Craftomation 101 combines crafting, programming and tiny robots to unfreeze a planet

By Liam Dawe,
Hitting Early Access on February 19th, Craftomation 101 is a spiritual successor to Luden.io's previous game "while True: learn()" and it sounds like a really fun combination of ideas.

Puzzle game Sokobond Express releases February 22nd

By Liam Dawe,
Sokobond Express is a beautifully minimalist puzzle game that combines chemical bonds and puzzling pathfinding in novel ways. The developers say it's a bit of a mashup of the ideas from Sokobond and Cosmic Express.

GE-Proton 8-31 and 8-32 bring fixes for Helldivers 2, Dark and Darker, Agarest

By Liam Dawe,
Two new versions of GE-Proton have been released pulling in some extra fixes for various games for Steam Deck / Linux, so here's what's new and improved.

Heroic Games Launcher v2.13 brings GOG support improvements

By Liam Dawe,
If you want to grab games from GOG on Linux and Steam Deck (or even macOS and Windows), there's some good news for you. The Heroic Games Launcher just released version 2.13 which brings with it their overhaul to GOG support.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.5.15 Preview brings a HDR improvement, GPU crash improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a new version of SteamOS in Preview for Steam Deck, along with a Steam Client Beta for Steam Deck and Desktop Steam also being released. So here's what you need to know.

Proton Hotfix updated to support HELLDIVERS 2 on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
HELLDIVERS 2 is currently doing really well on Steam with a ton of players, and initially it was quite a nuisance to get working on Steam Deck / Desktop Linux, but now it should run much better.

Wine 9.2 brings Mono updates, system tray fixes and more

By Liam Dawe,
Another development release of the Windows compatibility layer is here with Wine 9.2, bringing with it some new features and fixes so here's what's changed.

Humble Bundle has some awesome puzzle games in this latest bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Oh now this is a good selection! Some really fantastic puzzle games available in the Mind-Bending Masterpieces Humble Bundle. So here's all the info you need.

Check out Abalon Arena - bringing together turn-based tactics and strategic card play

By Liam Dawe,
From D20Studios, who also made Abalon (formerly Summoners Fate), they're planning to release their next game with Abalon Arena. A fusion of turn-based tactics and strategic card play inspired by Dungeons and Dragons and Magic: The Gathering.

Noir-influenced detective RPG 'Pixel Noir' is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Noir-influenced detective mystery RPG? Sounds thoroughly interesting! Pixel Noir has now left Early Access.

I'm terrible at Poker but a deck-building poker roguelike? Balatro has me hooked

By Liam Dawe,
Balatro is releasing on February 20th and if you love card games and deck-builders, you're probably going to need to check this one out. It also has a demo available for Steam Next Fest 2024.

Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy is a party-based RPG from the ATOM RPG team

By Liam Dawe,
AtomTeam are moving on from their Fallout and Wasteland inspired titles ATOM RPG and ATOM RPG Trudograd, onto their next game they just announced with Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy.

Humble Bundle raised $14 million for charity in 2023 - over $250 million overall

By Liam Dawe,
Humble Bundle announced some new numbers recently, and it's quite impressive to see how much they're actually doing for various charities thanks to all their bundles.

You're going to need to take mining-shooter BORE BLASTERS away from me

By Liam Dawe,
BORE BLASTERS is a mining-shooter from Scottish studio 8BitSkull, the same developer that also made Void Scrappers and Fates of Ort, two other games I also quite liked. It seems they're onto something again here!

Linux gaming performance display MangoHud v0.7.1 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
MangoHud is the fantastic tool you can use to display various amounts of performance information while gaming on Linux, it's also what the Steam Deck uses for the HUD too. A new version 0.7.1 is out now!

Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine fheroes2 v1.0.12 released

By fheroes2,
Dear fans of Heroes of Might and Magic 2 and fheroes2 project supporters! The team is excited to announce a new version of the fheroes2 project - 1.0.12 as the first update of this year!

Driving survival game Pacific Drive is very cool - here's the fix for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Pacific Drive is a first-person driving-survival game with a demo now available, it's really interesting and nice to see something different but for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux it needs a fix to get working.

HELLDIVERS 2 is out - here's how to run it on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
HELLDIVERS 2 from Arrowhead Game Studios and PlayStation PC has arrived, and it's causing issues for players on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux. Here's some ways you may be able to get it to work.

Proton Experimental gets improvements for The Finals, TEKKEN 8, Black Desert Online

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a new update to Proton Experimental for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux, bringing in some fixes for various games. Here's what you need to know.

Get lots of Mega Man games in this Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
There's a new big Mega Man Humble Bundle live and plenty of them work just fine across Linux Desktop and Steam Deck, so here's all the info you need.