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EA pledge another 23 accessibility patents for public royalty-free use

By Liam Dawe,
EA did another actually genuinely great thing here. They've expanded their previous patent pledge for game developers to use without problems.

Steam sets a new record with 39 million concurrent users online

By Liam Dawe,
Over the weekend the Steam store from Valve managed to smash another record, something it has done repeatedly this year and it shows no sign of slowing down.

Minimalist mini-game filled survival city-builder Dawnfolk gets a release date and new demo

By Liam Dawe,
Dawnfolk from developer Darenn Keller is absolutely lovely, a minimalist survival city-builder with each tile having a little mini-game. Really unique and one you need to keep an eye on.

itch.io store was taken down by Funko due to "trash AI Powered" phishing report

By Liam Dawe,
This was an interesting one to come back to today. Game store itch.io was taken offline recently, due to a "bogus Phishing report to our registrar".

Path of Exile 2 now in Early Access and it works on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Path of Exile 2 from Grinding Gear Games has officially arrived, although it's not quite finished yet as it's in Early Access.

Windows compatibility layer Wine 10.0 gets a first Release Candidate

By Liam Dawe,
The next major version bump is coming for the Windows compatibility layer Wine, which forms a big part of Valve's Proton, with Wine 10.0 having a first Release Candidate.

Humble Bundle are bringing back 11 popular game bundles for a limited time

By Liam Dawe,
Humble Bundle have announced they're bringing back a whole bunch of popular game bundles over the next 11 days. So it's a good chance to grab something you may have missed.

Pizza-delivery bullet heaven Pest Apocalypse is hilarious chaos - out now

By Liam Dawe,
Pest Apocalypse from Kikimora Games is out now, a fresh Bullet Heaven blending together the worlds of Vampire Survivors with something like Crazy Taxi and it's thoroughly chaotic.

MMO interplanetary crafting adventure SpaceCraft from Shiro Games (Northgard, Wartales) announced

By Liam Dawe,
Shiro Games developer of Northgard, Wartales and Dune: Spice Wars have announced SpaceCraft, and my space-nerd brain is now very excited.

The Thing: Remastered from Nightdive Studios is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Bit of a surprise! Nightdive Studios launched The Thing: Remastered, an upgrade of the cult-classic survival horror game. It launches with a Steam Deck Verified status, so you'll be all good on Desktop Linux too.

Epic science fantasy roguelike Caves of Qud 1.0 is out now and it's a wild ride

By Liam Dawe,
Caves of Qud is a proper roguelike, with deep science fantasy lore and after 15+ years of development it is finally finished with the 1.0 release now available.

Flathub to become a self-sustaining entity and they're looking to hire someone to help

By Liam Dawe,
Flathub has positioned itself as pretty much the go-to place for Linux apps, since it works across many distributions and is even on the Steam Deck. Now, the GNOME Foundation are looking to hire someone to help expand it into a self-sustaining entity.

Free to play Marvel Rivals is out now on Steam and works on Steam Deck / Linux (Steam Deck has issues though)

By Liam Dawe,
Marvel Rivals is the next big multiplayer shooter and potentially the next "big thing", with a Steam free to play release now live.

Valve may be working on a new kind of Steam Machine

By Liam Dawe,
There's a whole bunch of hints and speculation going around right now, showing that Valve may be working towards a new kind of Steam Machine.

Free to play monster-hunting game Dauntless now on Steam and works on Steam Deck, desktop Linux needs a quick fix

By Liam Dawe,
Dauntless from Phoenix Labs has finally launched on Steam, it's also free to play so you can go and check out this monster-hunting game without spending a penny.

War Thunder is moving away from Easy Anti-Cheat to BattlEye

By Liam Dawe,
After doing the same with their FPS, Enlisted, Gaijin have announced today that War Thunder will also be changing the anti-cheat system used.

NVIDIA 565.77 stable driver for Linux released

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA have today released driver version 565.77 as their latest stable New Feature Branch build available for Linux, pulling in all the changes from the 565.57.01 Beta plus a whole bunch more improvements.

Prime Gaming December 5th edition for Steam Deck / Linux - a bunch of special extras were added this week

By Liam Dawe,
It's that time again. Each week Prime Gaming, part of what you get with a subscription to Amazon Prime, add and remove various games you can claim to keep.

Deep survival game Vintage Story has another massive update approaching in v1.20

By Liam Dawe,
Vintage Story is a survival game with some impressively deep game mechanics, and the v1.20 update is another major one that's coming out soon with a first Release Candidate available to test.

Steam Bullet Heaven Festival 2.0 is live to show off the explosive growth of the genre

By Liam Dawe,
Bullet Heavens are all the rage right now from Vampire Survivors to Brotato and everything in between them, so Valve launched have a little mini festival to celebrate them all.