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Base-building survival game Necesse gets a big update and Free Weekend

By Liam Dawe,
Necesse is an impressive open-world base-building survival and adventure game from developer Fair Games ApS, with a big update out now and you can try it free this weekend. There's also a 35% discount if you want to keep it.

DOOM: The Dark Ages launches May 15 with a new trailer and developer video

By Liam Dawe,
id Software and Bethesda Softworks have revealed more gameplay for DOOM: The Dark Ages, plus it's now set for release on May 15th.

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH broken on Linux with NVIDIA GPUs but works with AMD GPUs like Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Sad news for NVIDIA GPU owners on Linux who want to play FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH, which just released on Steam yesterday as it appears broken. Works on Linux for those with an AMD GPU like the Steam Deck though.

Proton Hotfix updated to get THE FINALS working again on Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Recent updates to THE FINALS ended up breaking it on Linux / Steam Deck, but Valve have pushed out a new update to Proton Hotfix to get it working again.

Proton Experimental updated with fixes for Battle.net, Atelier Resleriana, Dirt Rally 2 and more

By Liam Dawe,
Valve updated Proton Experimental for January 22nd with a bunch more fixes for gamers on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck. Like the Battle.net update issue that came up recently that was fixed in a recent GE-Proton update too

GDC 2025 survey shows PC game development growing with lots interested in Valve's Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
The latest Game Developers Conference (GDC) survey has been released, and it gives a rather glowing overview of how great things are for PC gamers with lots of developers working on games.

Adventure Mode for Dwarf Fortress is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Bay 12 Games and Kitfox Games have announced today that Adventure Mode for Dwarf Fortress is now officially out for everyone.

over the hill is an offroading exploration game announced by the art of rally devs

By Liam Dawe,
The devs of art of rally, Funselektor Labs along with Strelka Games have announced over the hill, a new offroading exploration sim where you can bring a friend along for the ride.

Linux 'fascinates and terrifies' the dev of DEAD LETTER DEPT. but they're supporting it anyway

By Liam Dawe,
Mike Monroe / Belief Engine are approaching the release of DEAD LETTER DEPT., a thoroughly creeping looking typing game and it's coming with Linux support.

Adventures of a Cat in Space is an upcoming musical adventure starring Arthur Darvill

By Liam Dawe,
Adventures of a Cat in Space sounds like an exciting one to keep on your radar. An upcoming musical point and click adventure game starring Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who, Broadchurch, Legends of Tomorrow and more).

Paradox announce Stellaris 4.0 will be a big overhaul sometime in Q2 2025

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox Interactive have announced that a big free Stellaris 4.0 update is coming later this year, and it's going to overhaul quite a lot.

Palworld developer Pocketpair launches Pocketpair Publishing

By Liam Dawe,
Palworld developer Pocketpair are not slowing down, as they just launched their own video game publisher with Pocketpair Publishing.

90s classics inspired adventure Splittown arrives on Steam and looks great

By Liam Dawe,
If you love classic point and click adventures then Splittown might be your next destination, as it's just arrived on Steam.

How to install GE-Proton on Steam Deck, SteamOS, Linux

By Liam Dawe,
GE-Proton (formerly Proton-GE) is a compatibility layer to run Windows games on Linux platforms like SteamOS / Steam Deck that can at times give you better game compatibility than Valve's official Proton. Here's how to install it.

Linux kernel 6.13 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
One missed earlier this week while I was running around Wales, Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux kernel 6.13.

Steam Deck sales drop hard following the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement (updated: Valve fixed it)

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
Valve's Steam Deck with SteamOS has been consistently in the top sales charts on Steam since release, but recently it dropped down rather hard following the Nintendo Switch 2 announcement.

The devs of Celeste have cancelled their follow-up game Earthblade

By Liam Dawe,
Extremely OK Games, creators of the popular platformer Celeste, have announced that their follow-up game Earthblade has now been cancelled.

AMD reveals AMDGPU Composition Stack, a fork of Wayland's Weston compositor for advancing the Linux desktop

By Liam Dawe,
With many Linux desktops now running Wayland quite nicely, it seems it's time to keep pushing ahead. AMD have revealed what they call the AMDGPU Composition Stack (ACS).

Stable Steam Client update for Desktop and Steam Deck brings a whole lot of fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a fresh stable update to the Steam Client this week bringing numerous bug fixes and improvements for Desktop and Steam Deck.

SDL 3 officially released for game devs plus an SDL 2 to SDL 3 compatibility layer

By Liam Dawe,
Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) is a popular free and open source library for developers that handles audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick and graphics with SDL 3 now available. Plus a new SDL 2 to SDL 3 compatibility layer.