fheroes2 for Heroes of Might and Magic II improves hotkeys, cursors and languages

By Liam Dawe,
fheroes2, a game engine reimplementation for Heroes of Might and Magic II, has another release out further improving the game for various platforms.

Wine 7.8 is out now with X11 and OSS drivers converted to PE

By Liam Dawe,
Wine is the compatibility layer that allows you to run games and applications developed for Windows - on Linux (plus also macOS and BSD). A new biweekly development release is out now with Wine 7.7.

Tactical roguelike with deck-management 'Oaken' added a Linux build

By Liam Dawe,
Oaken, a brand new Early Access turn-based tactical roguelike from Laki Studios and Goblinz Publishing, just added an experimental Linux build ready for testing.

The Humble Kalypso Hits Bundle looks like a good deal

By Liam Dawe,
Want to continue building up that collection of games? Another good chance has arrived with the Humble Kalypso Hits Bundle.

Cannibal Crossing seeing plenty of tweaks for the Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Cannibal Crossing, an action-survival game for 1-4 players from development teams at Rocketcat Games (Death Road to Canada) / Everplay Interactive / Blow and Try Again continues evolving and gets some nice Steam Deck improvements.

Comedy adventure Catie in MeowmeowLand now on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
In need of a fresh point and click comedy adventure? Catie in MeowmeowLand from developer ARTillery is now supported on Linux with a new Native build.

Controller support for Path of Exile leaving Beta, should work great on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Path of Exile, the free to play ARPG from Grinding Gear Games, is getting close to releasing the Sentinel update and along with masses of gameplay additions — controller support will leave Beta.

An interview with Aaron Honeycutt from System76

By Liam Dawe,
It's time for a fresh interview. Today I have Aaron Honeycutt from System76, makers of Linux distribution Pop!_OS and various hardware, who talked a little about their work.

Fortnite added to Xbox Cloud Gaming, easier than ever to play on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Microsoft has today announced that the massive free to play game Fortnite is now on Xbox Cloud Gaming, this makes it easier than ever to play it on Linux and Steam Deck.

Owners of Dying Light get upgraded to the Enhanced Edition, final patch out now

By Liam Dawe,
Do you own the base game of Dying Light? Good news for you, as Techland are bumping everyone up to the full Enhanced Edition which includes The Following expansion. Plus a final patch is out now.

Check out the demo for Space Bandit, a shoot 'em up roguelite with 'annoyingly clever AI'

By Liam Dawe,
Love a twin-stick shooter? How about one that features apparently clever AI? Check out Space Bandit, which has a demo available right now.

Check out an hour of cancelled Half-Life game Ravenholm

By Liam Dawe,
Ravenholm, one of the names that Arkane gave to their Half-Life game, was previously shown off back in 2020 and now we have a lot more footage of it.

Steam Deck hits 2,500 games Verified or Playable

By Liam Dawe,
Another big milestone has been hit for the Steam Deck from Valve. There's now at least 2,500 games that have been through Deck Verified to be classed as either fully Verified or Playable.

The deb-get tool helps Ubuntu (and derivative distro) fans grab extra apps

By Liam Dawe,
While there's plenty of software available out of the box for Ubuntu (and all the derivatives), some developers only provide .deb downloads from their websites - that's where deb-get comes in.

Free and popular precision-platformer 'Janosik' gets a big upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
Love some retro action-platformer to fill your time? Janosik quite a popular one, likely because it's free, and it just got a big upgrade.

Linux gaming overlay MangoHud has a new release

By Liam Dawe,
MangoHud is something that Valve use on the Steam Deck, specifically for the performance HUD that shows various details like FPS, frame timing, temperatures and more. It just had a new release with plenty of changes.

HoloISO brings Valve's SteamOS 3 from the Steam Deck to everyone

By Liam Dawe,
While Valve has yet to actually release a proper iso for SteamOS 3 used on the Steam Deck, others have been taking it into their own hands to provide, like with the new HoloISO.

Media center and entertainment hub Kodi adds Steam Deck controls support

By Liam Dawe,
Kodi (originally XBMC), is a free and open source media center and entertainment hub, and the latest release up on Flathub adds in support for the Steam Deck controller.

Star Labs add an AMD Ryzen option to the StarBook Mk V

By Liam Dawe,
Want a fancy new laptop with great Linux support? Check out the StarBook Mk V, which just added an AMD Ryzen option.

PowerTools is a Steam Deck Plugin for power users

By Liam Dawe,
Want to tweak more on your Steam Deck? You need some PowerTools. A new plugin for the Steam Deck Plugin Loader.