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Webcam-based head & eye tracking app for gaming, LookPilot gets improved Linux compatibility

By Liam Dawe,
LookPilot continues being one of the most promising (and cheapest) ways to get 6DoF head & eye tracking for gaming on Linux.

Puzzle colony builder AUTARKIS looks great with a demo up and releases September 1

By Liam Dawe,
AUTARKIS is an upcoming puzzle colony builder from developer rockingprojects. It's all about building mini colonies, and protecting them from catastrophes.

Clean up the world in Kingdoms of the Dump a SNES styled JRPG coming in November

By Liam Dawe,
After a successful Kickstarter back in 2019, Roach Games have confirmed that Kingdoms of the Dump is set for release in November.

GeForce NOW gets Blackwell GPUs, install to play games, a Steam Deck upgrade and Discord integration

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA GeForce NOW is set for some huge upgrades with GeForce RTX 5080-powered servers, a new way to play games and the Steam Deck gets a boost too.

Nintendo 64 emulator gopher64 recently added save state slots and netplay cloud servers

By Liam Dawe,
If Nintendo 64 is your thing, keep an eye on the gopher64 emulator which is steadily adding in more features and has Linux support.

Pre-Fortress 2 is coming to Steam to bridge the gap between Team Fortress and Team Fortress 2

By Liam Dawe,
Another big Team Fortress 2 (TF2) mod is coming to Steam with Pre-Fortress 2 aiming to bridge the gap between the original and TF2.

Monster taming roguelite Aethermancer from the Monster Sanctuary devs arrives September 23

By Liam Dawe,
Monster Sanctuary from moi rai games is a great monster taming metroidvania, and now they're set to release Aethermancer into Early Access for more.

Valve announce language-specific user review scores for Steam games

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have carefully tweaked the user review system for Steam games, to now include language-specific user review scores.

Last Epoch Season 3 will work better on Steam Deck and there's lots new coming

By Liam Dawe,
If you're in need of an ARPG to play on Steam Deck / SteamOS or other handhelds, Last Epoch Season 3 could be the one for you.

Bioneers combines factory-building with organism simulation in a microworld

By Liam Dawe,
Bioneers will have you build up an organism on the micro-scale that mixes together elements of factory-building with organism simulation.

Take command of a Cold War-era nuclear corvette in space with Deck & Conn

By Liam Dawe,
MicroProse revealed Deck & Conn, a single-player turn-based tactics game that places players in command of a Cold War-era nuclear corvette — in space.

Jupiter Hell Classic is a 'demake of a remake of a roguelike unmake' now on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
A demake of a remake of a roguelike unmake. It's okay to be confused, but Jupiter Hell Classic is a cool roguelike now in Early Access on Steam.

Become a chaotic vacuum in the physics-based action-adventure ACUVAC

By Liam Dawe,
I couldn't help but giggle a fair bit at the actual full name - ACUVAC: A Suck and Blow Adventure.

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes gets Steam Deck Verified and Cloud Saves

By Liam Dawe,
TT Games pushed out a small update for LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes and managed to get it Steam Deck Verified in the process.

THE FINALS should be fixed again with the latest Proton Experimental updates

By Liam Dawe,
Thankfully the Proton coders for Valve have managed to work quickly to get THE FINALS working on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck after it broke again.

SlaveDriver Engine for the Sega Saturn classic shooter PowerSlave gets open sourced

By Liam Dawe,
Another win for game preservation and open source, with the release of the SlaveDriver Engine for Sega Saturn classic shooter PowerSlave.

Grab some table top games in the latest board game Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
If you love table top / board games, you should check out the latest board game Humble Bundle.

Wine 10.13 released with improvements for WoW64, BCrypt and more

By Liam Dawe,
After a delay due to the release manager travelling, the Wine 10.13 release is officially out now for the Windows compatibility layer.

LEGO Voyagers looks super sweet and arrives for co-op play on September 15

By Liam Dawe,
Light Brick Studio and Annapurna Interactive have announced that LEGO Voyagers will arrive for your next co-op session on September 15th.

Rally Arcade Classics to expand with the Precision & Chase update on September 9

By Liam Dawe,
Need more rally games? Rally Arcade Classics looks like a good one and it's expanding with a free update on September 9th.