Valve released Windows drivers for Steam Deck OLED but no official support

By Liam Dawe,
While it is not in any way officially supported by Valve, they have now released Windows drivers for the newer Steam Deck OLED model.

Stellaris Cosmic Storms expansion will launch September 10

By Liam Dawe,
Might be time for another run in Stellaris with the Cosmic Storms announced today to release on September 10th. Developed in collaboration with Behaviour Rotterdam, it's set to expand space weather in a big way.

NonSteamLaunchers Decky Loader plugin for Steam Deck released

By Liam Dawe,
Making it perhaps easier than ever to get more stores and launchers onto your Steam Deck, the NonSteamLaunchers plugin for Decky Loader is now available.

Godot Engine 4.3 is out now with huge new features and a fancy release page

By Liam Dawe,
Looks like the Godot team went all-out for the Godot Engine 4.3 release, bringing this royalty-free open source game engine into a bright future.

Dwarf Fortress adds Dwarf Babies, an upgraded Adventure Mode and more but macOS cancelled

By Liam Dawe,
There's plenty of good news in the latest Dwarf Fortress update, unless you're a macOS gamer that is. A fresh Beta update is out now.

Until Dawn remake arrives on PC October 4, requires PSN account

By Liam Dawe,
For those interested in the Until Dawn remake from Ballistic Moon and PlayStation Publishing LLC, it's set to arrive on October 4th.

Mesa 24.2.0 released with a new shader cache implementation

By Liam Dawe,
Mesa 24.2.0 is out now bringing with it the usual advancements for open source OpenGL and Vulkan graphics drivers on Linux.

Valve attempts to deal with jokes, memes and ASCII art reviews on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
I'm sure you've all seen some of the more playful user reviews on Steam, but they're not exactly helpful for figuring out if you want to buy a game and so Valve have a new "Helpfulness System" they're testing.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.10 Beta 'Tenth time's the charm' fixes some real nuisances

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released yet another Beta for the upcoming release of Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6, this time fixing some really annoying issues.

The Beamdog & Owlcat RPG Humble Bundle has some killer games in it

By Liam Dawe,
The Beamdog & Owlcat RPG Humble Bundle has launched, and once again you've got a good deal to bag some quality games for cheaps.

Two Point Museum announced from the devs of Two Point Hospital / Two Point Campus

By Liam Dawe,
Two Point Studios are back with another quirky building and management sim. Following up on the successful releases of Two Point Hospital and Two Point Campus the next in the series is Two Point Museum.

Go capture and breed some Frogs in the Mudborne demo, from the devs of beekeeping sim APICO

By Liam Dawe,
Developer ellraiser of TNgineers is back again with another wonderful casual exploration, discovery and breeding sim. While APICO had you do beekeeping, Mudborne has you breed all sorts of Frogs.

Valve upgrades Steam Families and Game Recording in the latest Steam Beta

By Liam Dawe,
A fresh Steam Beta Client has been released for Desktop and Steam Deck, with a few fixes and upgrades and the change for Steam Families is especially nice.

Valve confirm plan to get Steam Deck's SteamOS on the ROG Ally and more handhelds

By Liam Dawe,
We've known for a long time that Valve planned to get the newer SteamOS that's on the Steam Deck out for more systems, but they've been a bit quiet on it. Now, they've confirmed it's still the plan for the likes of the ROG Ally and other systems.

Steam store pages are about to get a lot cleaner, Valve puts an end to game advert spam

By Liam Dawe,
This is a bit of a win for consumers I think, as some developers were making a right mess of their Steam store pages as Valve have now announced some big changes.

Retro-gaming Linux distribution Batocera 40 released

By nwildner,
Batocera 40 got released last Sunday (2024-08-11) packing a lot of fixes, new goodies, emulator updates and extra hardware support.

Ex-Blizzard devs new RTS 'Stormgate' out in Early Access, works on Linux but may need a small fix

By Liam Dawe,
Stormgate is a fresh RTS game set in an all-new science fantasy universe, it's hit Early Access today free to play but you may need a little tweak on Linux to run it.

Minishoot' Adventures developers rebuilt their UI to get it Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Well, SoulGame Studio certainly have my attention for their effort on getting Minishoot' Adventures up to Steam Deck Verified. Plus, the game looks really entertaining.

Battle Train could end up being my next favourite deck-builder

By Liam Dawe,
There's just something satisfying about laying down tracks, and then slamming a train into your enemy. Battle Train is an interesting spin on deck-builders and there's a demo out now.

Avoid a giant creepy boat stalking you in your kayak in this retro-horror game

By Liam Dawe,
For those readers who love the recent wave of retro-horror, Delta Kayak could be another good one to check out with a demo now live. Certainly wins points for some originality and total weirdness here.