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Crypt of the NecroDancer gets a BIG surprise update with more to come

By Liam Dawe,
Crypt of the NecroDancer from Brace Yourself Games is a truly wonderful mix of dungeon crawling and a rhythm game that released back in 2015. It just got a huge surprise update and more is on the way.

GOG finally remove the false "in progress" note about GOG Galaxy for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
It seems at some point over the last month or two, GOG finally removed the "in progress" notice for GOG Galaxy coming to Linux.

AK-xolotl mixes the incredibly cute with the deadly in this rogue-lite shooter

By Liam Dawe,
AK-xolotl is an upcoming rogue-lite that answers the question of: what happens if you gave an axolotl an AK? Someone must have asked that somewhere.

Core Keeper hits 1 million sales in only a few months

By Liam Dawe,
Pugstorm and Fireshine Games have announced that their game Core Keeper has managed to hit 1 million sales only a few months after entering Early Access.

Free and open source arena shooter Xonotic 0.8.5 now available

By Liam Dawe,
Love some fast-paced first-person shooting action? Xonotic (a fork of the original Nexuiz) has a brand new release available with tons of improvements.

SteamOS 3.3 Beta out, plus a Steam Deck Client update

By Liam Dawe,
Two big updates have rolled out for the Steam Deck which includes an opt-in Beta SteamOS 3.3 upgrade, plus there's also a Steam Deck Beta Client update.

Proton Experimental sees fixes for Persona 4 Golden, Final Fantasy XIV, Black Ops II

By Liam Dawe,
Valve put out a new upgrade for Proton Experimental on June 30th which brings some nice looking fixes to Linux desktops and Steam Deck.

Anti-cheat work on Warhammer: Vermintide 2 for Steam Deck & Linux 'on hold'

By Liam Dawe,
While it's supposed to be relatively easy for games with anti-cheat like BattlEye and Easy Anti-Cheat to get working on Linux and Steam Deck, some developers are having issues like Fatshark with Warhammer: Vermintide 2.

Strategy-survival game Dice Tribes: Ambitions gets a Native Linux version

By Liam Dawe,
Dice Tribes: Ambitions is a pretty interesting looking strategy survival game mix, where you move dice around to keep your tribe and village going.

73 of the top 100 most popular Steam games are playable on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
It's been a little while since checking how well the top 100 most played games on Steam work on Linux and the Steam Deck, so here's a fresh run over the list for you.

AOKZOE are the latest to attempt a Steam Deck rival with the AOKZOE A1

By Liam Dawe,
AOKZOE will be jumping in the handheld ring with their upcoming AOKZOE A1 AMD Ryzen 7 6800U portable that will offer either Windows 11 or SteamOS to perhaps rival the Steam Deck.

Some Steam Decks ship with an x2 SSD instead of an x4 SSD

By Liam Dawe,
Valve made a change to the specifications of the top two versions of the Steam Deck last month, which it seems plenty of people (including me) completely missed.

Return to Monkey Island gets a first gameplay trailer

By Liam Dawe,
Return to Monkey Island, the continuation of the story from he Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge now has a first gameplay trailer.

Elementallis is an upcoming Zelda-like adventure with elemental magic gameplay

By Liam Dawe,
Love your classic Zelda-like adventures? Elementallis looks like a great one to keep an eye on with some interesting elemental magic involved.

Pocket Wheels looks like a fun toy-car playground that will support Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Pocket Wheels looks like what you could imagine in your mind when playing with toy cars as a child and it's on the way to Linux with Native support.

Onsen Master blends Overcooked with Spirited Away and releases soon

By Liam Dawe,
Blending the frantic action from the Overcooked series with inspiration taken from Studio Ghibli film Spirited Away, the upcoming Linux Native game Onsen Master looks like fun.

Fech The Ferret is an upcoming vibrant parkour rhythm-platformer

By Liam Dawe,
Love your musical games and want to get into the rhythm? Fech The Ferret looks like a pretty clever blending of ideas.

Steam Deck gets a set of nice bug fixes in a new client update

By Liam Dawe,
A fresh Steam Deck Client Update is out now pulling in some rather useful sounding bug fixes, here's what's changed.

Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates

By gamingonlinux,
This is your once a month reminder to make sure your PC information is correct on your user profiles. A fresh batch of statistics is generated on the 1st of each month.

Valve to ship 'more than double' the number of Steam Decks each week

By Liam Dawe,
As we say goodbye to Q2 and hello to Q3, Valve has confirmed that production of Steam Deck units has increased to the point where they're going to be sending out a lot more.