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Dust off your game dev environment with the Linux Game Jam 2023
The Linux Game Jam 2023 is happening and a good chance for you to blow the dust and clean away the cobwebs from your development environment and perhaps come up with the next big hit?
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Huge Steam Beta upgrade with new overlay, screenshot manager & more
Wow. Valve sure love to just drop awesome stuff out of nowhere don't they? A brand new Beta update is now live for Steam with some massive improvements. There's also a fresh Steam Deck Beta too!
The Last of Us gets more optimizations and another Steam Deck fix
Slowly but it's happening, The Last of Us is getting fixed up after the poor launch and it's getting a little closer to being playable on Steam Deck now too.
Charming monster collector Cassette Beasts is out now
Cassette Beasts is the second full release from Bytten Studio following Lenna's Inception. It's a rather sweet evolution on the Pokémon-like monster catching games.
Cities: Skylines final expansion announced for May 23rd
Paradox Interactive announced today that the mini-expansion Cities: Skylines - Hotels & Retreats is due for release on May 23rd.
Street Fighter 6 on Steam Deck and Linux tested, Valve sets it to Proton Experimental
Street Fighter 6 is coming up for release in June and there's a demo now available to try out on Steam, which Valve has now set to use Proton Experimental.
Proton Experimental upgraded for April 26th brings fixes and new game support
Here we go, now that Proton 8 is out and Proton Experimental has been rebased on top of Proton 8, there's more fixes and improvements coming in for Steam Deck and Linux desktop gamers.
Core Keeper is getting pets and a creative mode on May 10th
The upcoming "Paws & Claws" update for Core Keeper sounds wonderful, adding in two major features with pets and a creative mode.
UK CMA blocks the Microsoft takeover of Activision
Here's some industry news for you: the UK's Competition and Markets Authority has announced today they've blocked Microsoft's takeover of Activision.
Valheim is getting siege weapons, fortresses and fearsome foes
The upcoming major update to Valheim with The Ashlands is sounding increasingly exciting, as the developers have another spoiler-filled development blog post up.
Stellaris: Galactic Paragons announced for May 9th and a big free update
Stellaris: Galactic Paragons is the next expansion for my favourite space strategy game from Paradox Interactive and it's coming May 9th.
Steam Deck gets a Preview update with STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor improvements
STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor is releasing on April 28th, so Valve has released an updated graphics driver in the Preview update branch for Steam Deck.
Grounded 1.2 out now and Steam Deck Verified but desktop Linux needs a small fix
The survival game Grounded from Obsidian Entertainment and Xbox Game Studios has now released version 1.2 and it got bumped up to Verified on Steam Deck.
Using a Steam Deck to control a Ukrainian automatic turret, now I've seen it all
People have used their Steam Deck to do all sorts of crazy things but this latest is nuts. It seems people in Ukraine are using it to help work an automatic turret.
AMD Ryzen Z1 Series announced for handhelds, ASUS ROG Ally first to get it
After many leaks, AMD has now formally announced their brand new Ryzen Z1 Series, which directly target the handheld gaming space like the Steam Deck.
KDE apps like Kdenlive get big upgrades for KDE Gear 23.04
KDE Gear is the name of the big bundle of software the KDE team create, and with the KDE Gear 23.04 release there's new apps and plenty of improvements to making the desktop experience better.
First-person slasher Lichenvale out now from ex-Ubisoft dev
Inspired a fair bit by some classics from the 90s like Hexen and Heretic, Lichenvale is a first-person slasher out now.
Paradox announce first 'Immersion Pack' for Victoria 3 and free upgrade
Victoria 3 from Paradox Interactive is getting it's first "Immersion Pack" on May 22nd and here's what to expect from it.
What are you checking out in Steam Puzzle Fest 2023?
Valve has put up Steam Puzzle Fest, a big sale on all different kinds of puzzle games along with demos and previews of upcoming games too.
Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates
This is the public once a month reminder to make sure your PC information is correct on your user profiles. A fresh batch of statistics is generated on the 1st of each month. Also a good reminder of our stats system for people who don't know about it.
- Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source
- Valve put up a new Steam Linux Runtime 4.0 with a move towards 64-bit
- VKD3D-Proton 3.0 brings FSR4 support, shader backend rewrite, lots of bug fixes and performance upgrades
- Playnite may get a Linux version during 2026 as the creator plans a move to Linux
- Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive split with Cities: Skylines going to a new developer
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