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Stop an alien substance spreading in the Regulator City demo

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2023

Regulator City is an upcoming action rogue-like from developer Orangepixel, where you're tasked with stopping the spread of a strange powerful alien substance.

State of the industry: MSI offered a chance to win the ability to buy a GPU

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2023

The GPU industry is so broken right now and to make things worse, MSI thought it would be a good idea to do a lottery for a chance to win the ability to buy a GPU.

Skul: The Hero Slayer adds a whole new Dark Mirror mode for a new challenge

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2023

Popular rogue-lite 2D platformer Skul: The Hero Slayer recently got a big upgrade with The Dark Mirror and it looks pretty great.

Valve suffers a huge leak from various games like Portal, Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jan 2023

It seems the season of leaks is continuing with Steam developer Valve now having a bunch of content from their games leaked online.

Proton Experimental fixes Splinter Cell, Final Fantasy XIV Online and Asian text

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jan 2023

Valve released a fresh build of Proton Experimental on January 13th which include a few notable improvements across various games for Steam Deck and Linux desktop.

Gamescope (used on Steam Deck) adds in some VR support

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jan 2023

What are you up to Valve? Gamescope, software used on the Steam Deck for Gaming Mode that handles displaying everything recently had some VR work pulled in. Perhaps for the upcoming Deckard VR HMD?

System76 teasing new fully AMD powered Pangolin Linux laptop

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jan 2023

System76 saw your many comments and they're going to deliver. The Pangolin is making a return, powered by all AMD.

Google to release a tool to enable Bluetooth on the Stadia Controller

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jan 2023

Google is getting ready to shut down Stadia now, their cloud gaming service, but they have some good news for those with the Stadia Controller.

Deep Rock Galactic sold 2.3 million copies last year and I'm not surprised - it's awesome

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jan 2023

Deep Rock Galactic is a game about a bunch of Dwarves going mining, and there's lots of creepy-crawlies that want to get in the way. It seems to only be getting more popular as time goes on too.

The next release of 0 A.D. will have experimental Vulkan API support

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jan 2023

0 A.D. is an in-development free and open source RTS, one that's very promising and looks pretty good and the next Alpha version will also feature experimental Vulkan support.

New Steam Linux & Steam Deck Beta fixes up a major bug

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jan 2023

Recently Valve put up a Beta for Steam desktop and Steam Deck, which unfortunately came with a huge bug that people found but a new release fixes it and adds some more fixes too.

Dino Run DX has the source code opened up

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jan 2023

Seems more developers are warming up to the idea of open source. Pixeljam recently opened up the source code to Dino Run DX.

Hogwarts Legacy to be Steam Deck Verified at launch

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jan 2023

For Harry Potter fans, the upcoming release of Hogwarts Legacy is fast approaching and it seems they're making sure it works on Steam Deck.

Intel reveals the Core i9-13900KS that hits 6Ghz out of the box

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jan 2023

For people that love chasing Ghz, Intel has a surprise for you. They revealed the Intel Core i9-13900KS today that hits 6Ghz max turbo out of the box.

Dwarf Fortress too retro? Songs of Syx is worth looking at with another big Beta update

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jan 2023

Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder that in many ways could be compared with Dwarf Fortress, only with a graphical style that's just a bit more modern. A new Beta release went up recently and it's another big one.

Mega Man-like side-scroller action game Super Alloy Ranger now on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jan 2023

Enjoy games similar to Mega Man? Like running and gunning? Super Alloy Ranger looks interesting and they recently put up a Native Linux version too.

GOverlay app for managing the MangoHud overlay gets a bunch of new options

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jan 2023

GOverlay is great! Giving you a real easy way to tweak the MangoHud performance overlay on Linux, along with it also working with vkBasalt and ReplaySorcery.

Pokemon-like 'Coromon' finally has big FPS problem fixed for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jan 2023

Coromon is another attempt to make a Pokemon styled game and while it is a lot of fun, the game had a major frustrating problem on Steam Deck and Linux desktop with Proton that has now been solved.

Steam & Steam Deck Beta improves controller configurator plus Linux fixes (updated)

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jan 2023

Valve has released a new Steam Client Beta for both desktop and Steam Deck, with new fixes and some new features too like showing full or partial controller icons when hovering over items. ARTICLE UPDATED.

Valve remind people to be careful where you buy a Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jan 2023

Recently the official OnDeck Twitter account from Steam creator Valve posted a PSA (public service announcement), reminding people on being careful where they buy a Steam Deck.