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Escape Simulator recently had a big update with a free Graveyard level

By Liam Dawe, Nov 2, 2022

Probably one of the most popular games of its kind on Steam, the co-op escape room puzzler Escape Simulator recently had a nice update.

Void Scrappers blends Vampire Survivors mechanics with a space shoot 'em up

By Liam Dawe, Nov 2, 2022

Void Scrappers recently released with Native Linux support and it is Steam Deck Verified. A pretty great game if you love the mechanics of Vampire Survivors but want something different.

Transport Tycoon Deluxe inspired game OpenTTD has a new release coming

By Liam Dawe, Nov 2, 2022

OpenTTD is a free and open source sim based on the classic Transport Tycoon Deluxe, and the team have announced a new release is coming with a first Beta.

Steam Deck pushed Linux to the highest share on Steam in years

By Liam Dawe, Nov 2, 2022

A fresh month, which means a new Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out. Looking over the October 2022 data, it appears we've hit a fresh high point.

Dwarf Fortress releases December 6 on Steam and itch.io, Native Linux support later

By Liam Dawe, Nov 1, 2022

Dwarf Fortress is finally getting the big Early Access release on Steam and itch.io on December 6, although the Native Linux support is to come along later.

Steam Deck UI in Big Picture Mode on desktop

Steam Beta update tweaks the new Big Picture Mode from Steam Deck for desktop

By Liam Dawe, Nov 1, 2022

Valve has today released a new Steam Client Beta, which amongst other things tweaks the new Big Picture Mode that is also in a special Beta that was taken from the Steam Deck.

Competitive tactics game Duelyst is being revived with Duelyst II

By Liam Dawe, Nov 1, 2022

Love competitive games? How about when they're free to play? Dream Sloth Games are reviving Duelyst as Duelyst II, with approval from Counterplay Games.

These were the most popular Steam Deck games for October 2022

By Liam Dawe, Nov 1, 2022

Valve has revealed two fresh lists of popular games for the Steam Deck through October, sorted by both daily average player count and time played.

Missile Command: Recharged gets a revamp and relaunch on Steam

By Liam Dawe, Nov 1, 2022

Atari and Adamvision Studios have taken down the original Missile Command: Recharged, and replaced it with another Missile Command: Recharged of the same name but it has been upgraded.

Open source kart racer SuperTuxKart 1.4 is out now with Vulkan in Beta

By Liam Dawe, Nov 1, 2022

The free and open source kart racing game, SuperTuxKart, has released a major new version with lots of fresh goodies to play with.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 7.20 is out

By Liam Dawe, Nov 1, 2022

The Wine hackers have put out a new development build of the Windows compatibility layer in Wine 7.20.

Video recording app OBS Studio v28.1 out with NVENC changes

By Liam Dawe, Nov 1, 2022

OBS Studio has a new release out now, and it comes with some changes for NVIDIA GPU owners who use NVENC.

Heroic Games Launcher 2.5 Beta adds Download Manager, external game / launcher installs

By Liam Dawe, Oct 31, 2022

The Heroic Games Launcher is growing with the 2.5.0 Beta version out now, putting it in competition with the likes of Lutris and Bottles a little more with the new features.

Elon Musk completes Twitter takeover, Nextcloud to ship their own social network app

By Liam Dawe, Oct 31, 2022

Just a bit of big industry news to cover today, as an update to the previous article talking about Elon Musk and Twitter — as the sale has completed. Plus a reminder on Mastodon and Nextcloud doing some fun social stuff too.