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Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 35: The New Stories

By Hamish,
Just like with the original Quake, it did not take long for established publishers to seek out new and aspiring game development talent to create third party expansion content for Quake II. The first out the gate was Juggernaut: The New Story For Quake II released by HeadGames Publishing in early 1998, soon to be followed by a number of other packs including Zaero developed by Team Evolve.

Steam Deck OLED initial quick-look and Q&A Part 1

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Steam Deck OLED was recently revealed by Valve for release on November 16th, so I've spent as much time as I possibly can tinkering with it, testing it, playing games and more since Valve sent over a review unit.

WHAT THE GOLF? gets an 'Among Golf Update' out now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
There's something a little suspicious about the latest WHAT THE GOLF? update, with the Among Golf Update adding a bit of Among Us flavour.

OBS Studio 30.0 released with full-height docks plus Intel QSV H264, HEVC, AV1 on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Another big release of the video recording software OBS Studio 30.0 now available, bringing with it some new features and fixes.

Wine 8.20 brings DirectMusic improvements and preparations for Wine 9.0

By Liam Squires-Hand,
We're getting close to the end of 2023 now and so the preparations for the Wine 9.0 release are starting and the Wine 8.20 development release is out now.

Steam Deck (LCD), reviewed by a portables enthusiast

By Pengling,
The handheld gaming space has always been one steeped in both nostalgia and potential. Then Valve came along with their first entry in it, and reminded me of exactly why I love it in the first place.

Whisker Squadron: Survivor adds Twitch Integration and Cursed Choices

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Whisker Squadron: Survivor is a lot of fun, blending the cool retro space-shooter action of Star Fox with the upgrades and repeating runs made popular by Vampire Survivors and the latest update sound great!

Lords of the Fallen fixes up issues on Steam Deck

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A fresh update has landed for the recently released action-RPG Lords of the Fallen, and now it should run better on Steam Deck.

GNOME gets €1M funding from the Sovereign Tech Fund

By Liam Squires-Hand,
GNOME has received recognition as a Public Interest Infrastructure, and so they've been awarded €1M from the Sovereign Tech Fund.

Steam Deck, Steam Big Picture and SteamVR get lots of visual tweaks in new Beta

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve released a fresh Beta update across Steam Deck, Steam Big Picture and SteamVR that includes lots of subtle visual tweaks to the UI to make it look a bit fancier.

Valve reveals Steam Deck OLED for November 16th

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve has today announced the brand new Steam Deck OLED model with some great sounding upgrades inside so here's the details.

Inspired by Doom and Deus Ex, Beyond Sunset enters Early Access

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Ready for more retro-styled carnage? Another GZDoom powered game has launched on Steam with Beyond Sunset now in Early Access.

Humble Bundle has a stack of great platformers in this new bundle

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Love your sweet platformers? Humble has launched the Adventures in the 2nd Dimension: Positively Playful Platformers Bundle and it looks like a good one.

Modders already improving the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection

By Liam Squires-Hand,
With the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 out now on Steam and in many ways disappointing, so modders are already working to improve it.

Valve refines new Steam Deck Unified Frame Limit slider to show Refresh Rate

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Available currently in the Steam Deck Preview that I recently covered, there's a new Unified Frame Rate and Refresh Rate slider but Valve has done a useful tweak in the latest update.

WWI FPS 'Isonzo' free White War expansion is live, free weekend and big discount coming

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Get ready to try out the brutal WWI FPS Isonzo, as they've just recently released a free new expansion and it's set for a Steam Free Weekend and big discount.

Prism Launcher 8.0 for Minecraft modding out now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Prism Launcher for easy Minecraft Java modding has launched the big Prism Launcher 8.0 upgrade with plenty of new features and enhancements.

SteamOS-like Linux package Bazzite 2.0 is out now for Steam Deck and desktop

By Liam Squires-Hand,
If you want an alternative to SteamOS (or Steam Deck OS as Valve sometimes decides to call it) for your Steam Deck, desktop PC or living room gaming machine - Bazzite is an interesting pick.

KDE Plasma 6 gets a first Alpha release

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Nearly 10 years after KDE Plasma 5.0, the launch of KDE Plasma 6.0 is approaching and a first "Megarelease - Alpha" is out now for testing.

Humble Choice for November has Prodeus, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, Friends vs Friends

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A pretty nice month for those of you subscribing to Humble Choice, with November's bundle out now and here's a run over the Steam Deck and desktop Linux compatibility.