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Can 2025 please be the year more games add Text and UI Scaling

By Liam Dawe,
I get it, you worked hard for hours and days and weeks on your incredibly cool-looking interface for your game. You made it so all the text perfectly lines up everywhere and picked a slick looking font, but it's all too darn small.

Refurbished Steam Deck LCD and Steam Deck OLED back in stock in the UK and Europe - act fast

By Liam Dawe,
If you're wanting to pick up a Steam Deck or Steam Deck OLED a bit cheaper, Valve's Certified Refurbished program is a great way to do it. And if you're in the UK and EU, they're back in stock.

You can get Against the Storm, Jagged Alliance 3 and Blasphemous 2 in Humble Choice for January 2025

By Liam Dawe,
Humble Choice for January 2025 has a pretty darn nice selection of games, so here's what's in it and the compatibility expected for Steam Deck / SteamOS and Desktop Linux.

Dwarf Fortress - Adventure Mode launches January 23, plus Beta 28 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Bay 12 Games / Kitfox Games have announced that Dwarf Fortress - Adventure Mode is set for release on January 23rd, and there's a big Beta update out now.

Freejam studio closing with Robocraft and Robocraft 2 shutting down

By Liam Dawe,
End of an era for another game studio, as Freejam - developers of Robocraft and the in-development Robocraft 2 - are closing and so both games will also be shut down.

Bazzite the popular SteamOS-like Linux gets expanded NVIDIA support in Beta

By Liam Dawe,
If you're wanting something similar to SteamOS right now that has much wider hardware support for your gaming handhelds like the Lenovo Legion Go, ASUS ROG Ally, GPD, Ayaneo or even your laptop / desktop then Bazzite is likely one of the best choices.

Raspberry Pi 5 gets a 16GB model now on sale

By Liam Dawe,
Raspberry Pi 5 has expanded with a new 16GB edition joining the 2GB, 4GB and 8GB models for those who need that extra bit of room. Ready for you to run more intensive applications, games and Linux distributions.

Maze Mice from the dev of Luck Be a Landlord blends maze-running, time-freezing and bullet heaven together

By Liam Dawe,
TrampolineTales developer of the popular Luck be a Landlord slot machine deck-builder just announced Maze Mice and it really sounds unique.

OrangePi Neo gaming handheld with Manjaro Linux now due out in Q1 2025

By Liam Dawe,
While announcements on the OrangePi Neo gaming handheld that will ship with Manjaro Linux have been a bit quiet lately, it's still coming and they've updated their launch plan for it to be available in Q1 2025.

Funded in 5 minutes - the open source modular mini computer 'Pilet' is on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe,
Funded within 5 minutes, soulscircuit are clearly onto a winner here with their upcoming Pilet open source modular mini computers powered by the Raspberry Pi 5.

Deadlock from Valve drops fixed two-week update cycle to move onto larger updates

By Liam Dawe,
While developers at Valve continue building up the invite-only Deadlock, their next-generation MOBA, they're changing up how they do updates for the game.

Heroes of Might and Magic II open source game engine fheroes2 v1.1.5 released

By fheroes2,
Dear supporters of the fheroes2 project and fans of Heroes of Might and Magic II! We are excited to announce the release of the latest version of the fheroes2 engine - 1.1.5!

Monster Hunter Wilds will have two more open Beta test dates in February

By Liam Dawe,
Giving you a chance to see how well Monster Hunter Wilds will run on your Steam Deck or Desktop Linux system, there's going to be two more open Beta tests during February.

SMITE 2 gets a free to play launch date for January

By Liam Dawe,
Titan Forge Games have announced that SMITE 2 is going free to play on January 14, after their paid-for Early Access period comes to a close.

Challenging Chess-like roguelike Passant will have full Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
Passant: A Chess Roguelike is an upcoming Chess-like roguelike that will challenge your brain, and it's going to have full Steam Deck support at release.

Horse Runner DX is a wholesome endless-runner where you play as a herd of different horses

By Liam Dawe,
Taking elements from the likes of Alto's Adventure, BIT.TRIP RUNNER, Dino Run, Canabalt and others we have a new wholesome looking endless-runner with a twist in Horse Runner DX.

Valve confirms a public beta of SteamOS is coming as 'SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck'

By Liam Dawe, [updated]
With the announcement of the Lenovo Legion Go S as the first third-party SteamOS device, Valve have now officially announced that SteamOS Linux is expanding beyond the Steam Deck.

Lenovo Legion Go S with Valve's SteamOS is official, expected to launch in May

By Liam Dawe,
Lenovo have lifted the lid on the world's first officially licensed handheld powered by SteamOS, the Lenovo Legion Go S, which should arrive in May.

The latest Tails of Iron 2 trailer looks awesome showing off magic and monsters

By Liam Dawe,
Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter is really looking awesome, and there's a new trailer out to show off various magic and monsters in the world.

Acer announced the new Nitro Blaze 8 and massive Switch-like Nitro Blaze 11 gaming handhelds

By Liam Dawe,
It's raining gaming handhelds lately. Acer have now announced the New Nitro Blaze 8 and Nitro Blaze 11.