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dbrand made a slick 'Teardown' skin for the Steam Deck

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Remember the days where you could buy tech with clear casing? I loved my Game Boy Pocket that had it, and now you can sort-of get there thanks to dbrand with their Teardown skin for the Steam Deck.

Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates

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This is your 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.

See what's eating up drive space on the Steam Deck with Filelight

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Here's a quick tip for you on the Steam Deck: how to find out where all that drive space is going with a sweet program called Filelight.

Terraformers, a relaxed game about turning the Red Planet green, out now

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Released into early access on April 21, Terraformers is a game about growing and developing a network of cities on Mars, with the eventual goal of (what else) terraforming it.

Wine 7.7 is out with more PE conversion work and theme additions

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Wine is the compatibility layer that allows you to run games and applications developed for Windows - on Linux (plus also macOS and BSD). A new biweekly development release is out now with Wine 7.7.

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a sprawling FOSS apocalypse roguelike

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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, CDDA for short, is a free and open source apocalypse-themed roguelike that is incredibly deep and a ton of fun to play.

Lumencraft hits 20,000 copies in the first week, roadmap detailed

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Lumencraft, a recent Early Access release from 2Dynamic Games that offers up Native Linux support powered by Godot Engine seems to have been a hit.

Underwater chaos expands with the Barotrauma 'Urban Expanses' update

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Want to find out what it's like to travel in a submarine on another planet? Barotrauma gives you that option and it can be total chaos.

Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder adds gamepad support, works on Steam Deck

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Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder is a rogue-like tactics army battler that I was absolutely in love with when it first entered Early Access and now on the Steam Deck I love it all over again.

Stellaris: Overlord expansion confirmed for release on May 12

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Ready to become the overlord of others in Stellaris? You're going to get your chance when Stellaris: Overlord releases officially on May 12, 2022.

Lutris now has a Flatpak Beta available and updated for the Steam Deck

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While it's not quite ready just yet to be a one-click install, the game manager Lutris is at least now available with various improvements as a Flatpak Beta.

Rocket Bot Royale is like a Worms styled Battle Royale with jumping tanks

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Rocket Bot Royale is a brand new release from developer Winterpixel Games that seems to be what you get if you took Worms, turned it into a Battle Royale and turned everyone into a tank.

Overgrowth from Wolfire Games goes open source

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Just like they did with some earlier games, Wolfire Games have now open sourced the game code for Overgrowth.

The upcoming Steam Deck Dock got an upgrade, now called a 'Docking Station'

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At some point, Valve quietly tweaked the specifications for the upcoming official Steam Deck Dock and it's actually better than what they said originally.

Proton 7.0-2 out now with many more games playable on Steam Deck and Linux

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Valve has now officially released the latest version of Proton, the Steam Play compatibility tool that allows Windows games to run on the Steam Deck and Linux desktops.

Proton Experimental updated, fixes Resident Evil Revelations 2 for Steam Deck

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Valve recently put up a new version of Proton Experimental, the compatibility layer that runs Windows games on Linux and the Steam Deck handheld.

The gorgeous looking Lila's Sky Ark is out now

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Monolith of Minds and Graffiti Games have today launched Lila's Sky Ark, a feast for the eyes if you love pixel-art.

Mixing tower defense and dungeon crawling, Dwerve releases May 31

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After the success of their Kickstarter back in 2020 and a delay to the release, Half Human Games have now confirmed that Dwerve will launch on May 31.

Euro Truck Simulator 2 gets a new modern trailer and a fresh Beta

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SCS Software are showing off all the advancements made to Euro Truck Simulator 2 over the years, with a brand new video to showcase it. Plus, there's a new Beta available.

The Framework Laptop Mainboard is out as a standalone platform

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Well this is quite interesting. Framework Computer, the company that builds the fab modular Framework Laptop has announced the release of the Framework Laptop Mainboard.