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Lazy Galaxy 2 blends together an idle / clicker with some RTS elements out now

By Liam Dawe,
Love your casual games? Lazy Galaxy 2 from Coldwild Games is out now with a Linux version and it's a wonderful idle / clicker game that also blends in some other strategy elements too.

Stormworks: Build and Rescue massively improves gamepad support for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Stormworks: Build and Rescue is a popular sim where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service and now it should work a lot better on Steam Deck and gamepads in general.

Core Keeper is the latest indie hit with over 250,000 sales in one week

By Liam Dawe,
With gameplay that's a fun mix of Stardew Valley, Minecraft and survival games it seems Core Keeper has become an instant hit on Steam.

MacGuffin's Curse gets a HD upgrade along with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
MacGuffin's Curse from developer Brawsome originally released in 2012 and it just got a nice HD upgrade, along with a newly released Linux version.

X4: Foundations 5.00 patch and X4: Tides of Avarice expansion out now

By Liam Dawe,
The third major expansion X4: Tides of Avarice and another big free update are available now for space sim X4: Foundations.

Google talk about their 'Windows emulator' for Stadia and they use DXVK already

By Liam Dawe,
During the ongoing Google for Games Developer Summit 2022 Keynote, one of the Google team just did a talk on "How to write a Windows emulator for Linux from scratch" to help Stadia.

Google announces Steam for ChromeOS Chromebooks in 'Alpha'

By Liam Dawe,
It's finally here in Alpha, Google and Valve have brought Steam to ChromeOS giving even more platforms using Linux a chance to get their gaming on.

Two Point Hospital: Speedy Recovery expansion is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Two Point Studios might be currently working on Two Point Campus but they're not done with their modern take on Theme Hospital with the Two Point Hospital: Speedy Recovery DLC out now.

Hyperbolica is a new Non-Euclidean adventure out now

By Liam Dawe,
Do you love games that might split your brain in half? Hyperbolica might just do that with the mind-bending world design based on Non-Euclidean curved space.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D releases April 20, more Zen processors on the way

By Liam Dawe,
AMD has given a short and to the point video update on their latest products, including the exciting AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor.

Space Invaders gets reinvented with Beat Invaders and it's slick

By Liam Dawe,
Wow, I didn't think I would be playing a fresh version of Space Invaders in 2022 but here I am sucked right into the new Beat Invaders from developer Raffaele Picca.

Action-shooter The Ascent is Steam Deck Verified, adds a little tweak for Deck players

By Liam Dawe,
The Ascent is a solo and co-op top-down looter-shooter from Neon Giant and Curve Games. It got Steam Deck Verified, and so the developer made a fun little tweak for players on Deck.

Here's some of the latest Steam Deck Verified titles including the popular Valheim

By Liam Dawe,
Valve continues going through the almighty Steam library to tag games through their Deck Verified certification for the Steam Deck. Let's have a look at the current numbers and what's new.

Double Fine say Psychonauts 2 for Linux and macOS still coming

By Liam Dawe,
While they're now pretty late on it, Double Fine say that the Linux and macOS dedicated builds of Psychonauts 2 are still actually on the way.

Steam Deck update fixes buying games for some, touch input on 'Digital' keyboard theme

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has released the latest small update for the Steam Deck to fix up a couple of nuisances, a few of which were definitely annoying me.

Lorn's Lure: Prologue gives us a taste of its retro-styled climb-anywhere adventure

By Liam Dawe,
Lorn's Lure: Prologue is basically a demo of a very moody looking first-person adventure, where you control an android being led through some vast structure while climbing all over the place.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 16: We Are All Doomed

By Hamish,
The most appealing aspect of my QDI Advance 5/133 motherboard is its inclusion of AGP, PCI, and ISA expansion slots. By having both dedicated MIDI and 3D acceleration hardware I can dip my toes into two different eras of gaming. As for the actual MIDI tracks produced, well, they have personality at least.

Apex Legends now broken on Steam Deck and Linux desktops (update: fixed)

By Liam Dawe,
Even though Apex Legends was marked officially Steam Deck Verified by Valve on March 9, that we covered in an article, it's now been updated and it's broken on Steam Deck and Linux desktops.

Tile-based puzzler Bean and Nothingness looks sweet, now has a Linux version too

By Liam Dawe,
Bean and Nothingness is one we missed from February that added a Linux version and it appears like it might be a great pick if you love tile-based puzzlers.

CD Projekt RED 'working closely with Valve' as The Witcher 3 is Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
The Witcher 3 got bumped up from Playable to Verified for the Steam Deck around the initial Deck release, and developer CD Projekt RED has released a statement on it now.