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DRL (Doom, the Roguelike) is coming to Steam as Jupiter Hell Classic

By Liam Dawe,
Jupiter Hell Classic is the demake of a remake of a roguelike unmake of a famous 1993 FPS shooter. Rip and Tear!

Humble Choice for August 2024 has Sifu, High on Life, BLACKTAIL

By Liam Dawe,
Humble Choice for August 2024 has been released and it's a pretty good selection this time, so here's your usual roundup.

World of Goo 2 is out now with Native Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
One of the original greats from the original indie games boom has returned, World of Goo 2 from 2DBOY and Tomorrow Corporation is now available.

AMD Ryzen 9000 Series processors dates and prices revealed

By Liam Dawe,
AMD have now officially revealed the exact date and pricing for their exciting upcoming AMD Ryzen 9000 Series processors launch.

Next Heroic Games Launcher release to include initial GOG Galaxy support

By anewson,
Everyone's favourite Linux games launcher has added yet another milestone feature thanks to Linguin and other Heroic contributors. The development version of Heroic now uses a project named comet to translate a game's GOG Galaxy API calls using a platform-agnostic SDK.

Extreme sports game Descenders Next announced for 2025

By Liam Dawe,
Following on from the success of the downhill extreme sports game Descenders, developer RageSquid and publisher No More Robots have announced the much bigger Descenders Next is coming.

Grab a load of hit digital board games in this new Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
The Board Game Night Humble Bundle looks to be another good one, especially if you love games styled more like board games. So here's what's in it and what compatibility to expect for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

NonSteamLaunchers adds support for HoYo and Nexon launchers, easier EA App repairs

By Liam Dawe,
A few days ago the great NonSteamLaunchers project, to help you set up various third-party launchers on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux, had a new release adding support for even more launchers.

The Jackbox Megapicker fixed to stop megabreaking your Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
What Valve called the "jackbrick megabricker" (ouch), The Jackbox Megapicker should now stop breaking your Steam Deck after the latest update to the Native Linux version.

Pull off sick tricks and take down hordes of demons in Motordoom

By Liam Dawe,
Motordoom is the latest entry in the survivor-like horde shooter genre popularised by Vampire Survivors, and this one has you do some freestyle-sports.

NVIDIA Linux Driver Beta 560.31.02 Out Now

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA today released a fresh update to the current ongoing 560 Beta driver series with version 560.31.02 bringing some bug fixes.

Save a town from paranormal infestation in the point and click adventure The founders of [redacted]

By Liam Dawe,
Love your point and click adventures? Here's a fresh one for you! The founders of [redacted] from Relatively Painless Games looks like a great addition to your gaming library.

Better ASUS ROG Ally X support on Linux is coming with a big kernel patch

By Liam Dawe,
If you were hoping to see better ASUS ROG Ally X support on Linux, you're in for a treat here, as there's a big patch that's been sent in.

Pixel With Your Friends gets you and your pals to restore pixel-artworks for a museum

By Liam Dawe,
A fun idea for a nice casual puzzle game: Pixel With Your Friends has released with Linux support where you restore artworks pixel by pixel for a museum.

Chocolate Doom 3.1.0 brings many new features for the classic source port

By Liam Dawe,
While other source ports are pretty popular like GZDoom, Chocolate Doom continues getting better to retain the best compatibility with the original DOS versions of Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen and Strife.

Manjaro Linux gets an Immutable version available for testing

By Liam Dawe,
The Manjaro Linux team have announced the first round of testing for their new Manjaro Immutable version of the popular Linux distribution.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 42: Upset the Applecart

By Hamish,
While the studio's destiny would later see it become consumed by Microsoft, in its earliest days Bungie instead stayed a Mac focused development house. They would later switch to cross-platform development, which soon caught the attention of a fledgling Loki Software. Bungie would again cater to an underrepresented video game market.

FNA gets Direct3D 11 support on Linux thanks to DXVK

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Ethan Lee yesterday announced the release of FNA 24.08, bringing with it preparation for the upcoming release of SDL 3 and a fun addition of Direct3D 11 support on Linux thanks to DXVK.

Linux / Steam Deck user share on Steam stays flat for July 2024

By Liam Dawe,
No news is good news, as the saying goes, or something like that. Valve updated the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for July 2024 and for Linux / Steam Deck the changes were pretty minimal.

Glorious retro FPS 'Selaco' is now Steam Deck Verified and plans many huge gameplay upgrades

By Liam Dawe,
As far as retro-styled shooters go, Selaco is probably one of the best I've ever played. With chunky visuals, fun combat and some really nice level design. Now, it's Steam Deck Verified and we have a better idea of what's to come next.