Proton Experimental improves EA app, Battle.net and nvapi enabled for many games
A rather great sounding update to Proton Experimental landed on May 5th, so here's a run over what's new and improved.
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Cartridges is another Linux game launcher and it's super-clean
If there's one thing we're not short on, it's launchers. There's some kind of launcher for everything including Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher, Bottles and more. Now there's also Cartridges.
Typing Tempo challenges you in a 41-key typing rhythm game
If you enjoy rhythm games and think you're a master typist, you may want to take a little look over at the new release of Typing Tempo.
GOG reveal some stats on how they're doing
Game store GOG has a new blog post up detailing how they're doing, and it seems like things are starting to go a bit better for them.
Dead by Daylight now works on Linux desktop and Steam Deck
Some potentially great news for Dead by Daylight fans, as it seems Behaviour Interactive have finally made the switch with their anti-cheat to allow Steam Deck and Linux desktop players in.
Discord username system changing to make it easier to find people
After years of technical debt, Discord has announced a big change is coming to their username system to make it easier to find the people you want to connect with.
Open source physics-based tabletop sim 'Tabletop Club' gets an official release
After a bunch of early testing builds, the developer of the free and open source tabletop sim Tabletop Club has announced the first stable release.
Soul Survivors is a refreshing skill-based time-survival Vampire Survivor-like
Continuing my quest to have no free time ever, I have been checking out Soul Survivors that's now available in Early Access. It may be yet another Vampire Survivor-like but that's not a bad thing at all.
Framework gives more detail on their AMD Ryzen laptop
Recently Framework excited everyone over their big DIY laptop upgrades, and now they're giving more detail on the Framework 13 Laptop with AMD Ryzen.
AMD Render Pipeline Shaders SDK adds Linux support
One for game developers here and anyone tinkering around with graphics APIs, as AMD has announced the next upgrade to their Render Pipeline Shaders SDK and now it has Linux support.
Steam Deck hits over 9,000 games rated Verified and Playable
Another juicy milestone for Valve with the Steam Deck, as it now has over 9,000 games rated as either Verified or Playable.
Spooky creature photography game Penko Park gets Linux support
A bit like a slightly creepier Pokemon Snap, the indie hit Penko Park from developer Ghostbutter has just released Native Linux support.
Get a bunch of Rhythm games in this game bundle
Do you have the moves? Are you quick on the finger? Check out the Feel the Rhythm bundle over on Humble Bundle. Here's what compatibility to expect on desktop Linux and Steam Deck.
Look after your pixel people in life sim Tiny Life
A pixel-art version of The Sims? Sign me up. Tiny Life from Ellpeck Games and Top Hat Studios is now available in Early Access.
Valve limits Steam store pages to 2 trailers before screenshots
I don't know about you, but I used to get a little annoyed by endless amounts of trailers on Steam pages that didn't really show much. Valve have been paying attention again to what players want to see.
GE-Proton 8-1 released, mainly pulling in Proton 8 upgrades
GE-Proton has a new release out with 8-1, which is mainly pulling in a whole bunch of improvements from Proton 8 and Proton Experimental.
OBS Studio 29.1 is out now with AV1 / HEVC for YouTube
One for content creators here, as the excellent OBS Studio just released version 29.1.0. This brings initial support for AV1 / HEVC on YouTube.
Heroic Games Launcher 2.7.1 hotfix 1 fixes up Epic Games login
Having some troubles with Epic Games on the Heroic Games Launcher? You weren't alone and a new hotfix is out to get it sorted.
OpenRazer v3.6 brings support for 11 more Razer devices
Another fantastic update to OpenRazer with version 3.6.0 bringing support for more Razer devices on Linux along with various improvements.
Proton 8.0-2 out for Linux / Steam Deck fixing the EA app (yes, again)
Valve has upgraded the newer Proton 8 that only launched for Linux and Steam Deck recently, with a bunch of bug fixes.
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