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Proton Experimental update brings fixes for Sword of Convallaria, Space Engineers

By Liam Dawe,
Valve updated Proton Experimental for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux again, bringing in the usual assortment of bug fixes.

DOOM + DOOM II get bundled together with new enhanced versions

By Liam Dawe,
Today id Software and Bethesda Softworks announced a new bundling of the original DOOM + DOOM II, with a whole bunch of enhancements using Nightdive Studio's KEX engine. A free update for existing owners too.

Sober is a new way to play Roblox on Linux from the Vinegar team

By Liam Dawe,
While Roblox does still remain blocked on Linux with Wine, as usual the community finds a way. The Vinegar team recently revealed Sober, a currently closed-source specialized runtime for the Android version of Roblox.

System76 desktop environment COSMIC alpha now available to try

By Liam Dawe,
System76 have today released the first alpha preview for you to try out COSMIC, their brand new home-grown desktop environment.

Pight is a puzzle game inspired by the Minecraft redstone system

By Liam Dawe,
With a demo now available, the 2D puzzle game Pight was inspired by the developers love of the Minecraft redstone system.

Steel & Blood is a huge upgrade for horde battler Rogue: Genesia

By Liam Dawe,
Rogue: Genesia is easily one of the best survivor-like horde games, and it just got even better with the huge Steel & Blood update.

Balatro hits 2 million sales and a major free gameplay update is coming

By Liam Dawe,
One of the most popular recent releases on Steam that's Steam Deck Verified (and works great on desktop Linux), Balatro has done really well.

Prehistoric farming life sim Roots of Pacha 1.2 is out now, plus a 'massive' update on the way

By Liam Dawe,
Roots of Pacha from Soda Den has a fresh free update out now in version 1.2, and they're not slowing down with more big free updates planned.

SteamOS 3.6.9 Beta for Steam Deck curiously mentions the ASUS ROG Ally

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a pretty important set of bug fixes for the Steam Deck with the new SteamOS 3.6.9 Beta, plus an interesting mention of the ASUS ROG Ally that could point to things to come.

The Capcom Summer 2024 Humble Bundle is another great deal

By Liam Dawe,
The Capcom Summer 2024 Humble Bundle has launched and looks to be yet another surprisingly good deal, worth taking a look at this one.

Second Dinner (MARVEL SNAP) now investing in W4 Games for Godot Engine

By Liam Dawe,
Clearly, Godot Engine is going places, with more and more games using this cross-platform free and open source game engine that doesn't require royalty payments and now they've pulled in Second Dinner who developed MARVEL SNAP.

Valve working on a new game that could be Half-Life 3

By Liam Dawe,
Take this with your usual scepticism, but it appears Valve are working on another new game (no not Deadlock that leaked previously) which may end up being Half-Life 3.

Certain Steam Deck plugins via Decky Loader are causing bootloops

By Liam Dawe,
Uh oh. Not only did we recently have the issue with The Jackbox Megapicker breaking the Steam Deck, but now plugins via Decky Loader too.

DRL (Doom, the Roguelike) is coming to Steam as Jupiter Hell Classic

By Liam Dawe,
Jupiter Hell Classic is the demake of a remake of a roguelike unmake of a famous 1993 FPS shooter. Rip and Tear!

Humble Choice for August 2024 has Sifu, High on Life, BLACKTAIL

By Liam Dawe,
Humble Choice for August 2024 has been released and it's a pretty good selection this time, so here's your usual roundup.

World of Goo 2 is out now with Native Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
One of the original greats from the original indie games boom has returned, World of Goo 2 from 2DBOY and Tomorrow Corporation is now available.

AMD Ryzen 9000 Series processors dates and prices revealed

By Liam Dawe,
AMD have now officially revealed the exact date and pricing for their exciting upcoming AMD Ryzen 9000 Series processors launch.

Next Heroic Games Launcher release to include initial GOG Galaxy support

By anewson,
Everyone's favourite Linux games launcher has added yet another milestone feature thanks to Linguin and other Heroic contributors. The development version of Heroic now uses a project named comet to translate a game's GOG Galaxy API calls using a platform-agnostic SDK.

Extreme sports game Descenders Next announced for 2025

By Liam Dawe,
Following on from the success of the downhill extreme sports game Descenders, developer RageSquid and publisher No More Robots have announced the much bigger Descenders Next is coming.

Grab a load of hit digital board games in this new Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
The Board Game Night Humble Bundle looks to be another good one, especially if you love games styled more like board games. So here's what's in it and what compatibility to expect for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.