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Pawnbarian masterfully blends Chess-like rules with a puzzle-roguelike

By Liam Dawe,
Pawnbarian is a dungeon crawling roguelike but not one you've played before. It's turn-based and tile-based but your movement is based on the rules of various Chess pieces you have in cards.

For a third month in a row, Linux remains above 1% on the Steam Hardware Survey

By Liam Dawe,
I still can't quite believe it but the Linux user share on Steam has not only remained above 1% for three months, it's actually risen again.

XIGNCODE3 anti-cheat working towards Steam Deck support by launch

By Liam Dawe,
XIGNCODE3 is another popular anti-cheat like Easy Anti-Cheat and BattlEye that currently causes issues for Linux and it's going to hopefully see support for Linux and the Steam Deck by launch.

Another month down, here's a round-up of what was big through September 2021

By Liam Dawe,
September 2021 is officially over and with it a whole lot of news came in. Here's our monthly overview round-up of what was big in case you missed it.

Valve's Steam Deck dev kit got the early benchmark treatment

By Liam Dawe,
Shared on a Chinese news website, one lucky recipient of the Steam Deck developer kit decided to show off some benchmarks although they probably weren't supposed to.

'Deckard' is apparently the codename for a possible standalone Valve VR headset

By Liam Dawe,
Back in June we reported on a patent from Valve that indicated work progressing towards their next VR headset and it appears the codename is Deckard.

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 developer responds on Easy Anti-Cheat for Linux with Proton

By Liam Dawe,
One developer that has actually properly released a statement on updating Easy Anti-Cheat to support Linux and Proton for the Steam Deck is Fatshark for Warhammer: Vermintide 2.

The absolutely ace deck-builder Dicey Dungeons is now on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
If you prefer GOG to buy your games from you can now pick up the absolute gem that is Dicey Dungeons.

Looks like Valve sent out quite a lot of Steam Deck developer kits

By Liam Dawe,
You probably heard recently that Valve was readying up Steam Deck developer kits and now we can see that quite a lot of developers have received one.

Card-collecting action RPG with tile-based combat Hero.EXE plans Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Blending together what seems like quite a few genres Hero.EXE caught my attention recently from Mystery Egg Games and publisher Top Hat.

BattlEye confirms Linux support for Steam Deck, will be opt-in like Easy Anti-Cheat

By Liam Dawe,
Just recently we had Epic Games announce that Easy Anti-Cheat now offers proper native Linux support and in addition support for Wine and Steam Play Proton - now we have BattlEye also confirming the same readying up for the Steam Deck.

Epic Games announce full Easy Anti-Cheat support for Linux including Wine & Proton

By Liam Dawe,
Today, Easy Anti-Cheat from Epic Games / Epic Online Services has officially announced a full expansion for Linux including native builds and Wine + Proton. This is big for Linux Gaming and the Steam Deck.

Steam Client Beta updated with PipeWire desktop capture for Remote Play

By Liam Dawe,
Valve continue upgrading and tweaking the Steam client with a fresh Beta version being released today with a couple of tweaks that are interesting for Linux users.

Valve answer questions about the Steam Deck in a new FAQ, anti-cheat for all Linux systems

By Liam Dawe,
After gathering questions from pretty much everyone, Valve has put up a new official FAQ page for the Steam Deck that answers some pretty important questions and it's good news.

New patent from Valve appears for "instant play" of games and more

By Liam Dawe,
Published today is a new patent from Valve that (amongst other things) might allow for an "instant play" feature for games being downloaded from Steam.

DXVK 1.9.2 goes out with improvements to CPU overhead for D3D9

By Liam Dawe,
DXVK, one of the major parts of Steam Play Proton that translates Direct 3D 9 / 10 / 11 to Vulkan has a new release out and there's plenty of nice fixes.

RetroArch gets a Steam release bringing emulation to even more gamers

By Liam Dawe,
While it might not be the first application to provide emulation on Steam it's probably one of the biggest projects as RetroArch is not a single emulator. Instead, it provides a tidy user interface to get lots of different emulators, as well as play media and all sorts.

Steam Deck dev-kits are on the move Valve say, as some already have it

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has given a short update on the dev-kits for the upcoming Linux powered handheld Steam Deck, with more developers being able to get their hands on it soon.

AMD shows off their new CPU frequency control mechanism for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Currently limited to Zen 3, AMD has revealed their work on a brand new CPU frequency control mechanism "amd-pstate".

Brutal Orchestra has a fantastic trailer, plus the game sounds both brutal and intriguing

By Liam Dawe,
Coming from the same designer behind Swallow the Sea and Perfect Vermin, two fantastically weird games we have their biggest yet with Brutal Orchestra and it's a little on the dark side once again.
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