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Heroic Games Launcher gets a big Hotfix to clean up some issues

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2022

The Heroic Games Launcher to help manage games on Steam Deck and Linux with GOG, Epic Games and other apps you can sideload has a new release out to clean up after the recent big update.

Death Stranding Director's Cut has an annoying issue that can reboot your Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2022

Having recently finished Mass Effect Legendary Edition, I was in the mood for something different so I picked Death Stranding Director's Cut but it seems there's a rather annoying issue that can reboot your Steam Deck.

Valheim: Mistlands is out now with an animated trailer

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2022

After a pretty short testing period, the Valheim: Mistlands update is out now for everyone expanding the great survival game quite a lot.

The Long Dark: Tales from the Far Territory out now as the game is split up

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2022

The Long Dark: Tales from the Far Territory is the 12-month long expansion pass for The Long Dark and it's out now, along with the game now split into different parts.

MineClone2 version 0.81.0 (free Minecraft-like) for Minetest out now

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2022

MineClone2 is pretty much as close as you can get to Minecraft without playing Minecraft. It's free, open source and runs on the Minetest voxel game engine. A new release is now available with version 0.81.0.

Fanatical running a winter festival of game bundles, like a Steam Deck Verified Bundle

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2022

Staying in and staying warm? I am. So might as well make the most of it with a whole load of new games to fill up your Steam Library with. Fanatical are running a little festival of bundles, including one full of Steam Deck Verified games.

NVIDIA talks up RTX IO with GDeflate (used in DirectStorage 1.1) to speed up games

By Liam Dawe, 6 Dec 2022

Vulkan version 1.3.233 was released back in November, and with it came two new extensions from NVIDIA designed to help speed up gaming on Linux and Windows. Their tech is even used in DirectStorage from Microsoft.

Saints Row IV getting a free upgrade to Saints Row IV: Re-Elected and store cross-play

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2022

All owners of Saints Row IV are getting bumped up to the Saints Row IV: Re-Elected edition, plus cross-play across different stores.

Tower defense adventure Dwerve adds a whole new classic TD mode

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2022

Dwerve is an action-adventure with tower defense that released back in May, and they have a major update out now adding in a whole new mode more like classic tower defense games.

Civilization VI updated properly for Linux from Aspyr but still has problems

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2022

Recently Sid Meier's Civilization VI from Firaxis Games had a major update and DLC release that broke it on macOS and reverted to a really old version for Linux but porter Aspyr Media has partially fixed it for Linux now.

OpenRA for classic Command & Conquer, Dune 2000, Red Alert has a new Playtest

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2022

OpenRA is one of my absolute favourite open source projects allowing you to play the Westwood classics like Command & Conquer, Dune 2000 and Red Alert has a new Playtest up over a year after the last release.

ProtonPlus is a new in-development Proton version manager

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2022

While we already have ProtonUp-Qt which works just fine, it seems another thought they could do it better and differently with Proton version manager ProtonPlus.

Lutris v0.5.12 out now fixing Origin, Epic Store, Ubisoft Connect, GOG

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2022

Lutris, the all-in-one game manager for Linux and Steam Deck, has an important bug-fix release out now you'll want to upgrade for the best experience.

Amnesia: The Bunker from Frictional Games announced

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2022

Frictional Games have another Amnesia game coming next year with Amnesia: The Bunker that puts a gun in your hand, and it also features a semi-open world.

Valve are finally fixing buying games on Steam Deck that need a pop-up

By Liam Dawe, 5 Dec 2022

It's hard to imagine for a lot of people, buying games directly on Steam Deck has been broken this long but Valve are finally looking to fix it.

Steam Deck OS 3.4 Preview adds support for 8BitDo Ultimate Wireless controller dongle

By Liam Dawe, 3 Dec 2022

Valve put out a small and sweet update for Steam Deck OS (SteamOS) 3.4 Preview, which adds in support for the 8BitDo Ultimate Wireless controller dongle.

Google are now processing Stadia Hardware refunds

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2022

With the closing of Stadia fast approaching, Google has already run through plenty of refunds for Stadia game purchases and now they're moving onto Stadia Hardware refunds.

Team Fortress 2 update adds VScript and you can now run Linux inside it

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2022

Not only has Team Fortress 2 been updated but it seems like quite a huge one thanks to the addition of VScript, and you can now run Linux inside it. That's right, TF2 came to Linux back in 2013 and now TF2 itself can run Linux. What a time to be alive.

NVIDIA puts out Security Bulletin for various driver issues

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2022

NVIDIA today put out an official Security Bulletin, noting multiple flaws found in their Windows and Linux drivers.

Proton Experimental fixes up Vampire Survivors, Marvel Snap, Microsoft Flight Simulator

By Liam Dawe, 2 Dec 2022

Proton Experimental has a now update available as of December 1st, so here's a run over what's new in the latest build for Linux desktop and Steam Deck.