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Steam Remote Play gets VA-API DRM hardware decoding on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released another Steam Beta for both the Steam Deck and for Desktop Steam, containing various fixes and a nice improvement for Linux Remote Play users.

AYANEO NEXT LITE no longer ships with SteamOS-like HoloISO Linux - Windows 11 instead

By Liam Dawe,
We were so close to seeing another gaming handheld ship with Linux out of the box that isn't the Steam Deck, but it seems AYANEO with the AYANEO NEXT LITE weren't convinced enough and so they've changed their minds.

The Pokémon Company confirm investigation into Palworld

By Liam Dawe,
Well this could be about to get interesting, as The Pokémon Company have actually released a statement in regards to all the speculation about Palworld amid many claims of copying Pokémon's homework.

This new Humble Bundle has some great Soulslikes

By Liam Dawe,
Need a challenge? Like Soulslike games? Check out the latest Humble Bundle that has some quality picks in it.

NVIDIA 550.40.07 Beta driver released with fixes for VRR and Wayland

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA has today launched the 550.40.07 Beta driver for Linux which includes numerous important fixes, so you might want to jump in and give this one a thorough gaming test.

Team Fortress 2 has a 64bit and Vulkan update for Linux in testing

By Liam Dawe,
Valve are still updating Team Fortress 2 (TF2), and a bigger technical update is currently in the works that will bring 64bit and Vulkan support to the Linux version.

Palworld hits 7 million sales, smashes Counter-Strike 2's all-time peak and gets a roadmap

By Liam Dawe,
Palworld has continued to smash records, and it has now become the number 2 on Steam for the record of peak-players as it crosses 7 million sales. There's also now a fancy roadmap.

Core Keeper getting a new event, plus various new features on January 31st

By Liam Dawe,
Core Keeper is a rather wonderful game about underground mining, crafting and exploration and it's about to get a big new Lunar New Year event along with some new permanent features to improve the game.

Godot Engine gets a free Nintendo Switch port for game devs

By Liam Dawe,
Here's one less reason for game developers to skip over using the free and open source Godot Engine, as it now has a free port available to bring games over to the Nintendo Switch.

Proposed Windows NT sync driver brings big Wine / Proton performance improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Zeb Figura of CodeWeavers has proposed a Windows NT synchronization primitive driver to help performance of running games and applications designed for Windows on Linux with Wine / Proton.

PlayStation Remote Play for Steam Deck 'chiaki4deck' update fixes framepacing issues

By Liam Dawe,
It seems the recent 1.6.0 release of chiaki4deck, the PlayStation Remote Play app for Steam Deck had some issues with performance that v1.6.2 should now solve.

Railway network designer Rail Route releases February 22nd and over 100K copies sold

By Liam Dawe,
Rail Route from developer Bitrich is currently in Early Access and they just announced their plans for the big 1.0 release to happen on February 22nd.

The Universim god-game city-builder 1.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
The Universim from Crytivo has finally released, what they call a "new breed of God Game" where you guide a civilisation from nothing up to the stars.

SteamOS alternative Bazzite v2.2 out now with lots of enhancements

By Liam Dawe,
Need something similar to SteamOS for your desktop or handhelds like the Steam Deck? The latest release of Bazzite with version 2.2 sounds like it just keeps getting better.

MONSTER HUNTER RISE gets patched to fix it on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
As reported previously, Capcom recently updated MONSTER HUNTER RISE with new Enigma DRM and the update ended up breaking it on Steam Deck / Linux Desktop. But it should no longer be an issue no matter the Proton version used.

Surreal Engine is an open source reimplementation of Unreal Engine for classic games

By Liam Dawe,
Originally called UTEngine, Surreal Engine is a community-made attempt to reimplement enough of the original Unreal Engine to get games like the original Unreal Tournament (99) working.

Riot Games cutting 11% of staff (about 530 people)

By Liam Dawe,
Ouch. Yet another developer is getting rid of staff in a move to cut some costs and this time it's Riot Games, who will be waving goodbye to 11% of their people.

Proton 8.0-5 brings more HDR gaming to Linux / Steam Deck plus lots of fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Proton 8.0-5 is here marking more games as playable, bringing HDR support to even more games and of course the usual bug fixes aplenty to Steam Deck / Desktop Linux.

Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher aims to improve Windows games on Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Oh no! Another launcher! Well, not quite. In fact, Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher (ULWGL) is actually meant to be used by existing game launchers like Heroic Games, Lutris and others on Linux desktop and Steam Deck.

Palworld overtakes Counter-Strike 2 for most players on Steam and hits 5 million sales

By Liam Dawe,
There seems to be absolutely no stopping Palworld. It just keeps on growing and pulling in more players with its enticing theme of Pokémon with guns and crafting.