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The Last of Us now Unsupported on Steam Deck, bad look for Valve and Naughty Dog

By Liam Dawe,
It's official, Valve put The Last of Us Part 1 through Deck Verified and gave it an Unsupported status on Steam Deck. Not really a good look for either Valve or Naughty Dog.

Heroic Games Launcher 2.7.0 is out now for Epic Games and GOG

By Liam Dawe,
Heroic Games Launcher has a brand new release available for helping you manage Epic Games, GOG and more on Steam Deck and Linux desktop.

Hell Let Loose planning Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
The hardcore FPS Hell Let Loose had a 2023 roadmap reveal, and they've confirmed they're planning to add Steam Deck support.

Asus announce the ROG Ally gaming handheld

By Liam Dawe,
More companies are beginning to see there is a market for a PC gaming handheld, with Asus planning to release the ROG Ally.

Ubuntu 23.04 'Lunar Lobster' Beta released

By Liam Dawe,
The next major update for Ubuntu Linux is about to arrive, with the Beta of Ubuntu 23.04 'Lunar Lobster' now available.

Couch gaming Linux distro ChimeraOS 41 out now, better AYANEO and Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
Have a PC hooked up to your TV or need a Linux distribution that might work better on a handheld PC? A new release of ChimeraOS is here, and it's a necessary upgrade. Think of it a bit like SteamOS with fancy extras.

Windy Meadow expands on the fantastic text-adventure Roadwarden this year

By Liam Dawe,
Roadwarden is a really quite fantastic illustrated text-based RPG, and now the world is set to expand in a big way with Windy Meadow - A Roadwarden Tale.

Proton Experimental fixes up Epic Online Services for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Ah yes, launchers and external online services, what a nuisance they can be for Steam Deck and Linux desktop players. Thankfully, Valve keep working away on Proton to fix up issues.

Oxygen Not Included gets a new animated short, plus fun with Meteors

By Liam Dawe,
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony builder and probably one of the best. Space is dangerous and of course there's going to be Meteors but now you can have a bit more fun with them.

Windows translation layer Wine 8.5 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine 8.5 development release is now available for this translation layer, enabling Windows games and other apps to work on Linux.

Open source RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 'OpenRCT2' v0.4.4 out now

By Liam Dawe,
The first release this year for OpenRCT2, the open source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 has landed with version 0.4.4.

Humble has a bundle of Survivors-Like games, including Boneraiser Minions (a favourite)

By Liam Dawe,
Here's your chance to jump into the Survivors-Like games phenomenon, so I guess that's what we're calling games like Vampire Survivors now? Survivors-Like? Humble Bundle has some good picks here.

Stop an organism spreading and protect humanity in Xenospore, now with a big upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
The free game Xenospore sees you try to stop the spread of a strange and deadly organism and there's a big upgrade out now.

Dark sci-fi roguelike Deadnaut: Signal Lost looks great and it's out now

By Liam Dawe,
Deadnaut: Signal Lost from the developer of Deadnaut, Zafehouse Diaries and Fear Equation is officially out now with Native Linux support.

Vampire Survivors: Tides of the Foscari DLC releases April 13th

By Liam Dawe,
As if it hasn't sucked away enough of our free time already right? Vampire Survivors: Tides of the Foscari is arriving on April 13th.

GOG giving away Deep Sky Derelicts during the finale of their Spring Sale

By Liam Dawe,
The fourth and final giveaway on GOG during their Spring Sale is for Deep Sky Derelicts, a tactical roguelike RPG set in a grim dystopian future, where mankind has scattered across the galaxy.

Vulkan gets a new extension to improve shaders with help from Nintendo

By Liam Dawe,
Well this is a fair bit unexpected. As happens quite often there was a specification update to the Vulkan API, and with it came a brand new extension to help with shaders — which Nintendo contributed towards.

NVIDIA release details of security issues and release new drivers

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA issued a new Security Bulletin, to advise you to update your GPU drivers due to multiple security issues discovered.

Story-driven emotional action-adventure RPG 'Dreamed Away' gets a demo

By Liam Dawe,
Dreamed Away from Nicolas Petton and Pineapple Works is an upcoming emotional action-adventure RPG with psychological horror elements. There's now a demo available to try.

Stories from the Outbreak, a zombie roguelike RPG out in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Stories from the Outbreak from Coldwild Games, an indie game development company from Latvia, creators of "Merchant of the Skies", "Luna's Fishing Garden" and the "Lazy Galaxy" series hits Early Access.