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Hazard Pay is an upcoming dark and mysterious block-pushing puzzler

By Liam Dawe,
Want a puzzle game that's a little bit different to keep you wanting to find out more? Hazard Pay from Smitner Studio releases later this year and it sounds great.

Which Way Up: Space Olympics is anti-gravity party game chaos

By Liam Dawe,
Turtle Flip Studio plan to launch their physics-based anti-gravity party game Which Way Up: Space Olympics sometime in Q1 2025 but there's a demo up on Steam you can try with Linux support.

Humble Bundle IGN Fan Fest 24 has some good stuff like Loop Hero and Tinykin

By Liam Dawe,
IGN Fan Fest is kicking off so there's a new Humble Bundle IGN Fan Fest 24 with some sweet treats you can pick up for cheaps.

Valve open sourced Steam Audio including the SDK and Plugins

By Liam Dawe,
Steam Audio is a full-featured audio solution for game developers, and now anyone can pretty much do anything with it as Valve has made it entirely open source.

Palworld is getting external anti-cheat but it will be mostly optional

By Liam Dawe,
Palworld continues to be an incredible success seeing a 24 hour peak player count of 527,994 but cheating is causing problems, so the developers plan to address it with new anti-cheat.

Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.3 is example of how to do retro right

By Liam Dawe,
Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.3 from Bitwave Games / Toaplan is another 4-pack of classic games, and a nice clear example of how to bring retro games the right way to modern platforms.

There's a new Godot Engine addon to simplify testing on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
For game developers using or looking at using Godot Engine, you may want to check out the Godot 4 DeployToSteamOS addon which gives you a one-click method to test your games on Steam Deck.

Inflexion Games give update on Steam Deck & Linux support for Nightingale

By Liam Dawe,
Nightingale is an upcoming open world survival and crafting game from Inflexion Games, it looks quite magnificent and will no doubt be another early 2024 hit and the developers put up a blog post on Steam Deck / Linux support status.

Need more games? Check out my February Steam Deck Verified picks

By Liam Dawe,
As we approach 14,000 games rated either Playable or Verified for Steam Deck, here's a look over some recently Steam Deck Verified titles if you're in the mood for something new.

EmulationStation Desktop Edition (ES-DE) gets new default look and different font sizes

By Liam Dawe,
EmulationStation Desktop Edition 3.0 is out now and it's gone through a rebrand to simply ES-DE, plus a whole bunch of improvements come with this release.

Metro Exodus hits 10 million sales - and there's more to come

By Liam Dawe,
4A Games announced that Metro Exodus has now crossed over 10 million sales, and the good news is they have plans for more games to come.

More details on the Manjaro Orange Pi Neo gaming handheld

By Liam Dawe,
Announced earlier this month, the Orange Pi Neo is a gaming handheld coming out a bit like the Steam Deck but it will be running Manjaro Linux. Recently the Manjaro team gave out a bit more info.

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition gets performance improvements, HDR-bloom, bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition is still amazingly being updated, although not directly by Beamdog with the community now helping out for fun. There's also more of it now open source.

Manjaro and Slimbook team up for the Slimbook Hero Linux gaming laptop

By Liam Dawe,
So not only are Manjaro teaming up with Orange Pi for the Orange Pi Neo gaming handheld, they're also working with Slimbook for the new Manjaro Slimbook Hero gaming laptop.

No Man's Sky Omega Update arrives with a Free Weekend and lots new

By Liam Dawe,
Even though Hello games are now working on their open-world survival game Light No Fire, they're not quite done with No Man's Sky just yet with the Omega Update.

Apple M1 gets OpenGL 4.6 and OpenGL ES 3.2 support on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Alyssa Rosenzweig announced in a blog post that support for the Apple M1 has been improved, with the latest updates bringing full conformant OpenGL 4.6 on the M1.

Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 adding EA AntiCheat, breaking it on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
It's only a matter of time before more and more EA published games move over to EA Anti-Cheat, and now Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 is set to get it.

Get a whole lot of classic Capcom games in this Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a good way to build up a whole lot of games with the Capcom Cup: Fighters & Arcade Classics Pack from Humble Bundle. Featuring some top games.

Helldivers 2 rated Playable for Steam Deck by Valve

By Smellbringer,
Helldivers 2 is the bug-squashing sensation that's sweeping the nation. Skyrocketing to popularity in a way that the first Helldivers could only dream of. And now Valve has given it a Steam Deck rating.

Grab a free copy of FlatOut during the GOG Love at First Pixel sale

By Liam Dawe,
GOG are running their own little Valentine's Day promotion with the Love at First Pixel sale, plus you can grab a free copy of FlatOut.