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Valheim is getting crossplay with an update now in testing

By Liam Dawe,
Iron Gate have announced that Valheim is set for crossplay, with an update now available in testing to ensure you can play with friends anywhere.

EA AntiCheat could spell trouble for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
EA has just recently given out more information on their upcoming EA AntiCheat (EAAC), not to be confused with Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) because EA are apparently terribly at naming.

Your Steam Deck deserves a DeckMate

By Liam Dawe,
The creator of the DeckMate system sent over a bundle of their accessories for me to try and I was instantly sold on the whole thing.

W4 Games raised $8.5 million USD to support Godot Engine

By Liam Dawe,
W4 Games is a new company from the creator of Godot Engine along with long-time contributors, and now they've managed to gain plenty of funding.

Valheim gets more teasers of The Mistlands

By Liam Dawe,
Iron Gate assure us it's coming but they're not quite ready to set a date for The Mistlands update to Valheim.

GOG has a 'Made in DACH' sale to showcase games from Germany, Austria and Switzerland

By Liam Dawe,
Made in DACH is the name of the latest theme sale from game store GOG.com, with a special selection of titles developed by people in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Kitsune Zero, prequel to Kitsune Tails, out now as DLC for Super Bernie World

By Liam Dawe,
Kitsune Zero is a new platformer that comes as a DLC for the free game Super Bernie World on Steam or as a standalone on itch.io. It's acting as the prequel to an upcoming game called Kitsune Tails.

This Vampire Survivors styled game has you defend against pigeons pooping on your house

By Liam Dawe,
Pigeons, they can be a menace flying around pooping everywhere and this developer decided to make a game styled like Vampire Survivors about it.

Valve dev shows more Steam Deck prototypes

By Liam Dawe,
Want to see what could have been? Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais has revealed some working prototype units and they look pretty interesting.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 18: Run Away and Join the Circus

By Hamish,
Although being sold for Windows, I found a listing for a physical copy of the free game Circus Linux! as published by Alten8. At first I figured it would just be another keep case in my collection with "Linux" on the cover, but with the source code included, I decided it would be trivial to also build the game for Linux.

I hate to admit it but I like Disney Dreamlight Valley — works well on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Well here's a game I didn't expect to like or actually be any good. It's Disney Dreamlight Valley from Gameloft, a game that's a mixture of Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley but for Disney fans.

Valve are still fixing up Left 4 Dead 2, over 10 years after release

By Liam Dawe,
Valve seem to be continuing to give some love to their older titles, with Left 4 Dead 2 recently getting a nice bug-fix release.

Distrobox can open up the Steam Deck to a whole new world

By Liam Dawe,
Distrobox is a way to use pretty much any other Linux distribution in your terminal, along with full GUI apps and now it supports the Steam Deck with SteamOS too.

Defend humanity from an alien organism in puzzle game Xenospore

By Liam Dawe,
A mixture of strategy and puzzling elements together, Xenospore is a currently free game about defending humanity by prevent a strange alien organism from spreading too far.

The Minecraft Live event returns October 15 with a fresh mob vote

By Liam Dawe,
If you still love Minecraft and want to find out all that's coming, mark the calendars for October 15 as Minecraft Live is set to return.

GE-Proton 7-33 and Wine-GE-Proton 7-28 are out now

By Liam Dawe,
Two very popular open source compatibility layer projects from developer 'GloriousEggroll' are out now, with updates to both GE-Proton and Wine-GE-Proton too.

Heroic Games Launcher version 2.4.3 is another critical bug-fix release

By Liam Dawe,
The open source Heroic Games Launcher for running Epic Games and GOG has another important bug-fix release now available.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 7.17 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
This is the compatibility layer that allows you to run various Windows applications and games on Linux (and forms part of Steam Play Proton). Once a year or so, a new stable release is made but the development versions are usually fine to use.

Voxel Doom brings voxel goodness to the original DOOM

By anewson,
Voxel Doom is a mod for GZDoom which replaces 2D characters and props from Doom with fully 3D voxel-based models.

The Starlight Children's Foundation Bundle has a really odd selection

By Liam Dawe,
Humble recently launched the Starlight Children's Foundation Bundle and it's a thoroughly odd selection but some of you might want to check it out.