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Discord for Linux gets Flathub Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Discord, the massively popular messaging platform for text, voice and video has now been fully Verified on Flathub and so it's now official from the developers.

God of War and Uncharted coming to GOG, plus a fresh game giveaway

By Liam Dawe,
Seems like GOG have really managed to pull Sony onboard with more games coming. They've confirmed both God of War and UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection are coming to GOG.

Wine 8.19 out now with Mono updates and more DirectMusic work

By Liam Dawe,
The Windows compatibility later Wine version 8.19 is out now as the latest development release on the road to Wine 9.0. Here's what's changed.

Humble's WB: 100 Play the Legends bundle is a really good deal

By Liam Dawe,
Need some games for the weekend again? Well Humble's WB: 100 Play the Legends bundle really does look like a really good deal filled with some great games. Here's the Steam Deck and desktop Linux compatibility.

Valheim testing a Unity upgrade with lots of optimizations

By Liam Dawe,
Iron Gate announced a new public test release Beta of Valheim, which brings with it a Unity game engine upgrade that includes multiple performance enhancements to improve the game. So time to get testing.

ARK: Survival Ascended out now and enabled BattlEye for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Studio Wildcard with Grove Street Games and Instinct Games have released ARK: Survival Ascended, a full Unreal Engine 5 remake of ARK: Survival Evolved and it's playable on Steam Deck.

Steam Scream: The Revenge is live for a week of Halloween deals on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
If you prefer Steam as your main store the Steam Scream: The Revenge event is live now until November 2nd, featuring discounts and demos for some spooky times.

GOG giving away Blacksad: Under the Skin during their Halloween Sale

By Liam Dawe,
Here's another chance to pick up a free game, as GOG are now giving away Blacksad: Under the Skin as part of their ongoing Halloween sale I recently covered here.

Farlight 84 players reporting bans on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Farlight 84 is a hero-shooter battle royale from Farlight Games that currently has a Steam Deck Playable rating but it appears with the latest update, it's causing bans to happen like we saw previously with Apex Legends.

HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED 2 - Turbocharged is good fun with some issues on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Milestone sent over a copy of HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED 2 - Turbocharged to the GamingOnLinux Steam Curator and after blasting through various races, here's some thoughts on Steam Deck and desktop Linux compatibility.

Squadron 42 finally 'feature complete', CIG talk up Vulkan support for Star Citizen

By Liam Dawe,
It's been a long road getting here but it seems we're inching closer to Cloud Imperium Games actually releasing Squadron 42, their cinematic single-player space adventure set in the Star Citizen universe. They also talked up Vulkan support with their ongoing tech work.

Paradox announce the Victoria 3: Colossus of the South expansion

By Liam Dawe,
Victoria 3: Colossus of the South is the next expansion for Paradox Interactive's 19th century strategy game bringing with it the young nations of South America.

Here's how to fix METAL GEAR SOLID 2 and 3 on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
For the impatient, it turns out there is a way to make METAL GEAR SOLID 2: Sons of Liberty - Master Collection Version and METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version actually work on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Valve released big new Steam desktop, Steam Deck and SteamVR 2.0 updates

By Liam Dawe,
We have a triple update from Valve with SteamVR 2.0 now out of Beta, along with Steam Deck and Steam desktop upgrades so here's all the news.

GOG's Halloween Sale is live with Days Gone now available

By Liam Dawe,
GOG has launched their own Halloween Sale full of sweet treats including big discounts on lots of games, and a big new release has landed on GOG with Days Gone.

Point-and-click mystery adventure Three Minutes to Eight is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Chaosmonger Studio and Assemble Entertainment today released Three Minutes to Eight, a point and click mystery adventure game from the same developer behind ENCODYA and Clunky Hero.

Pixel-art sims game Tiny Life now allows multiple-floor building

By Liam Dawe,
Tiny Life is basically The Sims but what if made by an indie dev and pixel-art? Currently in Early Access with Native Linux support and Steam Deck Verified. The latest update is a goodie too that will expand your building quite a lot.

My Friendly Neighborhood is a great comedy survival-horror for spooky season

By Liam Dawe,
My Friendly Neighborhood from John Szymanski, Evan Szymanski and publisher DreadXP is probably one of the most unusual survival horror games I've ever played, with a comical setting that's really worth exploring.

CosmoPirates is a colourful upcoming card battling deck-builder comedy

By Liam Dawe,
Love your deck-builders? CosmoPirates looks like one to watch that blends in a little comedy and the developers noted it will be released with Native Linux support.

Narrative adventure Sons of Saturn has you explore real-world abandoned locations

By Liam Dawe,
Sons of Saturn seems like a pretty unique point and click adventure, with the developers using filtered photographs they took of various abandoned real-world locations for their setting.