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31 games are getting delisted from GOG

By Liam Dawe,
GOG have announced some bad news across two separate announcements, with a total of 31 games that are going to be delisted this month.

Valve heads to PAX Australia for the first time, maybe they'll finally get the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
PAX Aus have announced their 2024 line-up and it's absolutely packed with big names. Curiously, even Valve for Steam will be attending.

Steam Client update gets fixes for offline mode and startup movie issues

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released another stable Steam Client update for Desktop and Steam Deck, just a few quick-fixes but sounds like they were needed.

Funko Fusion to get Steam Deck support sometime post-launch

By Liam Dawe,
1010 Games Ltd released Funko Fusion last week, and while they're not supporting it on Steam Deck just yet, they do plan to update the game specially for Steam Deck players.

Frame of Mind developer ended up coding the game on Steam Deck for a year

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a fun one for you. What do you do when you're a game developer and your laptop dies? Use your Steam Deck to continue developing of course.

Len's Island survival ARPG gets a UI and controls overhaul for Steam Deck players

By Liam Dawe,
Flow Studio recently released a big update for Len's Island, a big open world survival crafting ARPG to make sure it works better on Steam Deck.

Dead by Daylight spin-off Project T has been cancelled, Midwinter Entertainment shut down

By Liam Dawe,
Midwinter Entertainment and Behaviour Interactive Inc. were working on Project T, a spin-off from the popular Dead by Daylight but it's now been shelved.

Wildkeepers Rising is Vampire Survivors merged with Pokemon and I need it

By Liam Dawe,
Bringing together two of my favourites genres. Monster catching and survivor-like bullet heaven, Wildkeepers Rising seems like it's going to be awesome.

Grand Theft Auto V gets BattlEye anti-cheat, breaks online play on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Surprisingly, Rockstar have now added BattlEye anti-cheat to Grand Theft Auto V / GTA Online, and sadly it seems they have not enabled the support for Linux desktop and Steam Deck with Valve's Proton. ARTICLE UPDATED.

Fuse creatures together in NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters - set for launch on September 30

By Liam Dawe,
Bringing together auto-battling and monster-training into a fun mixture, NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters from DiceHit Games and Rogue Duck Interactive releases on September 30th.

Dark fantasy FPS fans should check out Hands of Necromancy II

By Liam Dawe,
Following on from the positively rated Hands of Necromancy, HON Team and Fulqrum Publishing are back bringing you more Heretic and Doom styled fun in Hands of Necromancy II.

Sci-fi fantasy singleplayer arena FPS 'Viscerafest' launches in April 2025

By Liam Dawe,
After building up in Early Access to a Very Positive user rating, retro singleplayer arena FPS Viscerafest is going to properly launch in April 2025.

Prime Gaming is giving away quite a lot of games - so don't miss out

By Liam Dawe,
For those of you who subscribe to Amazon Prime, you would do well to remember that Prime Gaming exists and there's quite a few free games available to claim for keeps right now.

LibreQuake aims to create a completely free Quake alternative compatible with mods

By Liam Dawe,
In a similar spirit to Freedoom, for Quake fans perhaps you'll want to take a look at LibreQuake, which aims to do a similar thing to allow you to play Quake content with completely open source software.

Real-time air-traffic management sim 'Mini Airways' gets Steam Workshop support

By Liam Dawe,
Mini Airways is a total delight and now it's even better with some extra free maps, plus there's also now Steam Workshop support with a level editor.

Check out the SDHQ Podcast Episode 9 - featuring GamingOnLinux

By Liam Dawe,
Recently I had the opportunity to sit down and have a chat with Noah Kupetsky of Steam Deck HQ to talk about all sorts of things.

Steam Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Fest is live now

By Liam Dawe,
Running through until September 23rd at 5PM UTC — the Steam Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Fest has now launched. That's right, another mini-festival of discounts, demos and more.

Enlisted from Darkflow / Gaijin swapping from Easy Anti-Cheat to BattlEye

By Liam Dawe,
Darkflow Software and Gaijin Network Ltd have announced their multiplayer online shooter Enlisted will be changing the anti-cheat sometime in the coming days.

Steam Deck Verified - your game highlights for mid-September 2024

By Liam Dawe,
Looking to pick up some more games for Steam Deck or Desktop Linux? Well, here's a whole bunch more that should work great.

The TUXEDO Gemini 17 - Gen3 is a big powerful desktop-replacement class laptop

By Liam Dawe,
For people who have the need for something somewhat portable, with a lot of power, perhaps the TUXEDO Gemini 17 - Gen3 will be your next purchase.