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Fedora threatened with legal action from OBS Studio due to their Flatpak packaging

By Liam Dawe, 14 Feb 2025

If there's one thing you can always count on in the Linux world it's that packaging can be a nightmare. The OBS Studio team are not happy with the Fedora folks due to Flatpak problems and threatened legal action.

The Capcom Arcade Classics & Fighters Pack Humble Bundle has lots of goodies again

By Liam Dawe, 13 Feb 2025

Humble are rehashing a previous bundle here that was first released around this time last year, with the launch of the Capcom Arcade Classics & Fighters Pack Humble Bundle. Good chance to grab a whole lot if you missed it before.

ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN launches in May - will have Kernel Level Anti-Cheat

By Liam Dawe, 13 Feb 2025

ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN is now set for launch on May 30th, and it does look great, but the anti-cheat could be a problem for Steam Deck / Linux players.

Fanatical have a great Special Editions Bundle and a Simulator Collection Bundle worth a look

By Liam Dawe, 13 Feb 2025

Two more bundles of games here to build up your collection ready for the weekend! Fanatical have launched the Build your own Special Editions Bundle (BundleFest 2025) and Build your own Simulator Collection bundles.

Wayland Colour Management and HDR Protocol finally merged

By Liam Dawe, 13 Feb 2025

After years of work across many areas, lots of discussions and more work - the Wayland Colour Management and HDR Protocol has been merged!

Dwarf Fortress has some exciting plans for the future

By Liam Dawe, 13 Feb 2025

With Adventure Mode out now, the Dwarf Fortress team are looking ahead and it's sounding quite exciting with some big features coming to the game.

The glibc 2.41 update has been causing problems for Linux gaming

By Liam Dawe, 13 Feb 2025

It seems a recent update to glibc with version 2.41 release at the end of January, has been causing all sorts of problems for Linux gamers that have pulled in the update (mostly on rolling-release distributions).

With a unique copy and paste mechanic Ruffy and the Riverside is a demo worthy of your time

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2025

Ruffy and the Riverside is releasing with Linux support later this year (hopefully - no set date) but you can try it early thanks to a demo release now available.

Hearts of Iron IV: Graveyard of Empires confirmed for a March release

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2025

The most popular game from Paradox Development Studio, Hearts of Iron IV, is set for a new country pack expansion on March 4th.

Check out the demo for retro styled isometric solve 'em up Blackford PI

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2025

BitGlint Games have released a demo for Blackford PI, a retro styled isometric detective adventure that looks really charming.

Tryhard is a sports RPG about managing an underdog rugby club in New Zealand

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2025

Grapefruit Games recently revealed Tryhard, a sports RPG about managing an underdog rugby club in New Zealand.

Unity continues laying off staff as troubles continue

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2025

After all the mess that was the Unity fees situation, the troubles continue, with another round of layoffs at the game engine developer.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.21 released fixing Indiana Jones and the Great Circle eyes and security bugs

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2025

After being in Beta since December 2024, Valve have now released SteamOS 3.6.21 as stable for Steam Deck bringing in some bug and security fixes.

Keep Driving is a refreshing road trip management RPG

By Liam Dawe, 11 Feb 2025

A road trip RPG that blends in some inventory management and unique turn-based battles that has you fight off everything on the road from tractors to abandoned suitcases, Keep Driving is a charming and clever game worth your time.

Linux gaming overlay MangoHud version 0.8 is out now with Intel GPU support, improved Wayland keybinds

By Liam Dawe, 11 Feb 2025

After a short testing period, the Linux performance overlay MangoHud had version 0.8.0 released today to bring new features and fixes to one of my favourite open source projects. This also powers the built-in overlay on the Steam Deck.

Excellent narrative adventure Scarlet Hollow is getting a greatly expanded "soft relaunch"

By Liam Dawe, 11 Feb 2025

Easily one of the best narrative adventure visual novels on PC, Scarlet Hollow is getting a big juicy update in March that's basically a "soft relaunch" of the game. From Black Tabby Games, they also made the very popular Slay the Princess.

Fight off pesky humans and raise spider babies in Isle Goblin, a blend of Stardew Valley and Terraria

By Liam Dawe, 11 Feb 2025

Kilowatt Games are currently working on Isle Goblin, a curious blend of features from the likes of Stardew Valley and Terraria that I'm pretty excited to see more from.

KDE Plasma 6.3 is out now with big fractional scaling improvements, drawing tablet upgrades and more

By Liam Dawe, 11 Feb 2025

KDE Plasma 6.3 has been released and it's another beautiful sounding release! Filled with new features and fixes for my favourite Linux desktop environment. Plasma is also used on the Steam Deck for the Desktop Mode.

Monster taming roguelite Aethermancer from the devs of Monster Sanctuary gets a demo

By Liam Dawe, 11 Feb 2025

Monster Sanctuary was good fun, so I'm real keen to see more from moi rai games. Their sticking to monster taming / capturing with Aethermancer and now you can try it out in a demo.