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Microsoft upgraded Xbox Cloud Gaming for Linux and ChromeOS (so Steam Deck too!)

By Liam Dawe,
On the community Reddit for Xbox Cloud Gaming, an Xbox employee put up a small announcement about an upgraded experience for Linux and ChromeOS game streaming.

Loading bigger libraries should be faster in the new Steam Deck Beta

By Liam Dawe,
Available in the Beta and Preview channels, Valve has released a new Steam Deck Client Update with a few useful little fixes.

Fun Steam Deck Verified & Playable games from October 2022

By Liam Dawe,
Recently the Steam Deck hit over 6,000 games marked as Playable and Verified together, so I took a little look at some of the entries across October to point out some fun picks.

PixelJunk Scrappers Deluxe is Steam Deck Verified before release with a demo

By Liam Dawe,
PixelJunk Scrappers Deluxe is the next Steam release coming from Q-Games and they've managed to get it Steam Deck Verified ahead of release.

Narrative adventure Where Birds Go to Sleep has a demo up

By Liam Dawe,
Do you love text-based narrative adventures that look a bit insane? Where Birds Go to Sleep is releasing next year and they now have a demo available.

Godot Engine now has its own dedicated Foundation for funding

By Liam Dawe,
The free and open source game engine Godot Engine continues to grow, and now the team behind it has formed a Godot Foundation to continue funding it.

Escape Simulator recently had a big update with a free Graveyard level

By Liam Dawe,
Probably one of the most popular games of its kind on Steam, the co-op escape room puzzler Escape Simulator recently had a nice update.

Void Scrappers blends Vampire Survivors mechanics with a space shoot 'em up

By Liam Dawe,
Void Scrappers recently released with Native Linux support and it is Steam Deck Verified. A pretty great game if you love the mechanics of Vampire Survivors but want something different.

Transport Tycoon Deluxe inspired game OpenTTD has a new release coming

By Liam Dawe,
OpenTTD is a free and open source sim based on the classic Transport Tycoon Deluxe, and the team have announced a new release is coming with a first Beta.

Steam Deck pushed Linux to the highest share on Steam in years

By Liam Dawe,
A fresh month, which means a new Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out. Looking over the October 2022 data, it appears we've hit a fresh high point.

Dwarf Fortress releases December 6 on Steam and itch.io, Native Linux support later

By Liam Dawe,
Dwarf Fortress is finally getting the big Early Access release on Steam and itch.io on December 6, although the Native Linux support is to come along later.

Steam Beta update tweaks the new Big Picture Mode from Steam Deck for desktop

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has today released a new Steam Client Beta, which amongst other things tweaks the new Big Picture Mode that is also in a special Beta that was taken from the Steam Deck.

Competitive tactics game Duelyst is being revived with Duelyst II

By Liam Dawe,
Love competitive games? How about when they're free to play? Dream Sloth Games are reviving Duelyst as Duelyst II, with approval from Counterplay Games.

These were the most popular Steam Deck games for October 2022

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has revealed two fresh lists of popular games for the Steam Deck through October, sorted by both daily average player count and time played.

Missile Command: Recharged gets a revamp and relaunch on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Atari and Adamvision Studios have taken down the original Missile Command: Recharged, and replaced it with another Missile Command: Recharged of the same name but it has been upgraded.

Open source kart racer SuperTuxKart 1.4 is out now with Vulkan in Beta

By Liam Dawe,
The free and open source kart racing game, SuperTuxKart, has released a major new version with lots of fresh goodies to play with.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 7.20 is out

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine hackers have put out a new development build of the Windows compatibility layer in Wine 7.20.

Video recording app OBS Studio v28.1 out with NVENC changes

By Liam Dawe,
OBS Studio has a new release out now, and it comes with some changes for NVIDIA GPU owners who use NVENC.

Heroic Games Launcher 2.5 Beta adds Download Manager, external game / launcher installs

By Liam Dawe,
The Heroic Games Launcher is growing with the 2.5.0 Beta version out now, putting it in competition with the likes of Lutris and Bottles a little more with the new features.

Elon Musk completes Twitter takeover, Nextcloud to ship their own social network app

By Liam Dawe,
Just a bit of big industry news to cover today, as an update to the previous article talking about Elon Musk and Twitter — as the sale has completed. Plus a reminder on Mastodon and Nextcloud doing some fun social stuff too.