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Skullgirls 2nd Encore Umbrella update and DLC out now

By Liam Dawe,
Hidden Variable Studios and Autumn Games have given Skullgirls 2nd Encore a big update and new character, with Umbrella now officially available.

Paradox announce Crusader Kings III: Fate of Iberia and Surviving Mars Content Packs

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox Interactive continue building up their strategy games with both Crusader Kings III and Surviving Mars having new upcoming content releases.

Minecraft launcher PolyMC 1.2.0 out now supporting the Quilt loader

By Liam Dawe,
PolyMC is easily one of the best Mineraft launchers available, enabling some easy modding on Linux and Steam Deck.

Wobbly Life looks like pure silly joy and it added Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
Wobbly Life, an open world physics based sandbox that looks like a lot of fun recently had a huge update and with it comes Steam Deck support.

Introversion classic Darwinia gets remastered with better Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
Darwinia was originally released back in 2005, and now Introversion Software has done a massive remaster.

Erik Wolpaw to Valve on Portal 3 — 'we should just do it'

By Liam Dawe,
Erik Wolpaw, a writer on the likes of Half-Life 2, Portal, Portal 2, Half-Life: Alyx and more thinks Valve really should just go ahead and make Portal 3 already.

Game manager Lutris continues Flatpak improvements

By Liam Dawe,
While it's not quite ready yet, proper support for Flatpak is coming for Lutris which will make it work easily on the Steam Deck and a new update is out now.

Steam Deck Client Update out, plus Valve dev clarifies a tweak for Gaming Mode (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
Two bits of official Steam Deck news to cover this morning, as there's a new small Steam Deck Client Update out plus we now know what special performance tweak is done in Gaming Mode compared with Desktop Mode.

Looks like the Steam Deck will get Refresh Rate Switching

By Liam Dawe,
Valve continue to cook up plans for more exciting upgrades to the Steam Deck, with Refresh Rate Switching looking like it's on the way.

Steam Deck was the Steam top seller for the week ending April 17

By Liam Dawe,
Even more supporting evidence towards the Steam Deck being a nice success for Valve, with SteamDB reporting that the Steam Deck was the #1 top seller last week.

Wine manager app Bottles adds a new Library mode, vkBasalt support

By Liam Dawe,
Bottles continues to mature as a way to manage installing applications and games with the compatibility layer Wine. A fresh release is out now showing off some UI improvements and new features.

box86 and box64 get Steam Play Proton working much better on Arm devices

By Liam Dawe,
Are you planning to do some gaming on Arm devices? You need to take a look at the box86 and box64 projects, which are really quite impressive.

Open source evolution sim Thrive goes Multicellular in the latest update

By Liam Dawe,
The Multicellular evolution has begun, for the open source game Thrive that is. Currently in Early Access, it continues to show off an impressive design.

ProtonUp-Qt v2.6.1 adds support for the Heroic Launcher Flatpak

By Liam Dawe,
ProtonUp-Qt gives you an incredibly easy way to install compatibility layers on Linux like GE-Proton (formerly Proton GE), Lutris-Wine, Luxtorpeda and more.

2022 is officially the Year of Linux Gaming

By Liam Dawe,
That's it, I'm done, finished. It's "mission complete" now is it not? 2022 is officially the Year of Linux Gaming.

Get a free copy of Iris and the Giant from GOG in their Indie Spring Sale

By Liam Dawe,
Love free games and discounts? GOG have a free copy of Iris and the Giant for keeps and you can save during their new Indie Spring Sale.

Star Labs 'Byte' announced as their first Mini PC powered by AMD Ryzen

By Liam Dawe,
Looking for a small desktop that has great Linux support? Star Labs just announced the Byte, and it looks to be a pretty mighty little unit.

Online co-op shooter GTFO adds 'partial' Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
GTFO, the scary online co-op shooter from 10 Chambers recently had another update, and with it the developers claim they added in "partial" support for the Steam Deck.

Valve updates Portal to improve Steam Deck performance

By Liam Dawe,
Valve sure do give a lot of love to their games (okay, most, I hear the rumbling of TF2 fans in the background) and a new update has rolled out for the original Portal to help the Steam Deck.

Screeps: Arena is an online RTS for programming fans

By Liam Dawe,
Do you love programming? How about real-time strategy games? Check out the new Native Linux release of Screeps: Arena.