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Steam Scream Fest 2022 is live now with lots of discounts

By Liam Dawe,
Here's the next big sale! Steam Scream Fest 2022 is live now, lots of games discounted and there's demos and more.

Victoria 3 is an ambitious society sim that will engross you if you let it

By BTRE,
Paradox Development Studios’ latest game depicts a century of history with a focus on economics and society. Facing the challenges of a changing world can be daunting but the game is good at letting you play at your own pace.

The new bigger demo for Scrabdackle deserves your attention

By Liam Dawe,
Love your quirky little action-adventures? Scrabdackle should be something for you to take a look at and there's a big update to the demo for you to try.

SCS Software hope Euro Truck Simulator 2 has another 'decade of further growth'

By Liam Dawe,
Euro Truck Simulator 2 from SCS Software recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, and it seems there's absolutely no stopping it.

System76 upgrade the Thelio desktops with Intel 13th Gen and new AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs

By Liam Dawe,
Out for a new desktop? Want one from a company that builds them for Linux and has their own Linux distribution? System76 just gave the Thelio line a nice big upgrade.

Steam continues growing hitting over 30 million online

By Liam Dawe,
Remember the days of the original green Steam client, that no one particularly liked? Hard to believe that it now sees over 30 million people online.

Widelands, The Settlers II inspired strategy game version 1.1 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Love strategy games? Originally inspired by The Settlers II, the free and open source game Widelands has a big new release out now.

Valve starts roll-out of the Steam Deck controller configurator to desktop Steam

By Liam Dawe,
The latest Steam Client Beta replaces the old Big Picture Configurator for individual games, with the one from the Steam Deck and it's quite an improvement.

Valve put up a few more fixes in the new Steam Deck Beta

By Liam Dawe,
Another Beta update is available for the Steam Deck, with Valve adding in just a few more "Friday fixes".

Minecraft on Steam Deck Guide with Prism Launcher (and gamepad support)

By Liam Dawe,
Prism Launcher has been released for Minecraft, rising from the ashes of the controversy with PolyMC (that you should no longer use). Here's all the info on it, plus a fresh Steam Deck Guide.

Persona 5 Royal is a great Steam Deck experience

By Liam Dawe,
With another major release from SEGA and Atlus now here with Persona 5 Royal, the good news is that it's Steam Deck Verified and it really does work nicely.

RimWorld - Biotech and the free 1.4 update out now

By Liam Dawe,
Ludeon Studios have just released a rather big expansion to the colony building sim RimWorld with Biotech, along with the free 1.4 update for all players.

Ubuntu 22.10 'Kinetic Kudu' is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Canonical has released the latest version of their Linux distribution Ubuntu with Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu".

Valve doing quick hotfixes in Proton for big game releases on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Here's an interesting one I came across recently. It seems Valve are doing small hotfix releases of Proton, to go along with some of the bigger releases to get them working.

Steam Deck Beta adds way to view components, Valve confirms fan changes

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has released another Steam Deck Beta and it's a rather interesting one, with a few nice new features along with the ability to see what components your Steam Deck shipped with. You can also now skip the intro video.

Vampire Survivors started a craze and the 1.0 release is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Vampire Survivors is a time-survival horde game that started something of a craze, with many games copying their blueprint and now Vampire Survivors 1.0 is out.

An interview with the creator of Deckmate, the Steam Deck attachment system

By Liam Dawe,
Have you seen the Deckmate yet? I'm a big fan and use it quite often. A thoroughly useful attachment system for the Steam Deck and I had the chance to speak to the creator about it.

Someone released the FOSS RTS 0 A.D. on Steam without speaking to the developers

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a "fun" one for you. The developers behind the free and open source RTS named 0 A.D. (pronounced “zero-ey-dee”) have announced that someone (they don't know who) has put it up on Steam.

Fab looking western adventure Rosewater gets a big demo update with voice actors

By Liam Dawe,
The point and click adventure genre is not only alive and well, it's positively thriving. Rosewater is another one that looks fantastic and the demo got a big refresh.

AMD to fully reveal next-gen AMD Radeon RDNA 3 in November

By Liam Dawe,
A short but sweet announcement was sent out by AMD today, as they've now set a date for when they will fully reveal AMD Radeon RDNA 3, their next-gen GPU architecture.