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Witchtastic gets Steam Deck Verified after the dev made improvements

By Liam Dawe,
As time goes on, more developers are tweaking their games to improve the Steam Deck experience and Witchtastic looks like a fun co-op game to try out.

Dead Cells price hike in Argentina & Turkey due to cross-region purchases

By Liam Dawe,
Motion Twin / Evil Empire have announced that Dead Cells is increasing in price in Argentina & Turkey, as it seems too many people were taking advantage of the cheaper prices from other countries.

Capes is a gritty superpowered turn-based strategy RPG from ex-Hand of Fate devs

By Liam Dawe,
Love your superhero stuff? Keep an eye on Capes, an upcoming turn-based strategy RPG full of people with superpowers.

Get a couple treats in the new Linux & Thrills bundle on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Hanoi Studios have today put up their second multi-developer bundle on Steam, with a primary focus on highlighting studios that support Linux.

Covert Critter is basically Metal Gear Solid with lizards

By Liam Dawe,
Sneaking out at some point, Covert Critter is an upcoming stealth action game that will have Native Linux support. It's also pretty much Metal Gear Solid with animals.

There's a new bundle with some Paradox Interactive titles

By Liam Dawe,
The weekend is coming closer and you want some new games? Check out the small Paradox Interactive bundle from Humble Bundle with a few of what they've published.

Embracer Group to swallow up Tripwire, Tuxedo Labs, The Lord of the Rings

By Liam Dawe,
Embracer Group are quite terrifying. The amount of power they have in the gaming industry is simply insane and now they're swallowing up more studios and even the full rights to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.

SteamOS 3.4 Beta to update the Arch Linux base, new Steam Deck updates out now

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has announced three things recently including multiple updates that are out now for the Steam Deck, plus a quick tease of what's to come for a Beta of SteamOS 3.4.

Spellbook Demonslayers is the most insane Vampire Survivors-like yet

By Liam Dawe,
You've put 100+ hours into Vampire Survivors and now what? Spellbook Demonslayers is what and there's a free prologue available for you to try out.

Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince out with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince is a new Native Linux release from Castle Pixel and Playtonic Friends. It hasn't been Steam Deck Verified yet but works great.

Fun games for Steam Deck that won't break the bank

By Liam Dawe,
Looking for some games to play on Steam Deck that are good, work well and don't cost too much? Here's a few choice picks from me to you.

Airships: Conquer the Skies gets co-op and direct ship control

By Liam Dawe,
Airships: Conquer the Skies is a wonderful Native Linux indie game about constructing various vehicles and conquering everything you can with them.

Steam Deck gets a Stable Client update with Offline Mode fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Not long after a bunch of changes rolled out to Preview and Beta, Valve has updated the Steam Deck Client software with various improvements.

Valve dev understandably not happy about glibc breaking Easy Anti-Cheat on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Recently it was noticed that users on more bleeding-edge Linux distributions that updated saw Easy Anti-Cheat no longer working on Linux, the culprit was glibc and now a Valve developer has spoken out about it.

Proton 7.0-4 is live bringing more compatibility to Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has today released Proton 7.0-4 after a short period in public testing, this brings further compatibility of Windows games on Linux desktop and Steam Deck.

Fab deck-builder Across the Obelisk out now under Paradox Arc publishing

By Liam Dawe,
Across the Obelisk is a fantastic deck-builder that just left Early Access, as the first game under Paradox Interactive's new publishing label Paradox Arc.

Twin-stick shooter Titan Shell looks intense and will be supported on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Titan Shell is an in-development twin-stick shooter from Meatbag Studio that blends in features from roguelikes / rogue-lites to offer a pretty interesting experience not many such shooters give you.

Axiom Verge 2 lands on Steam with Linux support and Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Axiom Verge 2 from Thomas Happ Games has jumped over from the Epic Store to Steam and it comes with Native Linux support and it is also Steam Deck Verified!

Dreamed Away is an upcoming emotional action-adventure RPG set in France

By Liam Dawe,
Love your cute and colourful little adventures? Dreamed Away from Nicolas Petton / Pineapple Works looks like it's worth keeping an eye on.

Backpack Hero is an inventory management roguelike and my new favourite game

By Liam Dawe,
Backpack Hero is a dungeon crawling roguelike where you need to constantly sort out your small backpack and it's absolutely sucked me in.