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PipeWire 1.0 is out now for modern Audio and Video on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The day finally arrived! PipeWire 1.0 has been officially released, marking the real start of properly modern audio and video handling on Linux.

Get lots of The Walking Dead and more in Humble's Skybound Games Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Even more games for you here with another good deal! Check out the Black Friday Score: The Walking Dead & More from Skybound Bundle.

VKD3D-Proton 2.11 released with DirectX Raytracing enabled by default

By Liam Dawe,
An exciting release of VKD3D-Proton has arrived! VKD3D-Proton 2.11 brings with it some big improvements for the Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translation layer used in Valve's Proton for Linux PC and Steam Deck.

Wine 8.21 brings High-DPI scaling and initial Vulkan support for Wayland

By Liam Dawe,
Wine 8.21 has rolled out as the latest development release and brings with it some nice sounding stuff, readying up for Wine 9.0 early next year.

Upcoming bullet hell shooter Cosmic Carnage looks wild

By Liam Dawe,
Need more bullet hell goodness for your Linux PC or Steam Deck? Good news, Cosmic Carnage looks pretty wild and it will have Native Linux support.

Explore secrets in a sacred operating system in Crossroad OS

By Liam Dawe,
There's something wrong with this operating system. Crossroad OS is a single-player adventure where you solve puzzles, meet strange creatures and explore a sacred operating system created as a junction between the human and spirit world.

Please save me I have discovered Leaf Blower Revolution

By Liam Dawe,
It's cold and blowy outside, there's leaves everywhere and so the obvious solution to keep warm is to stay inside and play a game about blowing away leaves.

Hell Let Loose now works on Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a fun one I managed to somehow miss recently, but it seems that Hell Let Loose has hooked up Easy Anti-Cheat to work on Linux / Steam Deck.

Deckmate, my favourite Steam Deck accessory is discounted for Black Friday

By Liam Dawe,
Your Steam Deck deserves a Deckmate. It's easily one of my most used and favourite accessories to pair up with a Steam Deck and now it's discounted so go grab it.

Fanatical's Play on the Go Winter Edition Bundle has some Steam Deck goodies

By Liam Dawe,
Got a new Steam Deck OLED? Took a punt on the cheaper Steam Deck LCD? Or just need some more games? Got you covered with the Fanatical Play on the Go Winter Edition Bundle.

Check out Doom Infinite, a Doom-based FPS roguelike mod for GZDoom

By Liam Dawe,
Tired of GZDoom mods for DOOM II just adding some maps or some gore? Be sure to take a look at Doom Infinite, which turns it into a FPS roguelike.

Dominatrix is a fresh updated port of Ritual Entertainment's SiN

By Liam Dawe,
Remember SiN? The classic shooter from Ritual Entertainment released in 1998? Well there's a new updated port of it for modern systems.

Check out BoohaBlox Arcade, a free Puzzle League / Tetris Attack like game

By Liam Dawe,
Enjoy playing games like Puzzle League or Tetris Attack? Check out BoohaBlox Arcade, a recent free release from developer Fully Bugged.

Hilariously British point & click adventure Heir of the Dog gets a demo

By Liam Dawe,
British humour, there's nothing like it, no you won't change my mind on that. Go and play the demo of Heir of the Dog right now.

Hunt: Showdown anti-cheat now fixed for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
After being left broken for about a week, Crytek have now fixed up their Easy Anti-Cheat for Hunt: Showdown to work on Steam Deck / Linux again.

Diablo IV free to play on Steam until Tuesday

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a chance for you to see if you actually want to buy Diablo IV. Not only is it 40% off on Steam and works great on Steam Deck and desktop Linux with Proton but it's also temporarily free to play.

SteamOS 3.5.7 released, plus Steam Deck Client update and Power LED changes coming

By Liam Dawe,
Three bits of Steam Deck news for you this morning with multiple updates coming in including a SteamOS update, a Steam Deck Client update and info about some LED changes coming.

GE-Proton 8-25 released, should fix a bunch of early 2000s games

By Liam Dawe,
A small hotfix release of GE-Proton went up with GE-Proton 8-25 containing two changes, but for players of classic games it might be a good release to try.

Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die! point and click adventure gets Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!, a musical comedy point and click adventure game recently added full Native Linux support.

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is getting two major expansions

By Liam Dawe,
Even though Mimimi Games are set to shut down, they're not yet finished with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew with big content additions coming.