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Minecraft 1.20 adding Archaeology, Cherry Blossom Biome and a Sniffer mob

By Liam Dawe,
There's lots to be excited for in the upcoming Minecraft 1.20 update, with many previously announced features finally landing like Archaeology.

CryoUtilities 2.0 helps boost Steam Deck performance

By Liam Dawe,
CryoUtilities has a big new 2.0 release out now, with plenty of tweaks to help you get the most out of your Steam Deck.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive keeps breaking player records

By Liam Dawe,
One Valve game that is clearly unstoppable is Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, their first-person shooter from 2012 just keeps growing.

The upcoming Team Fortress 2 update may not be as big as expected

By Liam Dawe,
Remember all the hype over the announced Team Fortress 2 update? Well, it seems Valve edited the announcement silently and hoped no one would notice.

Steam now allows transferring games between PCs and Steam Deck too

By Liam Dawe,
In the latest Beta available for Desktop Steam and Steam Deck, Valve put in a new feature to help you transferring games.

iFixit begin offering Steam Deck SSD upgrades

By Liam Dawe,
Even more options to upgrade your Steam Deck SSD! The folks at iFixit have begun offering SSDs and upgrade kits.

Wine 8.2 rolls out along with a new Proton Experimental update

By Liam Dawe,
Today we've seen an update for two translation layers. Wine has development release 8.2 available, and there's an update for Proton Experimental too.

A new Civilization game is in development and XCOM designer leaves Firaxis

By Liam Dawe,
2K sent out a press release today confirming a number of things including a new Civilization game is on the way.

All Your Base Are Belong to Us — Zero Wing (and other classics) hit Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Zero Wing along with other shoot 'em up classics Out Zone, Twin Cobra and Truxton from Toaplan and Bitwave Games have their brand new PC releases out.

Total War: WARHAMMER III update gives everyone Immortal Empires

By Liam Dawe,
Creative Assembly and SEGA have released the 2.4.0 version update to Total War: WARHAMMER III and it's quite a big one.

Steam had 83,000 new customers every day in 2022

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has put out their Steam Year In Review for 2022 and while they didn't give us a new monthly active user count, there were plenty of other details shared.

Hunt: Showdown added Easy Anti-Cheat for Steam Deck & Linux

By Liam Dawe,
While no announcement from the developer has been made yet, Hunt: Showdown now has the Easy Anti-Cheat file needed and works on Steam Deck and Linux Desktop.

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector adds Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector from Black Lab Games and publisher Slitherine released back in 2021, and it just got upgraded for Steam Deck players.

Classic city-builder Nebuchadnezzar gets a big free update and DLC

By Liam Dawe,
Nebuchadnezzar, a classic isometric city-builder has continued to get some big upgrades with a new release out and an expansion DLC too.

The Force Engine for Star Wars Dark Forces improves Steam Deck & Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Continuing the improvements from the previous release that added Linux support, the Modern "Jedi Engine" replacement supporting Dark Forces, mods and in the future Outlaws - The Force Engine has a new release out with lots of upgrades.

AMD releases source code for FidelityFX FSR2 v2.2

By Liam Dawe,
Last year AMD announced FSR version 2.2 and today AMD has actually released the source code on GitHub for FidelityFX FSR2 v2.2.

Returnal is just rough on Steam Deck but great on Desktop Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Returnal is now on Steam so naturally I gave this previously PlayStation exclusive a run on Steam Deck. It's quite sad though.

Shader cache downloads being a nuisance? Valve may have solved it

By Liam Dawe,
Valve's shader cache system can be extremely helpful for Linux gaming, however it can also at times be quite problematic but Valve may have solved a big problem with it.

Zink driver for OpenGL over Vulkan gets a 10x performance boost for DOOM 2016

By Liam Dawe,
A really small change to the Zink driver, that gives OpenGL support on top of Vulkan, has given an ~10x speed boost for DOOM (2016).

Pick up some sweet deals during the We Love Games Sale on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
You just love games right? Need some more? Check out the big We Love Games Sale over on GOG to continue building up that collection. GOG are also giving away the Alien Breed Trilogy.