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Beyond All Reason, a free and open source RTS gets a big visual overhaul

By Liam Dawe,
Beyond All Reason is an incredibly impressive free and open source RTS, with The Lightbringer update out now that's a huge advancement for the visuals. If you love massive battles you need to play this one.

Microsoft finally solve the Linux dual-boot issue after 9 months

By Liam Dawe,
Back in August 2024, Microsoft released an update for various versions of Windows including Windows 10 and 11 that broke dual-booting with Linux on some setups. They've now finally solved it.

Steam Deck / SteamOS hits 19,000 games rated Verified and Playable

By Liam Dawe,
Good news for players on Steam Deck and SteamOS, as the Steam Deck Verified system just hit 19,000 games that are rated either Verified or Playable.

Proton Experimental gets fixes for The First Berserker: Khazan, THE FINALS, The Sims 2, Alpha Protocol and more

By Liam Dawe,
Valve updated Proton Experimental, the testing area for the latest fixes to their Windows compatibility layer to run more games on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck. Here's all the changes for the May 16th update.

Wine 10.8 released with user handles in shared memory for better performance

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine 10.8 development release is out now for the Windows compatibility layer bringing with it various bug fixes, along with user handles in shared memory for better performance.

Pick up Hell Let Loose, Thymesia and more in the Team17 Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
The Team 17: Chains of Command Humble Bundle is live with another pretty great set of games you can get for cheaps. Here's your usual expected run over compatibility across Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck.

Check out the Steam Playtest for SWAPMEAT, a co-op body-part swapping third-person shooter

By Liam Dawe,
SWAPMEAT is an upcoming roguelite third-person shooter where you tear through alien worlds, harvesting body-parts to steal their powers.

Valve refresh Steam's monthly top-releases charts, going all the way back to the release of Half-Life 2

By Liam Dawe,
The crazy coders at Valve had been making the monthly top lists manually this whole time, but no more. They've given their monthly top-releases charts a fresh makeover and you can scroll all the way back to the release of Half-Life 2.

Here's all the games to claim for Steam Deck / Linux from Prime Gaming as of May 16th

By Liam Dawe,
Here's the fresh and up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming for May 16th, 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.

Stellar Blade launches for PC on June 11, specifications and features revealed

By Liam Dawe,
SHIFT UP Corporation /PlayStation Publishing LLC today announced officially that Stellar Blade will be launching for PC on June 11.

Minecraft will finally let you craft saddles instead of hunting for them

By Liam Dawe,
In a future Minecraft release that's now in testing, you won't need to hunt or fish for a saddle, as it's finally going to be an item you can just craft.

How to install, update and see what graphics driver you have on Linux and SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Here's an overview and guide to what options you have for graphics drivers on Linux, since it can at times be a little on the confusing side.

Nubs! Arena is a chaotic multiplayer brawler by ex-Awesomenauts devs, free for the first 24 hours

By Liam Dawe,
Act fast if you want a brand new free game, as Nubs! Arena from ex-Awesomenauts developers has released and it's free for the first 24 hours. This is not a free trial, it's free to keep if you add it to your account within the time limit.

Shroom and Gloom is a first-person fungus-filled deck-builder with a demo you need to try

By Liam Dawe,
We're getting totally spoiled with unique deck-builders lately like Moonsigil Atlas that I really can't wait for. And now Devolver Digital announced they're publishing Shroom and Gloom with a demo up now and it's glorious.

Denuvo will lock you out of games on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck if you keep changing Proton versions

By Liam Dawe,
Be careful changing Proton versions on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck with Denuvo as you may end up locked out from your games.

PartyDeck is a split-screen game launcher for Linux / SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Now this is some seriously cool software and I love to see it. PartyDeck is a new tool that can help you run various games in local split-screen, even if they don't actually support it.

Popular stress-testing app OCCT is coming to Steam and includes a special build for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
OCCT recently released a supported Native Linux version of their popular fully featured stress-testing application, and now they've announced it's coming to Steam as part of a wider expansion.

Frogspin is a chaotic platformer where you spin a slot machine for crazy level modifiers

By Liam Dawe,
Frogspin pulled my in by the colourful and inviting sweet visuals but reading more into it, the game sounds like it becomes pure hilarious chaos due to the slot machine modifier mechanics.

Here's a statement from Valve on the reported Steam data breach

By Liam Dawe,
There's been reports of a Steam data breach recently, and instead of jumping the gun I reached out to Valve first to see what was going on. Here's a statement from Valve.

Mesa 25.0.6 released with AMD GPU fixes for DOOM: The Dark Ages on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The open source Mesa 25.0.6 graphics drivers bug-fix release is out now, and thankfully this one comes with the updates needed to run DOOM: The Dark Ages on Linux with Proton when you have an AMD GPU.