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You can win a Steam Deck, Meta Quest 3 VR Headset and more with Fanatical

By Liam Dawe,
Fanatical are celebrating their birthday and so they have a new bundle up, which gives you a chance to win some pretty big prizes.

Open-source PlayStation Remote Play app gets improvements for Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
chiaki-ng, the free and open source PlayStation Remote Play app has a new release out with several enhancements, and it should now work better on Steam Deck in Gaming Mode.

Steam Desktop and Steam Deck update fixes lots of bugs for Game Recording, Remote Play, ROG Ally X

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released the latest stable update to the Steam Client for Steam Desktop and Steam Deck today that includes a whole bunch of bug fixes.

Steam Link gets upgraded for Raspberry Pi 5 and Raspberry Pi Bookworm

By Liam Dawe,
While Valve no longer sell their Steam Link hardware, the idea lives on as an app you can install across various devices and recently Valve upgraded the Steam Link app for the Raspberry Pi platform.

Intel announced their Arc B-Series GPUs and XeSS 2, the day after CEO Pat Gelsinger retires

By Liam Dawe,
A bit of a double-whammy this week from Intel. Not only did they announce that CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired, but they've also now properly revealed their new Arc B-Series GPUs.

Humble Choice for December 2024 has Old World, The Invincible, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk and more gems

By Liam Dawe,
The final Humble Choice Bundle is here for 2024 with the December selection a pretty nice well-rounded collection for you.

Minecraft Java 1.21.4 'The Garden Awakens' update is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Mojang have today released Minecraft Java 1.21.4 'The Garden Awakens' update for everyone, bringing with it some fun new toys and a new biome to carefully explore.

Fanatical has another great Steam Deck game bundle 'BundleFestive Edition'

By Liam Dawe,
The Fanatical Build your own Play on the Go Bundle (BundleFestive Edition) is live for Steam Deck, as is another collection with the Build your own Special Editions Bundle (BundleFestive Edition).

4X RPG 'Heart of the Machine' from Arcen Games (AI War) releases January 2025

By Liam Dawe,
Arcen Games creators of AI War, AI War 2, The Last Federation and other games have announced their new sci-fi 4X RPG Heart of the Machine will launch January 31st, 2025. There's also a new demo available that you can try right now.

DXVK-Sarek for old GPUs v1.10.4 released

By Liam Dawe,
With integration coming in a future release of Proton-Sarek, designed for gamers that have older GPUs, the first release of DXVK-Sarek is out now.

Half-Life 2 co-op mod Synergy upgraded for the Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary Update

By Liam Dawe,
Synergy is a free mod for Half-Life 2 that allows you to play the Half-Life 2 series and many other singleplayer Source Mods cooperatively with friends. It was recently upgraded to support the Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary Update.

Jingle Jam gaming charity event is back with a fresh set of games

By Liam Dawe,
Jingle Jam 2024 has begun and runs until December 14th, where you can donate to get a bundle of games and support various charities.

The best Linux distribution for gaming in 2025

By Liam Dawe,
In a few previous years, I decided to do a fresh take each time on what the best Linux distribution was for gaming - so I'm back for a 2025 edition of the article that will cause you to tell me how wrong and terrible I am.

Prime Gaming December 3rd edition, new titles coming twice this week - lots for Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Here we go 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. This week we get two sets of new games!

KDE's 2024 fundraiser hits the goal - clearly their donation pop-up works

By Liam Dawe,
Some good news coming out from camp KDE, with their yearly fundraiser ongoing and they've managed to smash their original goal.

Vulkan API 1.4 released with new required extensions, better 8K rendering

By Liam Dawe,
The Khronos Group have today announced the release of the Vulkan 1.4 API specification, with various changes and improvements for game and application developers.

Disney Black Friday Humble Bundle has 17 classics for you like Star Wars and LEGO

By Liam Dawe,
I doubt you need any more games, or perhaps you do, and you fancy some classics. Well the Disney Black Friday Humble Bundle has some fun stuff in it.

Motorsport Games delisting all NASCAR games after iRacing license transfer

By Liam Dawe,
Motorsport Games announced at the end of November, that all NASCAR games will be delisted from stores on December 31st.

Inventory management battler NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters gets new content - we have keys to give away

By Liam Dawe,
NeoDuel: Backpack Monsters from DiceHit Games, Rogue Duck Interactive and The 4 Winds Entertainment is an inventory management battler with a creature collecting / fusing twist and a fresh content update recently went live.

Looks like Discord finally fixed Linux screen and audio sharing with Wayland

By Liam Dawe,
A while ago in November, it seems I missed a post from a user in the GamingOnLinux Discord server, noting that the Discord developers finally hooked up screen and audio sharing for Linux with Wayland.