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Apex Legends Upheaval update live with EOS Anti-Cheat breaking it on Steam Deck / Linux (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
Respawn and EA have today released a major update for the popular battle royale shooter Apex Legends, which gives it an anti-cheat upgrade. Sadly it's causing issues for Steam Deck / Linux players. ARTICLE UPDATED

Humble Choice has Hi-Fi RUSH, Yakuza: Like a Dragon and a Humble Store Spring Sale

By Liam Dawe,
The latest monthly Humble Choice bundle is up and it looks like another great package of games for you to get cheap.

Steam / Steam Deck stable client update released fixing lots of bugs

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released the latest stable update to the Steam Client today for PC and Steam Deck, which fixes a whole lot of issues.

Planetiles is a beautiful blend of Tetris and Dorfromantik

By Liam Dawe,
Planetiles is an absolute puzzle gem from developer MythicOwl (Hexologic, Harmony's Odyssey) that gives you a wonderful blending of gameplay ideas from Tetris and Dorfromantik but on a mini-planetary scale.

Nerobi is a new gorgeous looking platforming adventure

By Liam Dawe,
Hitting Early Access today is Nerobi, a gorgeous looking platforming adventure that blends in what the developer says are "several elements typical of a graphic adventure".

Microsoft closes Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin and others

By Liam Dawe,
Well, this sure is a terrible time for the gaming industry isn't it. Now it's Microsoft turn again to close multiple studios.

Ant colony RTS 'Empires of the Undergrowth' hits 1.0 in June

By Liam Dawe,
I haven't played this for a while, but I remember it making my skin crawl. Damn bugs everywhere. Empires of the Undergrowth is a pretty great RTS that puts you in charge of an Ant colony.

Pull off some slick moves in Lunar Lander Beyond on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Back in late April, Lunar Lander Beyond was released by Dreams Uncorporated and Atari, as another classic remake built for new audiences.

SteamVR Beta gets an SDL fix for Fedora Linux fans

By Liam Dawe,
Valve seem to be actually cleaning up SteamVR on Linux a bit more recently, which is kind of exciting when it's been left rough for so long.

With a few days to go Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy is fully funded on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe,
Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy is the next game from the ATOM RPG team, inspired by the classic Infinity Engine games like Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale and more.

Playtron give a bit more detail on the Linux-based PlaytronOS and their plans

By Liam Dawe,
So far, I've not been particularly impressed by Playtron and PlaytronOS, but I'm always keen to see more Linux-based systems and devices do well especially when they do have developers who know what they're doing. Now we have another trickle of info coming in about it.

Hades II gets Steam Deck Verified and a surprise Early Access release

By Liam Dawe,
If you're a game developer I hope you weren't planning to launch soon, as Hades II just sneakily dropped into Early Access on Steam. It's also Steam Deck Verified right away!

Proton Experimental updates OpenXR and fixes Command & Conquer, The Desolate Hope + more

By Liam Dawe,
Valve put up a fresh Proton Experimental update today now than Proton 9.0 is officially available, with the usual assorted game compatibility improvements for Steam Deck / Linux.

PlayStation Remote Play for Steam Deck app chiaki4deck testing easier connections

By Liam Dawe,
Great news for anyone who uses their Steam Deck for PlayStation Remote Play, as the open source chiaki4deck app is testing a big upgrade for easier console connections.

Fanatical has another fresh Build your own Platinum Collection bundle for May

By Liam Dawe,
Fanatical have refreshed their popular Build your own Platinum Collection Bundle, which includes a total of 20 titles to pick from to add to your list.

City-building puzzler TerraScape gets controller support, Steam Deck support coming

By Liam Dawe,
Since I'm a big fan of stuff like Dorfromantik I've been keeping an eye on TerraScape, which just added controller support and they say Steam Deck support is planned too.

PS1 love-letter survival horror game Crow Country gets Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Ahead of the release of May 9th, SFB Games have managed to get their upcoming survival horror game Crow Country that's a love-letter to classic PlayStation horror games Steam Deck Verified.

Time survival roguelite in space Cozy Space Survivors is out now

By Liam Dawe,
For those who love to game but have little time, here's a fresh take on the whole survivor-like genre thing with Cozy Space Survivors out now.

Fantastic party-based RPG Wildermyth is getting a big new content DLC

By Liam Dawe,
Wildermyth - Omenroad is releasing on May 16th, adding in a whole lot of extra exciting sounding content for the popular party-based procedural storytelling RPG.

Valve graphics dev gets Gamescope working on NVK with Explicit Sync

By Liam Dawe,
Valve developers have done a lot of work over the years to improve AMD GPUs on Linux, and continue to do so with the Steam Deck using AMD and it seems like they're now getting stuck into NVIDIA too.
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