up your gaming collection with these games coming as part of your Amazon Prime subscription.

This word-game roguelike looks unique and has one of the longest names I've ever seen

By Liam Dawe,
Game marketing, you gotta love it. How can you make your small indie game stand out? A great game doesn't always stand on its own, so why not give it a ridiculously long name.

Bridge Constructor Studio announce for a PC release sometime this Summer

By Liam Dawe,
Bridge Constructor Studio is the latest in the popular series of physics building puzzlers from developer ClockStone. Originally launched for Meta Quest, they recently revealed a proper PC release is coming.

Killing Floor 3 now set for release on July 24 after being delayed to improve it

By Liam Dawe,
Killing Floor 3 was originally due to release in March, but feedback was pretty bad from their Beta and so they delayed it to rework various parts of it. Now, it's set for launch on July 24.

GOG begin rolling out dynamic bundle pricing to complete your collections

By Liam Dawe,
Something I'm surprised GOG didn't have before. They've now begun rolling out dynamic bundle pricing to help you complete your collections. Here's what that means for purchasing on GOG.

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 now Steam Deck Verified with a fresh update out to improve performance

By Liam Dawe,
We've just had Indiana Jones and the Great Circle get Steam Deck Verified after an update, and now it's Marvel's Spider-Man 2 that's also seen a game upgrade and Valve bumping the rating to Steam Deck Verified.