Steam Deck Beta update tweaks notifications, boot video length upped to 30 seconds
Fresh out the oven, Valve has put up a new Steam Deck Client Beta that tweaks how some notifications are accessed.
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Humble has a new melee-focused game bundle
Up for more melee fighting games of various sorts? The Melee Mayhem Bundle might be just what you need.
Steam Mobile App gets a huge revamp out now for everyone
After some time being in Beta, Valve has officially released the new shiny new Steam Mobile App for all.
Inspired by Factorio and RimWorld, space colony building sim Stardeus out in Early Access
Taking plenty of inspiration from Factorio and RimWorld (including a very RimWorld style), Kodo Linija and Paradox Arc have released Stardeus into Early Access.
NVIDIA 520.56.06 driver adds easier NVIDIA NGX updates for Wine / Proton
NVIDIA has today released driver version 520.56.06, adding support for NVIDIA RTX 40 series and adding a bunch of new features and fixes for Linux gamers.
Roguelike tactical auto-battler Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder is out now
Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder has now left Early Access along with Native Linux support, this roguelike tactical auto-battler is certainly unique.
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 game engine OpenRCT2 gets another big upgrade
OpenRCT2 is a free and open source game engine reimplementation for RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, upgrading many parts of it and making it work well cross-platform on modern systems. Version 0.4.2 was recently released with some fun new features.
A Robot Named Fight! source code released
The developer of a nicely reviewed metroidvania called A Robot Named Fight! has released the source code, hoping that others can learn from it.
A lot of people were clearly waiting on the official Steam Deck Docking Station
Now that the Steam Deck is available without reservation, and the official Steam Deck Docking Station has released, it appears a lot of people were waiting on Valve for docking.
Steam Deck Boot Videos get an easy app, plus videos coming to the Points Shop
Recently I mentioned the new Steam Deck Repo website, allowing people to upload and download custom Steam Deck Boot Videos, well now there's an easy to use app to go along with it.
KDE Plasma 5.26 is out now
The KDE team have done it again! Giving us a fresh new Plasma desktop with plenty of upgrades and Plasma 5.26 is out now.
Mystery adventure Kona II: Brume gets a Linux demo ready for Steam Deck
Kona II: Brume is the follow-up to 2017's Kona from Parabole / Ravenscourt bringing another cold and mysterious adventure to walk through.
Foolish Mortals is an upcoming spooky point and click adventure
Up for more pointing and clicking while adventuring? You've come to the right spooky place, with Foolish Mortals being announced with Native Linux support.
VirtualBox 7.0 is out with their DirectX 11 support using DXVK
Well this was an interesting one entering the GOL inbox recently. VirtualBox, the general-purpose full virtualizer has a big new release out and even they are now using DXVK.
Fanatical running an awesome 'Dollar Collections' sale
Time to get some more really cheap games, as Fanatical have launched their Dollar Collections sale and there's plenty of good choices in there to get you through the upcoming cold winter nights.
The upgraded ivoler Steam Deck Docking Station is another good choice
Don't fancy buying from JSAUX and don't need the charger + extra expense of the official Steam Deck Docking Station? ivoler are another good choice.
Decky Loader, get easy Steam Deck Plugins and make colours POP!
Did you know you can extend the Steam Deck with various plugins? I’m going to show you how to do it, and some of what’s available using Decky Loader.
The new Steam Mobile App is getting close to release
A few updates later while in Beta and Valve has put out the first Release Candidate for their completely overhauled Steam Mobile App.
GE-Proton 7-37 is out now fixing up more games for Steam Deck / Linux
GE-Proton (also known as Proton GE) as a community-built version of the Proton compatibility layer to run Windows games, with a new release out now and FSR is back.
There's now a dedicated website for Steam Deck boot videos
Since Valve have made it official in the latest Steam Deck stable update to change your boot video, reddit user waylaidwanderer made a website where you can easily upload and download these quick clips.
- Open source re-implementation of Caesar III levels up in the new release
- Farlight 84 is now broken on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck
- Steam for ChromeOS Chromebooks is being killed off
- Steam's Performance Monitor now supports showing CPU temperature
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