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No true next-gen Steam Deck for 'a few years' Valve say

By Liam Squires-Hand,
As expected really, Valve said they don't really expect to see a true next-gen Steam Deck for a few years yet.

The Humble Heroines Bundle is an awesome deal for Steam Deck and Linux Desktop

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Humble Heroines Bundle is an absolutely fantastic deal, with some great compatibility across Steam Deck and Linux Desktop with Proton. Here's what to expect from it.

Aethermancer is a new creature collector rogue-lite from the dev of Monster Sanctuary

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Seems moi rai games are sticking to what they know, with them moving on from Monster Sanctuary (which is still being updated) to their new announcement with Aethermancer.

Proton Hotfix updated for Resident Evil 4 remake, Steam Deck needs SteamOS 3.4.6 Preview

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais mentioned that they've updated Proton Hotfix, which should allow the new Resident Evil 4 Chainsaw Demo of the remake to run on Linux and Steam Deck.

Prepare to see a lot more of Epic Online Services, with Epic's new self-publishing

By Liam Squires-Hand,
While the Epic Games Store doesn't support Linux or Steam Deck officially, this industry news is something we should all know about with Epic now opening up self-publishing along with some new rules for their store.

Transport Fever 2 has a big free upgrade, plus Steam Deck support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Transport Fever 2 is going strong since the release in 2019. They just launched a console version, and upgraded the PC release with some massive improvements too.

FOSS strategy game OpenHV gets a release two years in the making

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Do any of you remember OpenHV? Back in 2020, it was announced as an OpenRA-based free and open source RTS, based on designs from Daniel Cook that never made it into a game planned to be called Hard Vacuum but now it's here and it has a massive upgrade.

Free and open source party game Starship Olympics hits Alpha

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Need a fresh party game with simple controls and plenty of mini-games to play? Starship Olympics is free, open source and worth a go.

Atari's 1981 classic revamp Caverns of Mars: Recharged is out now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Atari teamed up with SneakyBox to revamp another classic, with Caverns of Mars: Recharged officially out now with Native Linux support.

Ship of Harkinian, a PC port of Ocarina of Time has a feature-filled upgrade

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Do you love the classic The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time? Clearly a lot of people do, and the PC port Ship of Harkinian just recently had a great sounding upgrade.

Subnautica gets upgraded and now Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Subnautica, the hugely popular watery open-world survival adventure has a fresh update out that notes it's now Steam Deck Verified.

Free and open source 6DOF flight racer Fly Dangerous has a huge second update

By Liam Squires-Hand,
It's fast, it gives you six degrees of freedom (6DOF) and it's open source too! Fly Dangerous just had it's second big upgrade since entering Early Access.

Build magical colonies and manage resources with lasers in Scorchlands

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Set in a fantasy world of magic and talking animals, Scorchlands is a peculiar city-builder now in Early Access.

Humble Choice for March has some fun picks like BIOMUTANT, Jurassic World Evolution 2

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Another fresh month and a new Humble Choice bundle has landed, here's what's inside and what compatibility to expect on Steam Deck and Linux Desktop.

Starfield from Bethesda launching September 6

By Liam Squires-Hand,
While we have no idea how well it will work on Linux and Steam Deck with Proton just yet, we at least now have a date. Starfield from Bethesda is releasing September 6th.

Vangers the open source classic from 1998 continues to be upgraded

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Vangers is a thoroughly weird racing role-playing adventure originally released in 1998, and it's still being upgraded.

Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania is out now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania is a fresh content expansion for the popular rogue-lite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer and it's available now.

An early March round-up of Steam Deck news

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Do you feel like you're falling behind on all the Steam Deck news? Here's a round-up of a few things to keep you going.

Dota 2 removes OpenGL support, new hero Muerta now live, big update due in April

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The latest major update to Dota 2 from Valve has landed, bringing with it the removal of OpenGL support and the new hero Muerta.

Deal with a UFO crashing into a small village in Kujlevka, releasing in April

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Kujlevka from developer Callback and publisher Crytivo is a quirky adventure about a flying saucer crash landing into a small distant Russian village.