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The Elder Scrolls Online now Steam Deck Playable, to be fully Verified in "a future update"

By Liam Dawe,
Really great to see bigger developers actually start to properly take note of the Steam Deck since it's selling so well. Now we have The Elder Scrolls Online from ZeniMax Online Studios and Bethesda Softworks getting improvements.

EmuDeck team announce Linux-powered EmuDeck Machines

By Liam Dawe,
The team behind EmuDeck, a project that started off to provide easy emulation on Steam Deck / SteamOS have announced their own hardware with the Bazzite Linux powered EmuDeck Machines.

With over 900,000 players trying it during Early Access, Halls of Torment launches September 24

By Liam Dawe,
Halls of Torment is basically Vampire Survivors styled like classic Diablo, it's bloody good and now it's just about ready to release.

With Chess-inspired gameplay, turn-based roguelike deckbuilder 'Usurper' launches September 9

By Liam Dawe,
Chess as a roguelike deckbuilder? Could be a fun one! Developer Rogue Brain Studios has announced that Usurper will launch on September 9th.

Stylish tactics-RPG 'Demonschool' delayed until Q1 2025

By Liam Dawe,
Necrosoft Games and Ysbryd Games have announced their stylish tactics RPG with hints of Persona, Shin Megami Tensei, and Italian horror cinema Demonschool has been delayed.

Valve fixed resolution overrides for non-Steam games on Steam Deck plus more general Steam fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Another Beta release is out now for the Steam Client on both Desktop and Steam Deck. Here's the latest and what you need to know.

While you're waiting on Hollow Knight: Silksong check out Aestik

By Liam Dawe,
Aestik from Hooded Traveler Games looks absolutely gorgeous, with some clear Hollow Knight inspiration and may be a good one to play through while you wait for Silksong.

Check out the demo for Sternly Worded Adventures a roguelite word-puzzle RPG

By Liam Dawe,
Inspired by Bookworm Adventures, developer Balthazar and publisher 2 Left Thumbs are working on the roguelite word puzzle RPG Sternly Worded Adventures and there's a demo available.

Mesa 24.2.1 and Mesa 24.1.7 open source drivers now available

By Liam Dawe,
The Mesa team just released bug fix updates to the two most recent driver series with Mesa 24.2.1 and Mesa 24.1.7 now available.

Wine's Direct3D to Vulkan translation library vkd3d 1.13 out now

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine team have just release vkd3d version 1.13, an update for their own Direct3D to Vulkan translation library.

Frontline Crisis is a tough but engaging mix of tower defense and top-down shooting with a big mech

By Liam Dawe,
Developer BCQT released Frontline Crisis earlier in August, and like a lot of smaller games it seems to have flown under the radar but if you love tower defense and top down shooting you need to play this.

Clearly inspired by Advance Wars the turn-based infantry battler 'Warside' gets a new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
If you loved the classic Advance Wars and other more modern turn-based tactical battlers, you're probably going to love Warside.

Argonaut Games announced a return with a remaster of Croc Legend of the Gobbos

By Liam Dawe,
That's quite a blast from the past. How do you feel about a little nostalgia? Argonaut Games announced a return with a remaster of Croc Legend of the Gobbos.

Cat Bait is another new take on the survivor-like genre about a cat running away from rats

By Liam Dawe,
Another new take on what Vampire Survivors and Brotato made popular? Yep. Cat Bait is out now in Early Access and there's a demo available too.

Comedy action-adventure dungeon crawler 'Run From Mummies' arrives later this year

By Liam Dawe,
With a demo available right now, Run From Mummies looks like one to watch with its interesting blend of comedy with a 2D action-packed dungeon crawler.

Speedollama is a completely ridiculous platformer-shooter releasing in October

By Liam Dawe,
From Chaosmonger Studio who previously released ENCODYA and Clunky Hero have now announced their completely over the top platformer-shooter Speedollama will release October 21st.

Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era announced from the developer of Iratus: Lord of the Dead

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Unfrozen who previously made Iratus: Lord of the Dead have teamed up with Ubisoft, and they recently announced the new Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era.

Squad tactics heist RPG Cyber Knights: Flashpoint gets double the content and a big sale

By Liam Dawe,
Trese Brothers have kept up their ridiculous rate of updating Cyber Knights: Flashpoint during Early Access, steadily turning it into of of the best squad tactics RPGs.

Steam Deck reaches over 16,000 playable and verified games

By Liam Dawe,
Another great milestone for the popular Steam Deck from Valve, which in the last day or so managed to hit over 16,000 games that have been rated as Playable and Verified.

Microsoft donates the Mono Project to the Wine team

By Liam Dawe,
Well, this is surprising isn't it? Microsoft are handing over the Mono Project to the Wine developers with a thank you note.