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Paradox launch a DLC subscription option for Hearts of Iron IV

By Liam Dawe, 17 Feb 2022

Games from Paradox Interactive after a while end up building up quite a lot of DLC, it's how they support their games for so long but it's quite daunting for new players - perhaps this new subscription for Hearts of Iron IV may help.

Total War: WARHAMMER III to release for Linux 'in Early Spring'

By Liam Dawe, 17 Feb 2022

Total War: WARHAMMER III has just released although only supported for Windows, with the Linux release due out "in Early Spring".

Fast-paced brutal FPS ULTRAKILL gets full controller support ready for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 17 Feb 2022

ULTRAKILL might be one of the absolute most popular Early Access games from 2020 and it might just be a good pick for the Steam Deck, if you love fast-paced retro-styled shooters.

PULSAR: Lost Colony gets upgrades for Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 17 Feb 2022

The co-op spaceship crew simulator PULSAR: Lost Colony got a nice little update recently, with some of the focus being on the Linux version and being ready for the Steam Deck.

Get ready to beat 'em up plenty with Final Vendetta

By Liam Dawe, 17 Feb 2022

In the spirit of the classics like Streets of Rage, Bitmap Bureau and Numskull Games recently announced Final Vendetta with some great pixel-art and a super soundtrack.

6 years on the Vulkan API has enabled some amazing things

By Liam Dawe, 17 Feb 2022

Can you actually believe that the Vulkan API has just crossed over the 6 year mark? Sometimes it feels like it was only yesterday. It truly has helped to create some amazing stuff.

No Man's Sky Sentinel Update gets 'specially optimised' for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 16 Feb 2022

Seems if you want to do a little space exploration and building, No Man's Sky might be the place to be - with the Sentinel update out now. This brings with it enhancements for the Steam Deck.

XWayland 22.1 is out with DRM lease support helping VR on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 16 Feb 2022

XWayland, the way to run older games and applications that don't yet have native Wayland support has a brand new release out, bringing new features.

Valheim has a Beta with Steam Deck fixes, gamepad support, Frost Caves

By Liam Dawe, 16 Feb 2022

All aboard the Steam Deck hype train! You want more games being upgraded? You got it! Valheim has a public Beta now available on Steam with lots of goodies.

Wine manager Bottles brings easy app installers, tons of other improvements

By Liam Dawe, 16 Feb 2022

Bottles is the very promising free and open source application to help you directly manage installing things with Wine, the compatibility layer to run Windows apps and games on Linux.

Mina the Hollower from Yacht Club Games hits the funding goal for Linux

By Liam Dawe, 16 Feb 2022

Continuing to pull in impressive numbers of backers, Yacht Club Games have blasted through more stretch-goals on their crowdfunding campaign for Mina the Hollower - this includes a Linux port too.

NVIDIA upgrades their open source Image Scaling SDK

By Liam Dawe, 16 Feb 2022

Back in November 2021, NVIDIA released their free and open source Image Scaling SDK for game developers to add in a spatial upscaler that can run on any modern GPU - and they've continued improving it.

Rhythm-action game Thumper gets a Steam Deck patch

By Liam Dawe, 16 Feb 2022

The 2016 release of Thumper from developer Drool is yet another that has been tweaking for the Steam Deck, and there's a fresh patch out now ready for it.

Hades from Supergiant Games gets improvements for the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 16 Feb 2022

Hades from Supergiant Games is the massively popular rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre and it should be good for the Steam Deck.

Proton 7.0 out with Easy Anti-Cheat improvements, more games for Linux & Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 16 Feb 2022

Valve has today released a huge upgrade to Proton, the compatibility layer for Linux that allows Windows games to run.

iFixit did a teardown of the Steam Deck, official partner for parts

By Liam Dawe, 15 Feb 2022

Today, Valve has confirmed that iFixit will be their official partner for getting replacement parts for the Steam Deck. Plus, there's a teardown video.

Space station management in IXION sure looks shiny in the first gameplay trailer

By Liam Dawe, 15 Feb 2022

Bulwark Studios (Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus) have just shown off the first gameplay trailer for IXION, a game set in the far future that blends together city building, survival elements and exploration with what they claim is a thrilling space opera.