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Proton Hotfix improves Dead Space, Proton Experimental tweak for Tiny Tina's Wonderland

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has released an update to two different versions of their Windows compatibility layer for Linux desktop and Steam Deck with Proton Hotfix and Proton Experimental seeing small updates. Here's what's new.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past gets a reverse-engineered clone

By Liam Dawe,
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, the 1991 classic from Nintendo has been reverse-engineered to bring it natively to more platforms.

elementary OS 7 'Horus' is out now with major AppCenter upgrades

By Liam Dawe,
elementary OS, probably one of the absolutely slickest looking Linux distributions around, has released version 7 with some major upgrades.

Budgie 10.7 sounds like a great desktop to use on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Budgie 10.7 is out now, refreshing many parts of this Linux desktop environment to improve the UI across many parts.

Colossal Cave returns from the 1970s in a 3D reimagining

By Liam Dawe,
Colossal Cave, originally released in 1977 from Will Crowther and Don Woods has been revived and reimagined for modern audiences.

Inspired by Boulder Dash and Supaplex, Gem Worlds is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Oh the nostalgia is heavy with this one! Gem Worlds is inspired directly by the likes of Boulder Dash and Supaplex.

SurrounDead looks like a mix of DayZ and Project Zomboid

By Liam Dawe,
It's early days for the game yet with it in Early Access but SurrounDead could be a promising one to play online with some friends.

Free strategy shooter game Unvanquished v0.54 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Free, open source and full of bugs (the squishable kind) — Unvanquished is a mixture of strategy and an FPS with a new release v0.54 out now.

Steam Deck and desktop Beta fix up more on-screen keyboard bugs

By Liam Dawe,
Bugs! Kill 'em all! Would you like to know more? Valve have a new Steam Deck and Desktop Steam Beta available with a few bugs being stomped.

Forspoken gets an update to improve Steam Deck performance

By Liam Dawe,
Forspoken has been controversial for quite a lot of a reasons, but also a title many were looking forward to. The release was a bit rough but the developers are cleaning it up now and it has some Steam Deck fixes.

AMD GPU driver on Linux and Steam Deck to get big improvement on stuttering problems

By Liam Dawe,
The work to improve gaming performance on Steam Deck and Linux desktops for AMD GPUs is always ongoing, and it seems we're set for another nice improvement to how smooth games are.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 23: Ready, Set, Go!

By Hamish,
If you look at the commercial Linux gaming catalogue at the turn of the millennium, in amongst all of the 3D shooters and strategic simulations being released, one glaring omission seems to have been the lack of any racing games. Loki Software never ported any to Linux, nor did any of the other porting houses. This left a void for the free gaming community to fill.

Marvel's Midnight Suns gets an update to help Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Marvel's Midnight Suns is a great strategy game from the developer of XCOM, and now it should actually much better on Steam Deck.

Free Minecraft-like game MineClone2 v0.82.0 for Minetest out now

By Liam Dawe,
A free and open source survival sandbox game pack for the voxel game engine Minetest, MineClone2 is as close to Minecraft as you can get without playing Minecraft. A big new release has rolled out with version 0.82.0 with lots added.

Slavic fantasy-adventure The End of the Sun gets a demo

By Liam Dawe,
In the mood for something just a bit different? The End of the Sun is a Slavic-fantasy adventure and you can try it out now.

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory open source project ET: Legacy has a new release

By Liam Dawe,
ET: Legacy continues carrying the torch of the classic multiplayer title Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, with a new release out that has lots of fixes.

Adventure puzzler Myst now Steam Deck Verified, will adjust graphics automatically

By Liam Dawe,
Myst, the remake of the 1993 classic, has been updated and is now Steam Deck Verified so you can go and get as confused as I was by it.

GE-Proton 7-48 out now with updates to DXVK, VKD3D-Proton

By Liam Dawe,
GE-Proton v7-48, the community supported version of the Proton translation layer, is out now with upgrades to various components to continue making Steam Deck and Linux gaming better.

Valve fixed up Dead Space on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
For those of you waiting for news on Dead Space becoming more playable on Steam Deck — Valve have already delivered.

Humble's Survival Instinct Bundle looks like a good deal

By Liam Dawe,
Want some more survival games? Humble's Survival Instinct Bundle has a few good picks in it and far cheaper than buying individually.