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Sonic x Shadow Generations announced with a Sonic Generations remaster

By Liam Dawe, Feb 1

Gotta go fast! Sonic x Shadow Generations was just announced by SEGA that is technically two games, so here's all you need to know for the upcoming PC release.

Palworld hits 19 million players in less than two weeks - beating the latest Pokémon

By Liam Dawe, Feb 1

Palworld continues being an absolutely ridiculous success for developer Pocketpair, as they've announced it's hit 19 million players in less than two weeks.

Death Stranding 2: On The Beach has a new trailer but no indication of a PC release yet

By Liam Dawe, Feb 1

Yes, that's the official title now. Death Stranding 2: On The Beach and a generously long new trailer was released during Sony's January State of Play.

Mesa 24.0 out now with AMD RADV ray-tracing improvements, more NVIDIA NVK improvements

By Liam Dawe, Feb 1

Eric Engestrom announced the latest open source graphics drivers release with Mesa 24.0 bringing with it a great many improvements and new drivers.

Check out these freshly picked Steam Deck Verified games

By Liam Dawe, Jan 31

January is almost, finally, over so here's some freshly picked and washed Steam Deck Verified games that might help you push through February.

Godot Engine 4.3 will have official Wayland support

By Liam Dawe, Jan 31

2024 is clearly the year of Wayland on the desktop, and now Godot Engine will have official Wayland support with an upcoming new release.

Celeste gets a 3D makeover in Celeste 64 for the sixth anniversary

By Liam Dawe, Jan 31

Celeste is easily one of the most popular indie platformers ever made, and it's still going strong six years later. To celebrate, the developers put up a 3D version with Celeste 64: Fragments of the Mountain.

GE-Proton 8-29 and GE-Proton 8-30 released with EAC fix and TEKKEN 8 fix

By Liam Dawe, Jan 31

As usual for a new release of GE-Proton, GE-Proton 8-28 came with some issues, and so some hotfixes are available bringing it up to GE-Proton version 8-30.

Age of Empires IV gets a fix for Steam Deck / Linux online play desyncs

By Liam Dawe, Jan 31

Age of Empires IV just got a fresh 2024 patch and excitingly, it gets an official fix for Steam Deck / Desktop Linux multiplayer problems.

Qualys discovers glibc flaw that could enable attackers to gain full root access

By Liam Dawe, Jan 31

Well, here's another reminder to keep your PC up to date. Despite Linux being known for security, it's not perfect (no software is) and researchers at Qualys have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the GNU C Library.

Stardew Valley 1.6 bigger than expected - now in bug-fixing and polishing stage

By Liam Dawe, Jan 30

The next major update to the wonderfully calm Stardew Valley looks like it's coming soon, as the developer noted it's now moved into the "bug-fixing and polishing phase".

Build a powerful character in Into the Necrovale a new Action RPG

By Liam Dawe, Jan 30

Into the Necrovale is a new Action RPG from Casey Clyde and Tribal Storm that's just hit Early Access, and so far it seems like a really fun time for players that love building up a unique character.

Dwarf Fortress Adventure Mode to be more approachable for new players

By Liam Dawe, Jan 30

The Adventure Mode for Dwarf Fortress is approaching and the team has outlined some of their plans for it, like making it much more approachable for newer players and giving it a fresh coat of paint.

Game Boy homebrew scene alive and well thanks to the open source GB Studio

By Liam Dawe, Jan 30

GB Studio is a free and open source cross-platform game engine, that allows you to make fully-features games for the classic Nintendo Game Boy.

Spec Ops: The Line gets delisted on Steam - you can still buy it elsewhere for now

By Liam Dawe, Jan 30

Spec Ops: The Line from YAGER / 2K has been unexpectedly removed from Steam, as the store page is now delisted so it won't show up in searches and it can no longer be purchased.

Proton Hotfix gets updated for TEKKEN 8 online play on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe, Jan 30

TEKKEN 8 is the latest fighting game from Bandai Namco Studios and it worked pretty great on Steam Deck / Linux at release except for online multiplayer - but that should now be solved.

Eidos-Montréal cut nearly 100 staff with new Deus Ex reportedly cancelled

By Liam Dawe, Jan 29

Hopes for a new Deus Ex have been dashed, with the Embracer Group owned Eidos-Montréal confirming that they've cut 97 people go as the mass-layoffs continue.

First world war turn-based strategy RPG 'All Quiet in the Trenches' hits Early Access

By Liam Dawe, Jan 29

Here's something a little different for you: All Quiet in the Trenches recently hit Early Access on Steam, blending together a narrative turn-based strategy RPG with a first world war setting.

Never Grave from the Palworld developer looks a lot like Hollow Knight

By Liam Dawe, Jan 29

Pocketpair formed another studio called Frontside 180 that are working on Never Grave: The Witch and The Curse, which looks a whole lot like Hollow Knight.

KONAMI update the METAL GEAR SOLID Steam collection with Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, Jan 29

As KONAMI continue to improve the recent releases of METAL GEAR SOLID - Master Collection Version, METAL GEAR SOLID 2: Sons of Liberty - Master Collection Version and METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version they've now added Steam Deck support.

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