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Stadia refunds are starting to begin, no word on Controller Bluetooth yet

By Liam Dawe,
Google has announced that they've now begun the process to refund years of Stadia game purchases, as the service is shutting down.

dbrand issued an update on Killswitch replacements, Dock compatibility and more

By Liam Dawe,
After the recent issue dbrand had with their Killswitch magnets causing issues with some Steam Deck fans, they've issued an update on how it's going and other changes due to Dock compatibility.

Steam Deck Beta improves on-screen keyboard and offline mode

By Liam Dawe,
Two areas that could use some love are being tweaked, with a new Steam Deck Client Beta available now with various fixes and upgrades.

Mining sandbox adventure Core Keeper update The Desert of Beginning is live

By Liam Dawe,
Core Keeper is a total gem of a game and now it's much bigger, with The Desert of Beginning update out now.

NVIDIA 525.53 Beta is out now for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA GPU owners on Linux, it's your time to test something new. NVIDIA have released a Beta driver with version 525.53.

Vulkan-based D3D9, 10 and 11 translation layer DXVK version 2.0 out now

By Liam Dawe,
DXVK, the translation layer that converts Direct3D calls to Vulkan for use with Wine and Proton, has a big new release out with version 2.0. This is one of the ways that Proton performs so well for Windows games on Linux desktop and Steam Deck.

GOG has a 'Made in Poland' and a 'Grand RPG Sale' going on right now

By Liam Dawe,
Want to pick up some games made in Poland? DRM-free store GOG has a couple of nice looking themed sales going on right now.

Fantasy strategy game Winter Falling: Battle Tactics now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Combining elements and being inspired by the likes of FTL and Total War, Winter Falling: Battle Tactics is a pretty unique strategy game.

Soulstone Survivors might dethrone the likes of Vampire Survivors for me

By Liam Dawe,
Soulstone Survivors is a new Early Access game that arrived with Native Linux support on November 7th, it's also now already one of my favourite games.

Rogue Legacy 2 had a major upgrade, and Native Linux support is coming

By Liam Dawe,
Well this was unexpected. Rogue Legacy 2 from Cellar Door Games just had a massive upgrade and they've announced Native Linux and macOS versions are on the way.

FSR 2.1 is a game-changer for Cyberpunk 2077 on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Cyberpunk 2077 from CD PROJEKT RED recently had a big 1.61 patch out, and with it came support for AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) 2.1.

Proton Hotfix gets Halo Infinite working again on Steam Deck and Linux desktop

By Liam Dawe,
Having issues with the latest major update for Halo Infinite on Steam Deck or Linux desktop? Valve has already released a Proton Hotfix update to sort it.

Steam Client Beta adds a new launch option for Big Picture Mode

By Liam Dawe,
Valve are working fast to clean up this New Big Picture Mode taken from the Steam Deck, with another Steam Client Beta for desktops out now.

Steam Deck gets a few extra fixes in Beta

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released another small Beta update last night, which pulls in a few useful sounding fixes for the Steam Deck.

Cities: Skylines 'World Tour' series of expansions and updates announced

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox and Colossal Order are filling up Cities: Skylines with more DLC and free updates as part of their "World Tour" series starting this month.

NVIDIA PhysX 5.1 SDK goes open source

By Liam Dawe,
Available now under a BSD license, today NVIDIA put up the NVIDIA PhysX 5.1 SDK as open source which is great to see from team green.

Nebula is a starship colony sim with RPG adventures styled like RimWorld

By Liam Dawe,
Seems that Stardeus is not the only RimWorld inspired space colony sim around, with Nebula being another that plans to release in 2023.

Sonic Frontiers works on Steam Deck and Linux desktop although it has issues

By Liam Dawe,
Sonic Frontiers is a big new release on Steam from SEGA and it does work out of the box on Steam Deck, although it has certain issues.

Dead Cells gets a free indie cross-over update, Terraria 1.4.5 will see Dead Cells content

By Liam Dawe,
Two games are doing an indie crossover, with a Dead Cells update out now and the next Terraria update will also include some Dead Cells content.

Steam gets a whole lot of improvements for the new Big Picture Mode

By Liam Dawe,
Still not quite ready yet it seems but Valve are pushing out lots of changes for the new Big Picture Mode, taken from the Steam Deck.