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GE-Proton 7-48 out now with updates to DXVK, VKD3D-Proton

By Liam Dawe,
GE-Proton v7-48, the community supported version of the Proton translation layer, is out now with upgrades to various components to continue making Steam Deck and Linux gaming better.

Valve fixed up Dead Space on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
For those of you waiting for news on Dead Space becoming more playable on Steam Deck — Valve have already delivered.

Humble's Survival Instinct Bundle looks like a good deal

By Liam Dawe,
Want some more survival games? Humble's Survival Instinct Bundle has a few good picks in it and far cheaper than buying individually.

Steam Deck and Steam Beta fix on-screen keyboard, Gyro improvements, Linux input fix

By Liam Dawe,
More goodies coming to the Steam Deck and Steam Desktop Beta, as Valve sure do like to work quickly to solve bugs and add features.

Watch Dogs: Legion from Ubisoft arrives on Steam, playable on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Here's yet another Steam release from Ubisoft, as they continue dumping their older titles on Steam. Watch Dogs: Legion is here and playable on Steam Deck.

The new Dead Space is sadly a great big mess on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Dead Space got a remake that was released today and I was incredibly excited by it but sadly it's just a mess.

Steam Deck now in stock across Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan

By Liam Dawe,
Komodo PR sent word that there's no longer a reservation queue to purchase a Steam Deck across Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan.

The overlooked gorgeous pixel-art Lila's Sky Ark is now on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a fresh chance for me to tell you to take a look at the overlooked gem that is Lila's Sky Ark, as it's now on GOG.

Trackmania heads to Steam and the devs say it's playable on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Trackmania, the 2020 remake, is heading to Steam and the developers have started answering questions like — will it run on Steam Deck?

Rhythm adventure Hi-Fi RUSH from Tango Gameworks gets a surprise release

By Liam Dawe,
Tango Gameworks, developer of The Evil Within and Ghostwire: Tokyo, along with publisher Bethesda just stealth released their latest game called Hi-Fi RUSH.

4A Games release a full Metro Exodus SDK for modders

By Liam Dawe,
4A Games have done something quite awesome. They've released a SDK for people to make full game modifications of Metro Exodus.

Developer of point and click adventure Splittown looking at Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Love your adventure games? Here's one to keep an eye on. The developer of Splittown has mentioned they're looking into Native Linux support.

Might and Magic 6, 7 and 8 get an open source reimplementation with OpenEnroth

By Liam Dawe,
Want to play Might and Magic 6, 7 and 8 on modern systems with an updated game engine? Well, OpenEnroth looks mighty promising.

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver 525.47.06 out now

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA has released another fresh update to their Vulkan Beta Driver, with version 525.47.06 rolling out now.

Atari announce another 80s classic revival with Caverns of Mars: Recharged

By Liam Dawe,
Another revamp of a classic is on the way with Atari once again teaming up with SneakyBox, as the 1981 title Caverns of Mars is releasing as Caverns of Mars: Recharged.

Lots more EA games get a Steam Deck Playable rating

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has again continued to go through various EA games that were previously problematic on Steam Deck due to the new EA App, with lots of them now marked as Steam Deck Playable.

ControllerTools plugin for Steam Deck now gives low battery notifications

By Liam Dawe,
A Steam Deck plugin for Decky Loader that I recently mentioned, ControllerTools, has a fresh update out to make it more useful.

Factorio is about to increase in price so be quick

By Liam Dawe,
The developers of the awesome Factorio have announced that the price is about to go up, so if you still haven't purchased it now is the time.

Steam and Steam Deck Beta add the ability to move the on-screen keyboard

By Liam Dawe,
Valve continues to roll out new unstable releases of the Steam Client for Desktop and Steam Deck, with a new update giving the ability to move the on-screen keyboard.

Forspoken needs desktop Linux to spoof being a Steam Deck to work

By Liam Dawe,
In a case of what the heck? Square Enix and Luminous Productions just released Forspoken, which works on Steam Deck but it won't run on desktop Linux without spoofing it being a Steam Deck.