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Steam Deck Beta update now always shows the drive picker when installing games

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has pushed out another small but very useful update to the Steam Deck Client Beta, here's a run over what has changed this time including how you install games.

Surprising probably no one, most people use the Steam Deck as a handheld

By Liam Dawe,
Recently, I ran two different polls to find out how people with a Steam Deck used their device (or if they didn't much) and the results are out now.

American Truck Simulator - Texas releases on November 15th

By Liam Dawe,
SCS Soft have announced the big American Truck Simulator - Texas DLC will be releasing on November 15th.

AMD becomes a 'Diamond' sponsor of OBS Studio

By Liam Dawe,
The team behind OBS Studio announced that AMD have become a Diamond Sponsor of the OBS Project, helping fund future development.

Comedy point and click adventure Plot of the Druid is now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
The point and click adventures just keep coming! Plot of the Druid has released featuring some more sarcastic British humour and classic, hand-drawn art.

GE-Proton 7-39 released improving Overwatch 2 for Steam Deck & Linux

By Liam Dawe,
GE-Proton is the community-maintained version of the Windows compatibility layer Proton, not endorsed by Valve but it can get more games running on Steam Deck and Linux desktop. A new release version GE-Proton7-39 is out now.

Cemu emulator for Wii U now provides an AppImage

By Liam Dawe,
Want to get the Wii U emulator Cemu working on Linux? It's now a little easier, as they've providing an AppImage with the latest release.

Get some quality titles like Frostpunk and Children of Morta in the 11bit bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Ready for some more quality games? There's an 11 Bit developer / publisher bundle on Humble and it seems like a pretty good deal overall.

Dota 2 set to remove OpenGL support, new hero announced and more

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has put out an update for Dota 2 and there's some major changes coming, along with another new hero set to enter the fold.

Check out some narrative adventures in the Steam AdventureX Event

By Liam Dawe,
AdventureX, a UK-based convention dedicated to narrative-driven gaming is having a Steam Event and sale on various games.

Star Labs new StarFighter sounds like a great Linux laptop

By Liam Dawe,
Star Labs announced their new StarFighter a little while ago, but it seems it only just recently went live on their actual store with the full info on what to expect from it.

Slay the Spire is getting an official Board Game

By Liam Dawe,
Do you love Slay the Spire and want to take it into the real world? There's a Board Game being made for it.

Warzone 2100 version 4.3 is out now with a new 'Super Easy' mode

By Liam Dawe,
The free and open source RTS Warzone 2100 has a new release out, bringing with it a new difficulty mode if you struggled through the campaign.

AMD announce RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT, plus FSR3 teased

By Liam Dawe,
Today at the AMD "together we advance_gaming" event, AMD revealed their new RDNA3 architecture along with the RX 7900 XTX and RX 7900 XT GPUs.

Play one of the greatest co-op shooters free this weekend

By Liam Dawe,
Up on Steam right now is a free weekend for Deep Rock Galactic, easily one of the best co-op shooters around.

Steam on Chromebook is now in Beta with AMD support

By Liam Dawe,
Well this is exciting! Even more people will be able to play games on Linux from today, as Google announced Steam on Chromebook is now in Beta.

Valve has improved the new Big Picture Mode for Desktop quite a bit in a new Beta

By Liam Dawe,
Another fresh Steam Client Beta for Desktop has been released, and Valve continue fixing up more issues with the new Big Picture Mode to have it make sense on Desktop.

Valve fix new EA app in Proton Experimental for Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Recently, EA starting removing Origin from games on Steam and replacing it with the EA app which as I noted before, caused numerous issues. Now, Valve should have solved it in Proton Experimental.

Access your Amazon Prime Gaming library on Linux with the Nile Project

By anewson,
The Nile project makes it easy to access those Bezos freebies that Amazon Prime members have been accumulating.

JSAUX teasing a clear Back Plate for the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
JSAUX, maker of many Steam Deck Docking Stations, might be teasing a clear Back Plate they're designing for the Steam Deck.