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A fresh Steam client goes out with Linux improvements, Steam Input tweaks and more

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has bundled together a bunch of upgrades from recent Beta versions of the Steam client and push out a new stable release of Steam for everyone.

Mass Effect Legendary Edition now playable on Linux with Proton GE

By Liam Dawe,
The big new release of Mass Effect Legendary Edition from BioWare and EA is only supported for Windows on PC, but with Proton GE you should now be able to play it on Linux.

Dream Harvest announce the gorgeous looking NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy

By Liam Dawe,
NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy is the upcoming title from Dream Harvest, an upcoming choose your own adventure styled cyberpunk visual novel and it looks brilliant.

The Paws and Claws DLC for Children of Morta raises over $130,000 for charity

By Liam Dawe,
Paws and Claws, a pretty wholesome DLC for the fantastic and stylish Children of Morta has managed to raise a rather nice lump sum for charity.

Mojang talk about new Minecraft mobs in the Caves & Cliffs update in a fresh dev video

By Liam Dawe,
Excited for the huge Caves & Cliffs upgrade coming to Minecraft? Even though it's being split in half, we certainly are and you can get a little more behind the scenes info in a new video.

Top-down tactical shooter RUNNING WITH RIFLES had a massive surge in players recently

By Liam Dawe,
After being available in some form since 2012, RUNNING WITH RIFLES seems to be finally hitting it big with a sudden surge of thousands flocking to the top-down tactical shooter.

Stadia confirms Super Animal Royale and Shantae and the Pirate's Curse plus more coming

By Liam Dawe,
Stadia has confirmed another few new announcements for their Linux-powered game streaming service that will be coming soon. Some out now, some have no release date yet.

Terraria has officially turned 10 years old with a small celebration update

By Liam Dawe,
Terraria, the 2D pixel-art sandbox survival adventure has now officially turned 10 years old and it's going as strong as ever.

Grab a coffee for the Sunday Section round-up

By Liam Dawe,
Another week will be starting soon, so it's time to catch up on a few missing pieces for Linux and Linux Gaming that we didn't get around to covering this week.

Scarlet Hollow Episode 2 due out in early June, play the first episode free

By Liam Dawe,
Scarlet Hollow, a rather excellent horror-novel adventure is getting a second paid episode that will enter Early Access with Linux support on June 11.

The Humble DeckBuild & Battle Bundle is live, remember to check out the Covid Bundle too

By Liam Dawe,
Need some more games for the weekend and the coming months? Humble are back with the Humble DeckBuild & Battle Bundle.

Check out the demo for Increlution, a survival-idle game up on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Increlution is quite unusual and somewhat engrossing, an idle-styled game about survival and seeing how long you can last while doing various tasks.

Looks like it's all over for the once promising Smach Z handheld

By Liam Dawe,
Press F to pay respects. Remember the Smach Z? A handheld gaming unit where you could pick between Windows 10 and SMACH OS (Linux) - well it looks like it's all over now.

Steam Play Proton gets a few quick fixes in the 6.3-4 release out now

By Liam Dawe,
Valve / CodeWeavers have releases another update to the current stable Proton series with the 6.3-4 release.

Free first-person strategy shooter 'Unvanquished' releases version 0.52 Beta

By Liam Dawe,
After a long time of waiting with the last proper release in 2018, the Unvanquished team have managed to do it! The next version 0.52 Beta is officially out now and waiting to be played.

Viscerafest is a sci-fi fantasy FPS with lots of punching entering Early Access on May 20

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for more retro-infused first-person shooting action? Viscerafest is now confirmed to be launching on May 20 into Early Access on Steam following a successful Beta.

Google says Stadia is very much 'alive and well' according to a new interview

By Liam Dawe,
Despite everywhere you look there's always someone pointing to the Google Graveyard, the game streaming service Stadia is still soldiering on in the face of overwhelming competition.

NVIDIA released another small update to their Vulkan Beta Driver

By Liam Dawe,
After releasing upgrading their stable drivers with version 460.80 following the release of the the RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti for laptops - a new Vulkan Beta Driver is out now.

The exciting modular Framework Laptop is now up for pre-order

By Liam Dawe,
The time has nearly come for a possible laptop revolution with the Framework Laptop, a modular system that allows for easy repairs and upgrades and you can build the whole thing yourself.

itch.io Creator Day gives 100% of the sales to developers today for 24 hours

By Liam Dawe,
Right now game store itch.io is hosting their first official itch.io Creator Day, where the store gives 100% of the sales back to developers instead of taking a cut.