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Point and lick adventure Nine Noir Lives releases September 7

By Liam Dawe,
Cat lovers and adventure game aficionados alike may want to keep an eye on this one, as the point and lick (get it?) game Nine Noir Lives releases September 7 along with Native Linux support.

ARK: Survival Evolved switches away from Linux Native to use Proton

By Liam Dawe,
You wouldn't know this looking at the Steam page for ARK: Survival Evolved but Studio Wildcard have now put their Native Linux version behind a Beta on Steam as they now prefer Linux users to play with the Proton compatibility layer.

The Humble 'Play with Pride' bundle has a few nice looking gems available

By Liam Dawe,
Here's one I somehow completely missed from last week. Humble Bundle has a Play with Pride bundle available with another set of great looking games.

LEGO: At the Movies Bundle has some great picks for you

By Liam Dawe,
Love your LEGO games? There's plenty of them available in the LEGO: At the Movies Bundle from Humble Bundle and plenty will work fine on Linux desktop and Steam Deck.

Dicey Dungeons 'Reunion' is a huge free update out now

By Liam Dawe,
Dicey Dungeons Reunion is a big free update for the brilliant dice-rolling dungeon crawler and it's out now.

Team Fortress 2 gets a big update with Valve back in action

By Liam Dawe,
Looks like Valve are really back in action on updating Team Fortress 2, with a fresh update out now and it's quite big compared to previous patches. Here's what's new.

Void Scrappers is an upcoming space horde shooter inspired by Vampire Survivors

By Liam Dawe,
Vampire Survivors has basically reignited the horde shooter genre now right? Developer 8BitSkull (Fates of Ort) has announced their next game with Void Scrappers.

Steam Deck Beta gets scaling for external displays, new "Preview" testing branch

By Liam Dawe,
Lots of goodies have arrived in a fresh Steam Deck Client Beta, along with a small update to SteamOS 3.3 Beta too.

Proton Experimental fixes up Disgaea 5, Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has released another fresh update to Proton Experimental, the opt-in version of Proton you can try that often pulls in new features and fixes. This new update landed on July 7th.

Expansive open world country-life sim The Ranchers gets funded in less than a day

By Liam Dawe,
The Ranchers from French developer RedPilz Studio is a very promising looking open world country-life sim, which will be coming with Native Linux support and optimized for the Steam Deck.

Slimbook ready up their AMD Ryzen 5700U powered KDE Slimbook 4 laptop

By Liam Dawe,
In the market for some new hardware? Hardware vendor Slimbook has announced the KDE Slimbook 4 with a powerful new AMD Ryzen processor.

JSAUX are filling the Steam Deck accessory gap and have a Docking Station ready

By Liam Dawe,
Want some accessories for your Steam Deck? Well JSAUX recently put out their Docking Station, along with some other goodies for you to look into.

You should avoid the stock Firefox install on Steam Deck as it's badly outdated (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
For all the pros of the Steam Deck like the full KDE Plasma desktop mode, there's a bit of a sore spot with Valve being too slow to update some of the included software. ARTICLE UPDATED.

Mark your calendars, Steam Next Fest returns in October 2022

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has sent word that Steam Next Fest is coming back again and it will be live on October 3rd - 10th.

Colourful 3D platformer Frogun releases August 2nd

By Liam Dawe,
Molegato and Top Hat Studios have announced today their the 3D platformer Frogun will be releasing with Native Linux support on August 2nd.

Nomad Survival is another great cheap Vampire Survivors styled game

By Liam Dawe,
Nomad Survival is an auto-attacking rogue-lite action game where you try to survive as long as you can, while you continue to buff up your character as you go.

I doesn't exist - a modern text adventure is one you need to try

By Liam Dawe,
doesn't exist - a modern text adventure, is an in-development game from LUAL Games KIG that's a love letter to the origins of adventures and gaming.

OpenRCT2 the re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 upgraded

By Liam Dawe,
More goodies have arrived for OpenRCT2 the open source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2. Although it's fully playable already, the developers of this FOSS project continue to improve it a lot.

The Forgotten World free update out for Monster Sanctuary

By Liam Dawe,
The creature battling metroidvania Monster Sanctuary has an expansive new free update out with The Forgotten World.

winesapOS is another way to get something like SteamOS on desktop

By Liam Dawe,
While Valve has still yet to produce an official installable image of SteamOS 3 for desktops, as always the community provides and another worth looking into is winesapOS.