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Halo Infinite added Easy Anti-Cheat - it's enabled for Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Halo Infinite had an update that amongst other things added in Easy Anti-Cheat, which thankfully has been enabled so it still works on Linux Desktop and Steam Deck.

Proton Experimental fixes up classic EA games and fixes more regressions

By Liam Dawe,
A really fun release of Proton Experimental has landed for Linux and Steam Deck, fixing up some issues with a bunch of classic EA games that recently hit Steam.

Explicit Sync Wayland Protocol Merged, Wayland Protocols 1.34 released

By pleasereadthemanual,
Some fun times in Wayland land as not only has the explicit synchronization protocol been merged in, but Wayland Protocols 1.34 is also out now.

Nintendo Switch emulator suyu continues on from yuzu - first release is up

By Liam Dawe,
There's a new Nintendo Switch emulator named suyu, which has been forked off from the original yuzu before Nintendo shut it down and a release is now available.

GNOME 46 is out now with experimental variable refresh rate (VRR) support

By Liam Dawe,
The release many GNOME fans have been waiting for is here and it's looking really fancy. GNOME 46 available now brings on experimental variable refresh rate (VRR) support. There's masses more of course!

Funselektor (art of rally) and Strelka Games (Hell is Others) announce Golden Lap

By Liam Dawe,
Golden Lap is a new minimalistic racing strategy game announced by the developers Funselektor (art of rally) and Strelka Games (Hell is Others).

DXVK version 2.3.1 released with more efficient shader code generation on NVIDIA GPUs

By Liam Dawe,
The Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 9/10/11 used for Wine and Proton has a new release out, and it sounds like a good one if you're an NVIDIA GPU user on Linux.

Respawn release statement and update on the Apex Legends hacking situation

By Liam Dawe,
Recently I reported on Apex Legends pro players getting hacked during the Global Series tournament, and now the developer Respawn Entertainment has released a small statement.

Stardew Valley 1.6 is out now - player count on Steam explodes

By Liam Dawe,
ConcernedApe has released the huge Stardew Valley 1.6 update now, and it's absolutely crammed full of new content. Time to get farming again?

NVIDIA driver 550.67 released fixes for VKD3D (Proton), Wayland and more

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA has today released a fresh stable bug-fix driver with version 550.67 now available for Linux. So here's all the changes you'll find.

CoreCtrl adds AMD RX 7000 series fan curve controls, Intel CPU temperature sensors

By Liam Dawe,
CoreCtrl is a useful application giving you a full GUI for adjusting your CPU and GPU profiles on Linux, and the latest release has expanded the hardware features supported.

Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER releases May 16th

By Liam Dawe,
Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER, the sequel to 2064: Read Only Memories finally has a release date as you'll be able to get your hands on it on May 16th.

chiaki4deck PlayStation to Steam Deck streaming app v1.6.4 adds a few useful options

By Liam Dawe,
chiaki4deck recently put up another small update, to add in a couple of new options that sound quite useful for those of you streaming a PlayStation to your Steam Deck.

GOG team up with Amazon Luna for cloud gaming

By Liam Dawe,
GOG have announced that they're teaming up with Amazon Luna, to bring your existing GOG games over to their cloud gaming service.

Superhero XCOM-like 'Capes' releases in May, new gameplay trailer is up

By Liam Dawe,
Capes is shaping up to be quite an interesting strategy game, where it blends XCOM style with superheros and now they have a release window and new trailer.

Knock knock. Who's there? More scam apps on Canonical's Snap Store!

By Liam Dawe,
No this isn't a joke, sadly. Canonical once again have an issue with scam apps appearing on the Snap Store, which is becoming a repeating problem.

Valve tweaks WWE 2K24 for AMD GPUs like Steam Deck, looking into Red Alert 2 issues

By Liam Dawe,
WWE 2K24 released recently and at least for those with an AMD GPU (like the Steam Deck) there were various graphical issues, but it should now work better. Plus, Valve are looking into issues with Red Alert 2 in Proton.

Steam Families announced with parental controls, no more library locking

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has finally done it! They've overhauled Steam Family Sharing with the new Steam Families set of features now available in Beta and it fixes the most annoying issue with it.

Playtron plan to launch PlaytronOS, a Linux-based system for gaming

By Liam Dawe,
Playtron have teased their PlaytronOS, taking aim at the gaming space to compete with SteamOS with a Linux-powered system. Could be exciting times ahead.

Steam now has over 100,000 games listed

By Liam Dawe,
There really are a lot of games, and with more releasing every year, Steam has gotten rather large as a platform with it now listing over 100,000 games.