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Try out the new demo of the upcoming JRPG inspired Quartet

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jul 2023

Following a success on Kickstarter, turn-based pixel-art JRPG inspired title Quartet now has a demo available with Native Linux support.

New DLC info for retro-style beat-'em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

By Pengling, 14 Jul 2023

More information and a new trailer have been published for the recently-announced Dimension Shellshock DLC for the native Linux beat-'em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, revealing a new Survival Mode.

Factorio upgraded with controller support - now in the stable release

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2023

Factory building and automation sim Factorio has a fresh stable release out, continuing years of free upgrades and it now has gamepad controller support.

Godot Engine has a new funding platform and they're calling for help

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2023

With Godot Engine moving over to being supported by the Godot Foundation directly, they've begun pushing for people to support their efforts via their new funding platform inspired by Blender.

Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu makes some big progress in the latest report

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2023

The incredible team building the Nintendo Switch emulator yuzu have a new progress report out for June 2023 and it's quite a doozy. Yes June, they're running over previous work.

AMD opens up the FidelityFX SDK and it's now on GitHub

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2023

Helping game developers integrate various AMD FidelityFX technologies into their games, AMD yesterday open sourced the FidelityFX SDK.

Team Fortress 2 - Summer 2023 Event is live as it smashes player records

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2023

Finally it's here! Valve has updated Team Fortress 2 with a Summer Event for 2023 and it appears to have exploded the player counts.

Get a bunch of cyberpunk games in this latest bundle

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jul 2023

Love the whole cyberpunk theme? Humble have put up the Cyberpunk Playground bundle. Here's what to expect for compatibility on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

After being removed from Steam, Betrayer is now free on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jul 2023

After vanishing from Steam quite a while ago in 2021, Betrayer from Blackpowder Games has resurfaced on GOG and it's free to add to your account.

Infinity Engine replacement GemRB 0.9.2 improves Planescape: Torment support

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jul 2023

GemRB is a free and open source game engine reimplementation for Infinity Engine games including Baldur’s Gate, Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale 1 and more.

Realms Deep returns with more explosive games on September 30th

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jul 2023

Ready for more first-person shooter goodies? 3D Realms announced last week that the event is set to return on September 30th.

Tabletop inspired roguelike adventure Abalon adds Linux & SteamOS support

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jul 2023

Abalon (formerly known as Summoners Fate), a roguelike adventure game inspired by tabletop classics recently announced official Linux and SteamOS support.

Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands releasing August 8

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jul 2023

Following the Kickstarter success in 2019, Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands finally has a released date and it's coming soon on August 8th.

Vampire Survivors switching to new game engine on August 17

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jul 2023

The smash indie hit Vampire Survivors is planning to finally move over to their newer and upgraded game engine on August 17th.

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta driver 525.47.31 released

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jul 2023

NVIDIA has released a fresh update to their Vulkan Beta Driver for developers with version 525.47.31 now available for testing.

Microsoft wins against FTC to buy Activision Blizzard

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jul 2023

Well, the results are here. In the USA the FTC was trying to block Microsoft from acquiring Activision Blizzard but Microsoft has won the fight.

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun now fully playable on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jul 2023

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun was updated by Auroch Digital recently, and now it should be properly fully playable on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

The Khronos Group seeking paid devs to work on OpenXR runtime Monado

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jul 2023

The Khronos Group who oversee various standards like OpenGL, Vulkan and OpenXR announced recently they've put up a "Request for Proposals" to fund work on Monado.

Valve release new stable update for Steam Deck and desktops

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jul 2023

Valve has bundled up all the recent Beta updates for Steam Deck and desktop Steam into a fresh stable update so here's a list of what's new.

Star Wars Dark Forces source port The Force Engine gets upgraded

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jul 2023

Another fresh release went out recently for The Force Engine, a rebuilt game engine to play STAR WARS - Dark Forces and eventually Outlaws nicely on modern systems.