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GE-Proton 10-1 released with Proton 10 and fixes for Marvel Rivals, Oblivion Remastered and more on Linux / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Thomas "GloriousEggroll" Crider has released GE-Proton 10-1 bringing over all the changes from Proton 10 Beta to this community-made compatibility layer, along with lots of specific game fixes for Linux / SteamOS + Steam Deck.

Team Fortress 2 update brings new server options like Friends Only and relaxed chat rules for all players

By Liam Dawe,
Valve are on a bit of a roll lately with multiple nice Team Fortress 2 (TF2) updates coming in to fix up various issues. The latest changes the networking options for making your own game, allowing you to set who can join it.

ZOTAC GAMING ZONE Handheld getting a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 prototype with a Manjaro Linux-based OS

By Liam Dawe,
Hardware vendor ZOTAC have announced they're working on a new ZOTAC GAMING ZONE Handheld, with a prototype that will be shown off at COMPUTEX 2025 running Linux.

Saleblazers mixes shopkeeping and co-op survival with a fresh patch adding UI scaling for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Saleblazers is an Early Access survival game that seems to be a little more on the unique side, with it adding in a shopkeeper element and now it should play better on Steam Deck and perhaps from your sofa on a living room PC too.

Granvir: Zero Front is a fresh 3rd-person customizable mech-combat prologue out on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Love customising mechs and going into battle? Granvir: Zero Front is a new prologue, acting as a long-term demo for the bigger game of Granvir that's due out later. Seems to be worth a look if you love mech action.

DOOM: The Dark Ages needs workarounds on Linux with AMD GPUs, a fix has been merged into Mesa

By Liam Dawe,
With DOOM: The Dark Ages about to release for everyone on May 15th, and with Advanced Access available, it seems it needs some workarounds to run on Linux with AMD GPUs. This is likely what Valve already solved in SteamOS for Steam Deck.

City-building on the back of a huge creature, The Wandering Village gets a big Story Update

By Liam Dawe,
The Wandering Village is such a sweet idea for a city-builder, taking place on the back of a huge walking creature. It's in Early Access with Linux / Steam Deck support and a big new update just arrived.

RimWorld in space, colony sim Stardeus gets a major upgrade with ship combat

By Liam Dawe,
Kodo Linija and publisher Paradox Arc have released a massive update to Stardeus, that's a bit like a RimWorld in space with ship-building. Now, it has ship to ship combat too.

Linux GPU Control Application (LACT) gets a new fan control UI, automatic fan mode threshold on Nvidia

By Liam Dawe,
Linux GPU Control Application (LACT) is a wonderful open source app that allows you to tweak various settings for your GPU on Linux. The latest update brings some great new features, like the new fan control UI.

Black Mesa 'Resonance Decade' update out now with Linux and Steam Deck improvements and a big sale

By Liam Dawe,
Crowbar Collective just released a major update to their Half-Life remake Black Mesa, which includes a whole lot of improvements to celebrate their ten year Steam anniversary. There's a lot of upgrades for Linux / Steam Deck players here.

Counter-Strike 2 gets weekly missions and a Linux Wayland fix

By Liam Dawe,
Just recently, Valve updated Counter-Strike 2 to entice players to keep coming back with a new permanent weekly mission system. Additionally, a just released update improves the game on Linux with Wayland.

Team Fortress 2 gets another update with fixes from the community and relaxed in-game chat restrictions

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released the latest small update to Team Fortress 2. Following on from the update released at the start of May, it's another that pulls in some community-provided fixes thanks to the source code being available as part of the Source SDK update.

Valve announce SteamOS Compatibility ratings, an extension of Steam Deck Verified for more devices

By Liam Dawe,
With SteamOS Linux from Valve about to expand onto devices other than the Steam Deck, like the upcoming Lenovo Legion Go S, Valve just announced a SteamOS Compatibility rating system.

VUSec reveal 'Training Solo', more security issues for Intel and Arm CPUs

By Liam Dawe,
Researchers at VUSec have revealed what they're calling "Training Solo", a set of security issues across Intel and Arm CPUs that sound pretty annoying and serious.

Steam's Creature Collector Fest is live now so go catch some deals

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have launched the latest mini festival, this time it's a Creature Collector Fest bringing in lots of games that get you to collect little monsters in some form.

Steam Deck sales still going strong over three years later

By Liam Dawe,
Back in February we hit the three year mark of Valve's Steam Deck with SteamOS Linux, and as we approach the release of the public SteamOS 3 Beta for more devices, here's an updated look at the sales charts.

Europa Universalis V from Paradox will only support Windows, no Linux or macOS this time

By Liam Dawe,
Recently we had the big announcement of Europa Universalis V from Paradox Interactive / Paradox Tinto. Now we know it will only officially support Windows.

Steam Deck Beta update brings controller fixes, plus an essential game fix for Desktop

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a Steam Beta update for Steam Deck and Desktop that has some essential fixes, one of which was quite a nuisance bug on Steam Deck.

The Xbox Games Studios Humble Bundle has some great Steam games for cheap

By Liam Dawe,
A good chance to grab some Xbox Games Studios published titles on Steam here thanks to the latest Humble Bundle. Here's what you can get in it and what compatibility you'll see on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck.

End of 10 is a campaign to move people over to Linux with Windows 10 support ending

By Liam Dawe,
Windows 10 is close to being dead now, with support ending this year. So why not try out Linux? Instead of getting a whole new system and having to deal with the increasing amount of AI junk and adverts in Windows 11.