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Steam Desktop and Steam Deck Beta reduces startup time, fixes more bugs

By Liam Dawe,
More goodies for Steam Desktop and Steam Deck users on the Beta update branch, as another update is out now. Especially good for those of you who somehow have amassed tens of thousands of games.

Valve promise a proper big Team Fortress 2 update is coming

By Liam Dawe,
Wait, what year is it? Someone pinch me, I must be dreaming. Valve announced a proper big update is planned and on the way for Team Fortress 2.

Framework begin offering 2TB SSD upgrades for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Have a Steam Deck and want to upgrade the internal storage? You're not alone and plenty already have, but getting one compatible isn't exactly easy so Framework have decided to jump in

Check out the demo of Full Void, a dystopian cinematic puzzle-platformer

By Liam Dawe,
Getting some Beneath a Steel Sky vibes off of this one. With a demo available on Steam now (with Native Linux support), Full Void looks worth a look.

ScummVM 2.7.0 is ready for testing more retro games

By Liam Dawe,
ScummVM, the all-in-one solution for many different retro games and upgraded game engines for classics has a new version 2.7.0 ready for testing.

Thief-like stealth game The Dark Mod v2.11 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Love the old first-person stealth game Thief? The Dark Mod was inspired by it and there's a new release out.

The new System Shock remake demo runs surprisingly well on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
After going through development hell and being long delayed, Nightdive Studios have put up a fresh demo of their System Shock remake that includes controller support and a new intro.

Grab a cuppa and listen to me chat to Brodie on Tech Over Tea

By Liam Dawe,
Recently I had the pleasure of being invited back on the Tech Over Tea by Brodie, a rare occurrence where I even show my face.

Godot Engine 4.0 gets a first Release Candidate

By Liam Dawe,
Game developers might want to begin to look closer at this one! The free and open source Godot Engine is about to have the biggest update ever with 4.0 that now has a first Release Candidate.

Command & Conquer - Combined Arms adds the start of a campaign mode

By Liam Dawe,
Command & Conquer - Combined Arms is a free and open source game pack made with the OpenRA game engine, the bundles together forces from various classic Westwood RTS games including Allies, Soviets, Nod, GDI and the Scrin.

The Callisto Protocol got a Steam Deck upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
The Callisto Protocol, the horror game that was inspired by Dead Space, has recently gained a hardcore mode and a dedicated Steam Deck upgrade too.

Zelda-lite classic Anodyne gets a much upgraded fan remake

By Liam Dawe,
Anodyne from Analgesic Productions recently celebrated a 10th anniversary, and the community delivered in style with a full fan remake for modern platforms thanks to the previous source code release.

Point and click adventure Splittown gets a new Linux demo

By Liam Dawe,
Splittown is an upcoming point and click adventure about the Cold War, where the world is split in two and now there's a Linux demo.

Interior Worlds is an upcoming weird spooky liminal space photography game

By Liam Dawe,
A slightly spooky and weird exploration game about taking snaps, Interior Worlds seems interesting and it's coming to Linux too.

February Humble Choice includes Fallout 76, Thronebreaker, Pathfinder

By Liam Dawe,
Need some more quality games? Humble Choice for February 2023 is up with a fresh set of games and there's some good stuff included like Fallout 76.

Trackmania is looking great on Steam Deck and Linux desktop

By Liam Dawe,
Trackmania has released on Steam recently and thanks to the recent Ubisoft Connect fixes from Valve in Proton 7.0-6, Trackmania works great on Steam Deck.

Customizable platform fighter Fraymakers is out in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
With some really slick animations, the customizable platform fighter Fraymakers has launched in Early Access on Steam with Linux support.

Colony builder Maia gets big optimizations, along with controller and Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
A name I've not heard for a while that I seemed to miss some emails on recently. Colony building sim Maia, from developer Simon Roth, had a rather big upgrade.

Star Wars Dark Forces source port The Force Engine adds Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
The Force Engine is a free and open source game engine reimplementation for Star Wars Dark Forces, with upcoming support of Outlaws. The latest release version 1.08 adds Linux support!

Space looter-shooter EVERSPACE 2 set to launch on April 6

By Liam Dawe,
EVERSPACE 2 from ROCKFISH Games is ready to properly blast off on April 6th and it's looking mighty fine.