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After some awesome demos, the GZDoom powered shooter Selaco is coming to Early Access on Steam in May 2024 and it also has a new trailer along with info on what to expect from it.

Well, that's certainly an article title isn't it. But I mean it. Microsoft, don't you dare touch Valve. You're fat enough already and too big as it is.

Seems a whole bunch of gamers may be quite happy over the next few years, with a fresh leak from the ongoing saga of FTC v. Microsoft showing off a bunch of games coming.

Fanatical continues their Bundle Fest, with even more game bundles live so you can fill up your backlog some more. Here's a run over what they've added recently with the Bethesda Favourites Bundle and how they run on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Well this is pretty fun to see! The ZDoom / GZDoom family is expanding with VKDoom, a new source-port that has a focus on expanded Vulkan support and modern rendering.

With all the new amazing games coming out basically every month, lets not forget some slightly older games worth playing. Like DOOM Eternal, that just removed Denuvo Anti-Tamper.

Taking plenty of inspiration from board games, Dotage puts you in the shoes of the Elder, who had a doomed vision of the future. So off you go to start a new village where you have to carefully guide them.

SteamWorld Build is the latest in the SteamWorld series from Thunderful Development / Thunderful Publishing and they're once again entirely changing the genre for the series and turning it into a city-builder.

Earlier we reported about how id Software and Nightdive Studios had come together once more to remaster Quake II for a new generation and shadow dropped it at QuakeCon. Well, that was only one part of the festivities as id and Bethesda have put a bunch of their hit games on sale to celebrate QuakeCon.

Oh hell! Time for another few runs then I think. Jupiter Hell, one of my favourite roguelikes with seriously slick movement design now has modding support.

Spice up your next play-through of Doom II with the new Voxel Doom II mod now available, bringing with it fancy new monster models.

Fanatical have released another bundle and it's a good one for those of you who love action. The Diamond Collection Brutal Edition build your own bundle is here. Read on for desktop Linux and Steam Deck compatibility.

Proton 8.0-3 is out now, bringing with it improved compatibility for Windows games on Linux desktop and Steam Deck. Here's all you need to know.

Ready for more retro action? Voxel Doom II (a mod made with GZDoom) is releasing August 1st, giving you fully 3D voxel-based models for a second helping of Doom.

Valve released a fresh upgrade to Proton Experimental to get more games like Gears 5, Overwatch 2 and Phasmophobia working better on Linux and Steam Deck.

Selaco is one that really needs to be on your wishlist, a retro-fuelled FPS powered by GZDoom with some impressive world design and fantastic combat. The developers recently updated the demo too!

Fanatical are offering up some Summer treats. Not only do they have a bundle of games that work on Steam Deck but you can also enter to win a Steam Deck and a whole bunch more with it.

What’s this? An entirely new genre, you say? Well, arguably that’s exactly what Valve presented to the public in 2008 with the original Left 4 Dead, and its superlative sequel the following year. But was it really a new genre?

With a whole bunch of games that are Steam Deck Verified, the new Play on the Go Premium Edition Bundle from Fanatical may be worth a look.

There shouldn’t be any arguments when I claim that the original Diablo was a masterpiece. Launched in the 90’s, it defined a new genre of dungeon crawling, successfully mixing traditional Rogue/Nethack elements with beautiful visuals, real-time combat, class selection, an innovative loot system, and haunting music. Let’s look at the series as a whole, and the genre it largely created.