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Subnautica gets upgraded and now Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe, Mar 8, 2023

Subnautica, the hugely popular watery open-world survival adventure has a fresh update out that notes it's now Steam Deck Verified.

Free and open source 6DOF flight racer Fly Dangerous has a huge second update

By Liam Dawe, Mar 8, 2023

It's fast, it gives you six degrees of freedom (6DOF) and it's open source too! Fly Dangerous just had it's second big upgrade since entering Early Access.

Build magical colonies and manage resources with lasers in Scorchlands

By Liam Dawe, Mar 8, 2023

Set in a fantasy world of magic and talking animals, Scorchlands is a peculiar city-builder now in Early Access.

Humble Choice for March has some fun picks like BIOMUTANT, Jurassic World Evolution 2

By Liam Dawe, Mar 8, 2023

Another fresh month and a new Humble Choice bundle has landed, here's what's inside and what compatibility to expect on Steam Deck and Linux Desktop.

Starfield from Bethesda launching September 6

By Liam Dawe, Mar 8, 2023

While we have no idea how well it will work on Linux and Steam Deck with Proton just yet, we at least now have a date. Starfield from Bethesda is releasing September 6th.

Vangers the open source classic from 1998 continues to be upgraded

By Liam Dawe, Mar 7, 2023

Vangers is a thoroughly weird racing role-playing adventure originally released in 1998, and it's still being upgraded.

Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania is out now

By Liam Dawe, Mar 7, 2023

Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania is a fresh content expansion for the popular rogue-lite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer and it's available now.

An early March round-up of Steam Deck news

By Liam Dawe, Mar 7, 2023

Do you feel like you're falling behind on all the Steam Deck news? Here's a round-up of a few things to keep you going.

Dota 2 removes OpenGL support, new hero Muerta now live, big update due in April

By Liam Dawe, Mar 7, 2023

The latest major update to Dota 2 from Valve has landed, bringing with it the removal of OpenGL support and the new hero Muerta.

Deal with a UFO crashing into a small village in Kujlevka, releasing in April

By Liam Dawe, Mar 7, 2023

Kujlevka from developer Callback and publisher Crytivo is a quirky adventure about a flying saucer crash landing into a small distant Russian village.

Flathub in 2023, they have some big plans

By Liam Dawe, Mar 7, 2023

Robert McQueen, CEO of the Endless OS Foundation and GNOME Board President, has given a big update on what's going on with Flathub. Sadly, the Plaintext Group recently turned their funding proposal down.

Paradox announce Cities: Skylines 2, plus a The Sims-like game and more

By Liam Dawe, Mar 6, 2023

Paradox Interactive just held their own announcement show, and there will be quite a few interesting upcoming games, so here's a round-up.

Get a free copy of Figment, plus lots of other deals going on right now

By Liam Dawe, Mar 6, 2023

In the mood for a free game? How about a whole bunch of cheap games on sale? Come and have a look at what's going on.

Base-building, tower defense and digging — Lumencraft has it all

By Liam Dawe, Mar 6, 2023

Lumencraft is a pretty gorgeous top-down blending of base-building, where you need to set up defensive towers and a whole lot of digging.

Rhythm mini-game collection Bits & Bops gets Linux support

By Liam Dawe, Mar 6, 2023

Bits & Bops looks sweet! A fun collection of rhythm mini-games, and the developer has upgraded the demo to include Linux support for this upcoming game.

Your Only Move Is HUSTLE gets a Linux version

By Liam Dawe, Mar 6, 2023

Your Only Move Is HUSTLE, a very popular online turn-based fighting game and super-powered fight scene simulator now has Linux support.

Counter-Strike 2 is reportedly a real thing and coming soon

By Liam Dawe, Mar 6, 2023

There's been a whole lot of rumours appearing lately that seem quite credible, with Counter-Strike 2 apparently due soon.

Wine development release v8.3 is out now

By Liam Dawe, Mar 6, 2023

Wine, the translations layer that allows Windows apps and games to run on other operating systems, that forms part of Steam Play Proton has version 8.3 out now.