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So what the heck is an 'indie game' nowadays anyway?

By Liam Dawe,
You'll have to forgive me, dear readers, because I am a little confused on what's going on at the moment. What the heck actually is an indie or independent game nowadays?

GE-Proton 8-25 released, should fix a bunch of early 2000s games

By Liam Dawe,
A small hotfix release of GE-Proton went up with GE-Proton 8-25 containing two changes, but for players of classic games it might be a good release to try.

Here's the Steam Deck most played for October 2023

By Liam Dawe,
Another month is over and Valve has revealed what you've all been playing on Steam Deck for October 2023, so here's the most popular games.

Baldur's Gate 3 patch 4 brings AMD FSR 2.2, looking better on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Another colossal update for Baldur's Gate 3 has landed with Patch 4 and the changelog, as expected, is utterly ridiculous. Seriously, what the heck. Oh, it's also enhanced with AMD FSR 2.2! So this should make it look better on Steam Deck.

ATOM RPG Trudograd gets a Steam Deck and Gamepad upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
The popular and positively rated turn-based post-apocalyptic roleplaying game ATOM RPG Trudograd has a big upgrade out now, making it much nicer for Steam Deck and Gamepad players.

Proton 8.0-4 brings more game support to Steam Deck and desktop Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Clear your plans for the weekend, as Proton 8.0-4 is now officially available bringing improved game support for Steam Deck and normal desktop Linux. Here's all the latest on what's changed.

Diablo 4 is coming to Steam on October 17th

By Liam Dawe,
Not long after Overwatch 2 released on Steam, we now have Diablo 4 confirmed to be launching on Steam making it easier than ever to play on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Here's the most popular Steam Deck games for September 2023

By Smellbringer,
September has come and gone, the summer season has wound down, and spooks now rule the roost. But before the spooks can take hold; Valve dropped the Top 20 Most Played Steam Deck Games for September 2023.

Proton 8.0-4 is now in testing with a Release Candidate

By Liam Dawe,
Valve snuck out a Release Candidate build for Proton 8.0-4 last week, which brings with it many improvements to the main stable version of the Windows compatibility layer for Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Embracer Group continues cuts with Beamdog shedding 26 people

By Liam Dawe,
Is no studio safe from cuts? Embracer Group continues trying to reduce costs and now the latest we've seen has affected Beamdog.

Here's the most popular Steam Deck games for August 2023

By Liam Dawe,
Another fresh month and Valve has revealed what were the most played games on Steam Deck. Plenty of them are of course quite obvious based on what released recently.

Patch 2 for Baldur's Gate 3 coming with 'major performance improvements'

By Liam Dawe,
Larian only just released a MASSIVE patch for Baldur's Gate 3, and another is being planned out to come with some "major performance improvements" which sounds exciting - especially for Steam Deck players.

Over 11,000 games now rated Steam Deck Playable

By Liam Dawe,
There's currently somewhere around 92,000 games on Steam and so it's going to take a long time for Valve to check them all on Steam Deck but here's some recent picks.

5 years ago Valve released Proton forever changing Linux gaming

By Liam Dawe,
Has it really been that long? Apparently so. Valve originally announced their rebranding of Steam Play with Proton back on August 21st, 2018. Seems like a good time for a quick reflection being halfway to a decade old now with the tech that gave rise to the Steam Deck.

Baldur's Gate 3 is going to get some big updates

By Liam Dawe,
I'm still completely hooked on Baldur's Gate 3, the first time for a while I've been properly firmly sucked into a game and it's set to get some big updates too.

Overwatch 2 becomes the worst user-reviewed game on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
While other developers like Larian are riding high with Baldur's Gate 3, it seems Blizzard are not doing so well with the recent Steam release of Overwatch 2 becoming the worst user-reviewed game of all time on Steam.

Proton Experimental improves Baldur's Gate 3 launcher, Unreal Engine 4 bugs on Intel GPUs

By Liam Dawe,
A fresh Proton Experimental release is now live from August 9th, there's some nice looking fixes included so here's what to expect from it for Linux desktop and Steam Deck.

83 of the top 100 most played Steam games work on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Taking a look at the most-played games on Steam by player-count, here's how many of them should be playable on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Baldur's Gate 3 is now Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
One of the biggest RPG releases of all time on Steam, Baldur's Gate 3 has now been given the Steam Deck Verified badge of approval from Valve.

Baldur's Gate 3 out now and works on Steam Deck and desktop Linux

By Liam Dawe,
For those interested in the latest big RPG from Larian Studios, here's my quick initial report on Baldur's Gate 3 running on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.
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