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Orange Pi Neo Linux gaming handheld starts at $499 with Ryzen 7840U, Ryzen 8840U at $599

By Liam Dawe, 26 Mar 2024

After being revealed early in February, the upcoming Orange Pi Neo that will come with Manjaro Linux now has a price, and there will be multiple versions of it although we still don't exactly have a clear release date.

GOG begin funding indie devs with Loco Motive releasing this Summer

By Liam Dawe, 26 Mar 2024

GOG have announced that they're getting into game funding, with the first partnership being a boost for developers from Robust Games and publisher Chucklefish for their upcoming title Loco Motive.

Ubuntu 24.04 increases vm.max_map_count for smoother Linux gaming

By Liam Dawe, 26 Mar 2024

At last! Users from Ubuntu 24.04 onwards that's scheduled to release on April 25th should hopefully see a smoother Linux gaming experience.

Draw 7 and hope you get a good hand in the Steam Deckbuilders Fest

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2024

Running through until April 1st at 10am PT / 5pm UTC, the Steam Deckbuilders Fest is live filled with games with cards of all sorts.

Trackline Express is a bit like Unrailed! with even more chaos

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2024

Trackline Express is a train and track building game from Bubblebird Studio that's planned to release on April 18th, and it sure does look like some wonderful chaos. From the same developer that created the chilled Haven Park.

Check out tactical dice-rolling roguelike combat in Slice & Dice

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2024

Slice & Dice from developer Tann has recently arrived on Steam giving players a fresh tactical dice-rolling roguelike, along with Native Linux support.

Cinematic narrative adventure Until Then releases May 23rd

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2024

Polychroma Games and Maximum Entertainment have announced the cinematic narrative adventure Until Then is going to release on May 23rd.

SDL 3 has a first preview release out with HDR and Vulkan for the 2D rendering API

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2024

Fun times ahead for game developers, as the very popular SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) has a preview of the upcoming SDL 3 now available for feedback and testing.

Mini Airways is like Mini Metro / Mini Motorways but for aircraft

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2024

After a interesting take on the strategy management sim? Taking a heavy dose of inspiration and naming from the very popular Mini Metro and Mini Motorways, a completely different developer is doing their take with Mini Airways.

MangoHud manager GOverlay 1.1.1 released upgrading to QT6

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2024

GOverlay, the app you can use if you want a UI to manage overlays like MangoHud has a new release out that upgrades its insides and fixes some bugs.

Nature-expanding tile-stacking puzzler 'Preserve' has a demo up on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2024

Preserve looks very sweet. A tile-based puzzle game all about nature that features both horizontal and vertical building and there's a Native Linux demo now available to try out.

Steam Deck and Desktop Steam Beta fixes a Steam Play bug with Windows versions

By Liam Dawe, 25 Mar 2024

Valve released a fresh Steam Beta Client update on March 22nd, and with it a bunch of bug fixes for both Steam Deck and Desktop Steam.

Proton 9.0 (Beta16) brings more regression fixes, updated Steamworks SDK

By Liam Dawe, 23 Mar 2024

Valve have released another Beta version of Proton 9.0, what will become the next main stable version of Proton on the path to getting as many games running as possible on Linux Desktop / Steam Deck.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 9.5 released

By Liam Dawe, 23 Mar 2024

Another two weeks are done and so a fresh update of the Windows compatibility layer is live with the Wine 9.5 development release.

Back with a Vengeance: The Best of Boomer Shooters Humble Bundle

Humble brings back a bunch of boomer shooters for this game bundle

By Liam Dawe, 22 Mar 2024

In the new Back with a Vengeance: The Best of Boomer Shooters Humble Bundle, you can grab some hot action for cheaps and they all work well on Linux Desktop and Steam Deck.

Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol.4 announced and coming soon

By Liam Dawe, 22 Mar 2024

Bitwave Games are doing it again, giving us a healthy dose of nostalgia with the Toaplan Arcade Shoot 'Em Up Collection Vol.4 that's due to release soon. Plus a teaser of something else to come.

Backpack Battles has sold 500,000 copies in two weeks on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 22 Mar 2024

Backpack Battles, one of my current — uh, fixations shall we say, has managed to blow away expectations on Steam selling over 500,000 copies in only two weeks of Early Access.

System76 release upgraded Lemur Pro laptop, plus a desktop sale now on

By Liam Dawe, 22 Mar 2024

Hardware vendor and Pop!_OS Linux developers System76 have revealed a fresh upgrade for their ultraportable laptop, the Lemur Pro. Plus, they have a big desktop sale now on.

In my future I foresee a whole lot of hours in Dungeon Clawler

By Liam Dawe, 22 Mar 2024

Dungeon Clawler from Stray Fawn Studio (The Wandering Village) was just announced with Native Linux support and a demo available, and this blending of a rogue-like deckbuilder with a claw machine is going to absolutely annihilate my free time.

2D soulslike adventure-RPG 'Tails of Iron 2' launches later this year

By Liam Dawe, 22 Mar 2024

Odd Bug Studio are back with a fun announcement, as a sequel to their 2021 hit Tails of Iron is coming later this year with Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter.