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Get a whole load of Wadjet Eye Games adventures in this new bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Wadjet Eye Games publish some really good stuff and now you can easily pick up a load of them, thanks to this very good Humble Bundle.

Remember to support the projects you use and appreciate

By Liam Dawe,
In light of some recent news surrounding the MSI Afterburner software, it's another reminder that it's quite important for people to directly support projects they use and enjoy.

3 Minutes to Midnight devs say it's going well for full Linux / Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
3 Minutes to Midnight is an upcoming comedy adventure game from Scarecrow Studio. It was funded on Kickstarter and their latest development update sounds great.

The open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver 'NVK' begins to run games

By Liam Dawe,
Back in October last year I wrote about the new open source NVIDIA Vulkan driver named NVK, and now it appears to be able to actually run games. Not particularly well though.

This new Steam Deck external controller plugin is quite useful

By Liam Dawe,
You can use a lot of external controllers with the Steam Deck but the current system to interact with them isn't great. The Controller Tools plugin could solve some issues.

Counterplay Games makes tactical card battler Duelyst completely open source

By Liam Dawe,
This is awesome and something more developers should do with games they shut down. Counterplay Games have made their mix of a collectable card game and a turn-based strategy Duelyst fully open source.

Fanatical are doing another nice Steam Deck Verified game bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Game store Fanatical have put up another Steam Deck Verified game bundle and there's some great looking gems inside.

Stop mixing magnets with the Steam Deck or face fan and temperature troubles

By Liam Dawe,
It seems people haven't learned from the debacle with the dbrand Project Killswitch case using magnets, that causes problems with certain Steam Deck fan speeds.

DOSBox Staging adds dual-mouse gaming and ReelMagic support

By Liam Dawe,
DOSBox Staging is a favourite of mine to follow that expands on the original DOSBox but with a focus on implementing new features and fixes. A new major update went out in December 2022 with some big additions.

20 years later the open source Colonization game FreeCol hits 1.0

By Liam Dawe,
Took a while huh? It's not quite as well-known or as loved as some other free and open source games, but worth pointing out: FreeCol 1.0 is out now. 20 years in the making for this Sid Meier's Colonization remake!

GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin got a big speed boost for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
GameCube and the Wii emulator Dolphin had a progress report posted up in late December, and it's looking really good, especially so with their performance optimization work.

Decky Loader makes Steam Deck plugins even EASIER with new installer

By Liam Dawe,
Decky Loader is a project I've covered before multiple times now because it can add a lot to the Steam Deck with plugins, and now it's even easier to use.

Valve adding a Steam feature for game transfers between PCs and Steam Decks

By Liam Dawe,
Something it seems Valve has been working on for a while now, is an easy way to transfer game installs between PCs and Steam Deck.

Multiplayer voxel RPG 'Veloren' v0.14 out with musical instruments, more graphics work

By Liam Dawe,
Version 0.14 of the Multiplayer voxel RPG Veloren is out now, adding in some fun sounding additions while they work towards giving you more to do.

Pixel-art RTS game TFC: The Fertile Crescent adds neutral settlements and unit stances

By Liam Dawe,
What might seem like a pixel-art Age of Empires on the surface, the RTS game TFC: The Fertile Crescent is much more than that and they recently released a major update for the game.

Druidwalker is an upcoming peaceful card-based roguelike about exploring

By Liam Dawe,
Coldwild Games developers on Luna's Fishing Garden, Merchant of the Skies, Lazy Galaxy 2 and more have announced another peaceful game with Druidwalker.

OBS Studio recording software v29.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
OBS Studio, the very useful and popular recording and livestream software has a new release available with version 29.0 out now.

Developer of No Man's Sky put up their old Joe Danger playable in your browser

By Liam Dawe,
Joe Danger was the first commercial game release from No Man's Sky developer Hello Games, and as part of keeping it alive they've put it up online free to play in your browser.

Left 4 Dead from Valve has a prototype leaked online

By Liam Dawe,
Tis the season of leakage apparently. Seems a prototype of Left 4 Dead 2 has made its way online and you can even try it.

Proton Experimental updated and Proton Next (7.0-6) out for Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
The first Proton Experimental update of 2023 from Valve has landed for Linux desktop and Steam Deck, plus Proton Next is live again with the upcoming release of Proton 7.0-6.
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