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15 years after being cancelled, pirate-themed action game Captain Blood is out now

7 May 2025

Preservation is important for video games, but that often focuses on games that have been released. Here's a nice win for some developers though, as Captain Blood has managed to get released after being cancelled in 2010.

Don't sleep on Cataclismo, building up fortresses like LEGO to defend against hordes is great

7 May 2025

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Cataclismo is a game where you design and build a fortress to face off against waves of enemy hordes. The LEGO-like building system is a lot of fun, really letting your creativity shine.

A Slight Chance of Sawblades is a fun high-score chaser with a demo out now

7 May 2025

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By Liam Squires-Hand

For readers who like their smaller, faster more casual high-score chasers you'll want to check out A Slight Chance of Sawblades.

Hordes of Hunger turns Vampire Survivors into a fast 3D slasher from devs of Blood West

7 May 2025

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By Liam Squires-Hand

With combat that feels more like a faster and slashier Diablo / Path of Exile, the latest game from Hyperstrange is Hordes of Hunger and so far it's a lot of fun.

Metal Thunder puts you in a the gunner seat of an AC-130 with progression popularised by Vampire Survivors

7 May 2025

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By Liam Squires-Hand

This is quite a unique experience. Merging the progression system made popular by Vampire Survivors, with the aerial combat of Call of Duty's AC-130 missions. Metal Thunder definitely has a fun idea to it.

Detective Dotson is a mystery adventure that's a love letter to India worth exploring out now

7 May 2025

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By Liam Squires-Hand

With a setting that not many games explore, Detective Dotson is a fresh adventure from Masala Games that's out now with Linux support. India is brought to life with some lovely pixel artwork in this new release, it's really quite eye-catching.

World of Goo 2 gets fixes for Steam Deck and now works offline

7 May 2025

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By Liam Squires-Hand

World of Goo 2 from 2D BOY / Tomorrow Corporation has a small update that's been released, cleaning up some issues reported by players and making it run better on Steam Deck.

SteamOS 3.7.5 for Steam Deck now in Beta with big upgrades and initial support for more hardware

7 May 2025

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Bringing some big changes down from Preview, SteamOS 3.7.5 for Steam Deck now in Beta as Valve work towards getting it in the stable release for all Steam Deck players and then eventually the public SteamOS release for more hardware.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered

Proton 10 gets another Beta update with more fixes for Windows games on Linux / Steam Deck

6 May 2025

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Valve continue working towards a stable release of the major Proton 10 update, to bring many improvements to Windows game compatibility on Linux / Steam Deck. Today, Valve released a small bug fix update to the Proton 10 Beta.

Fanatical's Monster Hunter Bundle returns again with a good deal

6 May 2025

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Fanatical have revived their Build your own Monster Hunter Bundle, giving you another chance to build up your collection and it's pretty cheap.

Humble Choice for May is stacked with STAR WARS: Bounty Hunter, The Thaumaturge, Amnesia: The Bunker and more

6 May 2025

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Looks like Humble Choice for May 2025 is actually pretty good, stacked with some great looking titles. Here's your usual monthly overview of what's in it and how they might run on Linux Desktop / Steam Deck.

Playtron wanted to take on Windows and SteamOS with their GameOS, now they're announcing a cryptocurrency

6 May 2025

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Reading the press release sounded like a late April Fools joke, but I think we all saw where Playtron were heading. After originally announcing PlaytronOS (now GameOS), their Linux-powered gaming system, they're now directly moving into crypto.

Starless Abyss is a seriously cool Eldritch-themed space strategy deckbuilder out now

6 May 2025

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By Liam Squires-Hand

My new favourite deck-builder? Could well be. Starless Abyss released late in April from Konafa Games and No More Robots blending together the worlds of Eldritch horror and deck-builders in a space strategy theme.

Horror adventure ASYLUM updated for Steam Deck and on the way to being Verified

6 May 2025

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Senscape continue to tweak their supernatural horror adventure ASYLUM, with a recent update making a few changes to be on the way to getting it Steam Deck Verified. Also, the developer is still working on the Native Linux version.

BULLET YEETERS is an upcoming miniature-mayhem toy-scale PvP fragfest

6 May 2025

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By Liam Squires-Hand

I'm always on the lookout for a good online shooter that works well on Linux Desktop / Steam Deck and BULLET YEETERS is high up on the list of games that could be great.

Fight off a planet-wide fungal catastrophe in the upcoming co-op shooter Mycopunk

6 May 2025

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By Liam Squires-Hand

From developer Pigeons at Play and Devolver Digital, Mycopunk is one of those games where you see a few seconds of footage in the trailer, get totally sold and instantly stick it into your wishlist. There's also a demo available to try.

Gears of War is getting a remaster with Gears of War: Reloaded releasing in August

6 May 2025

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Microsoft / Xbox Game Studios and developer The Coalition have announced Gears of War is getting a remaster with Gears of War: Reloaded. It's coming to Steam on August 26th.

Junkyard Space Agency is a 'scrappier, multiplayer version' of Kerbal Space Program

5 May 2025

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Junkyard Space Agency is an upcoming co-op space agency simulator that the developer said is like a "scrappier, multiplayer version" of Kerbal Space Program.

Warfare Legacy Collection remasters two classics Flash strategy games and it's out now

5 May 2025

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By Liam Squires-Hand

I'm certain plenty of readers will remember the Flash classics Warfare 1917 and Warfare 1944! They're back, better than ever and expanded with the Warfare Legacy Collection now available.

Zelda 64: Recompiled (Majora's Mask) adds modding support, texture pack support, optimizations and more

5 May 2025

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By Liam Squires-Hand

Zelda 64: Recompiled is a project to play The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask on modern platforms with many new features, enhancements and now modding support too.