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Square Enix invests in Playtron for their Linux-based PlaytronOS - first Alpha out now

By Liam Dawe,
Playtron are quietly building up their Linux-based PlaytronOS behind the scenes, and not only have they released their first Alpha but they've pulled in another investor too.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 43: Demons and Angels

By Hamish,
The Spanish game development scene does not get much attention paid to it, especially when compared to some of its other European counterparts, but sometimes you encounter polymaths like Ángel Ortega that deserve to be highlighted. There is a real auteur talent here that was impossible for me not to appreciate.

OneShot: World Machine Edition is coming to Steam with Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
OneShot is a surreal top down puzzle / adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities that released back in 2016, a console adaption OneShot: World Machine Edition released in 2022 that is now coming to Steam with Steam Deck support.

GE-Proton 9-12 released with fixes for Star Citizen, Bully: Scholarship and more

By Liam Dawe,
Another fresh release of GE-Proton with version 9-12 has landed, bringing in upstream changes from official Valve projects, plus some game-specific fixes for Linux / Steam Deck gamers.

Steam Survey for August 2024 shows Linux just below 2% as China surges

By Liam Dawe,
The latest Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out now for August 2024, so let's go over the details on where Linux stands right now.

Bazzite Linux gets keyboard-less installation (good for handhelds) and smaller updates

By Liam Dawe,
Bazzite, the Fedora-based version of Linux that's designed for the "next generation of Linux gaming" has a fresh release out with some great improvements, especially for gaming handhelds like the Steam Deck OLED, Lenovo Legion Go, ASUS ROG Ally and others.

KDE Plasma 6.2 adding a pop-up for donations, plus they want to make a next-generation KDE OS

By nwildner,
A recent change was proposed last month to implement an on-by-default KDED (KDE Daemon) module that will gently ask you to donate to KDE as a pop-up on your notification system inside the KDE Plasma desktop, planned for version 6.2.

EmuDeck team announce Linux-powered EmuDeck Machines

By Liam Dawe,
The team behind EmuDeck, a project that started off to provide easy emulation on Steam Deck / SteamOS have announced their own hardware with the Bazzite Linux powered EmuDeck Machines.

Steam Deck reaches over 16,000 playable and verified games

By Liam Dawe,
Another great milestone for the popular Steam Deck from Valve, which in the last day or so managed to hit over 16,000 games that have been rated as Playable and Verified.

Battlefield 1 gets EA anticheat in September - will be left broken on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Here we go once again, EA are about to completely break another game on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux and this time it's Battlefield 1.

Wii U emulator Cemu 2.1 out now with AppImage and Flatpak support for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
After going open source back in mid 2022, the Wii U emulator Cemu started providing experimental builds with Linux support and now it's out proper with the new Cemu 2.1 release.

Mysterious narrative first-person climbing platformer Lorn's Lure release date announced

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for something a bit different? Lorn's Lure is a 3D atmospheric narrative first-person parkour platformer with an interesting climbing system.

Bungie retro FPS Marathon Infinity now on Steam, whole trilogy get Steam Workshop support

By Liam Dawe,
The Aleph One developers have now put all three of Bungie's (Halo / Destiny) classic FPS series on Steam with Classic Marathon Infinity now available free.

Aether Collector is a mysterious point and click adventure set inside an anomaly

By Liam Dawe,
One for sci-fi fans, Aether Collector is a mysterious point and click adventure set inside an anomaly.

Proton 9.0-3 now in testing to bring more game compatibility to Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have begun the next round of testing for a new main version of Proton, the compatibility layer to run Windows games on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

NVIDIA stable driver 560.35.03 released for Linux with Wayland fixes

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA today released driver 560.35.03 as the latest stable version for Linux users, so here's all that's changed.

MudRunner and SnowRunner creator announced RoadCraft a heavy machinery construction sim

By Liam Dawe,
Oh, now this looks good! Saber Interactive and Focus Entertainment who made the likes of MudRunner and SnowRunner just revealed RoadCraft.

Descent 3 open source project gets a first release

By Liam Dawe,
After getting open sourced back in April and now run as a community project, the Descent 3 open source engine has a first release available.

Portable Linux distro winesapOS v4.1.0 out now with dual-boot support - good for handhelds

By Liam Dawe,
While most people generally talk about ChimeraOS, Bazzite and at times HoloISO, another choice for your handheld Linux gaming is winesapOS that just had a huge new release.

Hunt: Showdown 1896 broke on Linux / Steam Deck, here's the quick fix for now

By Liam Dawe,
Hunt: Showdown had a huge update and rebranded to Hunt: Showdown 1896, but the update came with breakage on Linux Desktop and Steam Deck.
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