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SDL 2.28.0 released and goes into maintenance mode, now focusing on SDL 3

By Liam Dawe, 22 Jun 2023

SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) is a cross-platform development library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware used by a great many companies and SDL 2 is now pretty much finished.

Valve moving away from the Battle Pass in Dota 2

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2023

As Dota 2 comes up to the 10 year anniversary, Valve developers have put up a blog post going over some of their thoughts on the future.

Pixel art RTS TFC: The Fertile Crescent adds in factions and dynamic music

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2023

TFC: The Fertile Crescent is a great fast-paced pixel-art take on an RTS, a little in the spirit of Age of Empires and similar games. The latest update is the biggest yet adding in a faction system.

RetroDECK got a lot bigger and better for emulation on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2023

RetroDECK is just one of the ways you can set up your Steam Deck for emulation and their team recently put up a rather great sounding upgrade in v0.7.0b.

Fanatical's Diamond Collection has some worthy games to pick up

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jun 2023

Fill up your cart to sit inside and play games this Summer. Fanatical's Diamond Collection build your own bundle has some interesting picks for you.

DLC announced for beat-'em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

By Pengling, 20 Jun 2023

Announced on June 7th (so a little bit late on this one - oops!), the native Linux beat-'em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge will be getting a DLC expansion titled "Dimension Shellshock" later this year.

Steam Next Fest June 2023 is live now with lots of games

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jun 2023

Say goodbye to your free time for the next week? Steam Next Fest June 2023 is live and there's lots and lots of demos to feast your eyes on.

Save your owner as a space-pup in shoot 'em up ProtoCorgi

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jun 2023

ProtoCorgi is a shoot 'em up with a difference. You're not a spaceship, you're not even a person, you're a dog on a quest to save their owner.

DevilutionX continues improving classic Diablo and Hellfire

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jun 2023

A fan of the classics? DevilutionX is a modern game engine for running Diablo and Hellfire on various systems and a big new update has rolled out.

Dark Chess now has a Native Linux version available

By Liam Dawe, 19 Jun 2023

Originally released on Steam back in February, Dark Chess now has a Native Linux version available and it brings some interesting sounding adjustments to the classic to really change how you play.

Get a free copy of Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition with Prime Gaming

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jun 2023

Subscribe to Amazon Prime? Well you can get a free copy of Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition thanks to their partnership with GOG.

Retro 2D platformer Zool Redimensioned is now Steam Deck Verified

By Pengling, 18 Jun 2023

The Ninja of the Nth Dimension is back! Explore vibrant retro landscapes, discover hidden secrets and take down menacing bosses in a modern reimagining of the classic action platforming adventure Zool.

Grab a free copy of Sigma Theory: Global Cold War on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jun 2023

Fancy another free game during the GOG Summer Sale 2023? They're now giving away Sigma Theory: Global Cold War along with lots of games on sale.

Get PAYDAY 2 and lots of DLC in this Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jun 2023

Here's an easy chance to get PAYDAY 2 and a whole bunch of DLC super cheap thanks to the latest Humble Bundle so here's the details.

New Beta for Valheim adds in world modifiers letting you customize your game

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jun 2023

It's here in Beta! A big upgrade for Valheim to let you change how you can play it, so here's a run over what's new and improved.

Steam UI scaling should work even better in the latest Beta

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jun 2023

Having Steam UI scaling issues? You may want to have a look at the Steam Client Beta that was released June 15th and see how you get on.

Soulstone Survivors a great Vampire Survivor-like has a huge skill tree upgrade

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jun 2023

Soulstone Survivors is one of my favourite games in the spirit of Vampire Survivors, and it just got a lot bigger with the new Path of Ascension upgrade.

Factorio adds controller support in experimental update

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jun 2023

Good news for Steam Deck and gamepad fans, as official controller support is coming to Factorio and you can try it out right now.

Removing non-Steam apps now cleans up on Steam Deck and Linux desktop

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jun 2023

A change that Valve missed in the big recent upgrade of the Steam client, is that on Linux systems either desktop or Steam Deck, removing non-Steam apps should now be cleaner.