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Humble Choice for January 2023 has DOOM Eternal, a good month for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Up for a fresh set of games? The Humble Choice subscription is back for January 2023 and the highlight game for some here will likely be DOOM Eternal. Here's a run over the compatibility expected on Steam Deck and Linux desktop.

Here's the winners of the 2022 Steam Awards

By Liam Dawe,
The voting is over and The Steam Awards 2022 winners have been announced, so here's a run over each of them.

Classic 1990s series Catacomb lives on with the CatacombGL source port

By Liam Dawe,
CatacombGL is an open source project to run Catacomb 3D (1991), The Catacomb Abyss (1992), The Catacomb Armageddon (1992) and The Catacomb Apocalypse (1993).

Space sci-fi 4x city-builder 'Antimatter' gets a new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
Antimatter is a crowdfunded upcoming space sci-fi game that mixes together 4x strategy elements with city-building, and a whole lot more.

AMD Ray Tracing on Linux gets closer with Mesa enabling specific games

By Liam Dawe,
The work going into the open source Mesa graphics drivers continues on, with AMD Ray Tracing picking up speed and they're going to enable Quake II RTX and Doom Eternal support by default now.

Starbreeze Studios announce PAYDAY 3 for this year

By Liam Dawe,
Confirmed to be releasing later this year, Starbreeze Studios recently put up a teaser for PAYDAY 3.

NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti launches January 5th

By Liam Dawe,
Very much as expected, NVIDIA at CES today announced the new NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti to launch on January 5th.

Intel announces 13th Gen mobile processors, plus 65-watt and 35-watt desktop processors

By Liam Dawe,
Today Intel announced their new lineup on 13th Gen mobile processors including a 24-core beast and additionally some 65-watt and 35-watt desktop processors.

Linux use overtakes macOS on the Stack Overflow Survey

By Liam Dawe,
Well this is a fun statistic, it seems Linux has become a fair bit more popular than macOS on the Stack Overflow Developer Survey for 2022.

Valve dev teases HDR support for Linux Gaming

By Liam Dawe,
Lots of people noticed recently than a whole lot of working was going into the Gamescope project for HDR support, and now a Valve developer has teased trying it out.

Latest Steam Survey sees a minor dip for Linux & Steam Deck, still trending nicely overall

By Liam Dawe,
December 2022 results are in for the Steam Hardware & Software Survey and overall the Linux share is down but the overall trend is still good.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 19: SiNsational

By Hamish,
Given the the company's current focus, the name Hyperion Entertainment seems an odd fit for the modern maintainer of AmigaOS, betraying its earlier status as an Amiga focused video game porting house. One of their ports, that of SiN, to this day remains from them an elusive Linux exclusive.

What I want to see in 2023 for Linux, Gaming, Steam Deck and more

By Liam Dawe,
The end of a year is a good time to sit, think and reflect on what a year it has been and what we hope 2023 will bring so here's some of what I want and what I think could happen.

Valve revealed the most played games on Steam Deck for 2022

By Liam Dawe,
Valve put up a big list of all the top games on Steam for 2022, and they've given a breakdown across different categories like the Steam Deck. So here's what they listed as the most played, plus a note about the best reviewed games released playable on Steam Deck in 2022.

The final free game during the GOG Winter Sale is Daymare: 1998

By Liam Dawe,
Act fast to claim a free copy of Daymare: 1998 on GOG that they're giving away as the final free game in their Winter Sale.

Beware of scam Steam Deck and Steam Account stores (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
It came to my attention recently that there's a website out there selling different models of the Steam Deck, at a discount, along with Steam Accounts. Don't fall for the trap like accessory maker JSAUX did.

Some of the best Steam Deck games in 2022

By Liam Dawe,
Here's my own take on a top list of games to check out for Steam Deck that were released in some form in 2022, or had a major update to improve them.

Steam Deck OS update fixes factory reset, Forza Horizon 5 OS update in Preview

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released two small updates to the Steam Deck OS (SteamOS) and here's what's new and improved.

A round-up of what was popular on GamingOnLinux in 2022

By Liam Dawe,
Here's an end of year 2022 round-up of some of the most-read articles on GamingOnLinux that I've picked out, just in case you missed any!

I'm now officially converted to the RGB LED religion and OpenRGB is amazing

By Liam Dawe,
Well, this wasn't what you were expecting to read was it? I have been converted. After years laughing about people who go over the top with RGB lighting in their PCs I am now a convert.