Valve appear to be testing ARM64 and Android support for Steam on Linux

Valve appear to have some pretty ambitious future plans for Steam, as we've seen recently a leak (and not for the first time) that Valve has plans for ARM64 and Android support on Linux.

Wine 9.18 brings a new Media Foundation backend using FFMpeg

Wine 9.18 released September 20th is the latest development release of the Windows compatibility layer that brings new features and bug fixes.

Grab Rain World, Duck Game, Jazzpunk, Death's Gambit and more in this latest Humble Bundle

Raising awareness for One Special Day, there's a new One Special Bundle - Humble Bundle with a selection of really great games included.

God of War Ragnarök released and Steam Deck Verified, needs a launch option for Desktop Linux

God of War Ragnarök from Santa Monica Studio, Jetpack Interactive and PlayStation Publishing LLC has released on PC today and Valve put it quickly through verification for Steam Deck.

Two Point Museum releases March 4, 2025 with pre-orders up now

Two Point Studios and SEGA Europe announced that Two Point Museum is planned for launch now on March 4th, 2025 - with pre-orders now live.

GNOME 47 'Denver' released with Accent Colours and various System Enhancements

The latest update to the GNOME desktop environment has been released, with GNOME 47 bringing some really quite lovely sounding improvements.

Last Epoch drops the Native Linux version, devs tell players to use Proton

Without any warning, Eleventh Hour Games have completely dropped support for and completely removed the Native Linux version of Last Epoch.

Proton 9.0-3 released and Proton Experimental upgraded for Linux / Steam Deck

Valve released two fresh Proton upgrades to bring more compatibility with Windows games to Linux desktop and Steam Deck with Proton 9.0-3 now available and Proton Experimental upgraded.

Humble Indie.io Super Bundle is another great deal

The Humble Indie.io Super Bundle is live with 13 games for a really low price, and it seems to be quite a good deal for what's there.

Wasted! Linux Players Barred from GTA V Online Play

GTA V Online pulls the plug on Linux support. What's happening?

Wildkeepers Rising is Vampire Survivors merged with Pokemon and I need it

Bringing together two of my favourites genres. Monster catching and survivor-like bullet heaven, Wildkeepers Rising seems like it's going to be awesome.

Grand Theft Auto V gets BattlEye anti-cheat, breaks online play on Steam Deck / Linux

Surprisingly, Rockstar have now added BattlEye anti-cheat to Grand Theft Auto V, and sadly it seems they have not enabled the support for Linux desktop and Steam Deck with Valve's Proton.

Fuse creatures together in NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters - set for launch on September 30

Bringing together auto-battling and monster-training into a fun mixture, NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters from DiceHit Games and Rogue Duck Interactive releases on September 30th.

Dark fantasy FPS fans should check out Hands of Necromancy II

Following on from the positively rated Hands of Necromancy, HON Team and Fulqrum Publishing are back bringing you more Heretic and Doom styled fun in Hands of Necromancy II.

Sci-fi fantasy singleplayer arena FPS 'Viscerafest' launches in April 2025

After building up in Early Access to a Very Positive user rating, retro singleplayer arena FPS Viscerafest is going to properly launch in April 2025.

Real-time air-traffic management sim 'Mini Airways' gets Steam Workshop support

Mini Airways is a total delight and now it's even better with some extra free maps, plus there's also now Steam Workshop support with a level editor.

Enlisted from Darkflow / Gaijin swapping from Easy Anti-Cheat to BattlEye

Darkflow Software and Gaijin Network Ltd have announced their multiplayer online shooter Enlisted will be changing the anti-cheat sometime in the coming days.

The TUXEDO Gemini 17 - Gen3 is a big powerful desktop-replacement class laptop

For people who have the need for something somewhat portable, with a lot of power, perhaps the TUXEDO Gemini 17 - Gen3 will be your next purchase.

Cyberpunk action-adventure Anomaly Agent gets Linux and macOS support

Released back in January 2024, Anomaly Agent from Phew Phew Games went on to get an Overwhelmingly Positive rating from Steam users and now it's officially available for Linux and macOS.

An interview with the creator of Lutris

Want to learn a little more about Lutris, the popular Linux app for managing games, emulators and much more? Here's your chance.

Go spelunking in the Don't Starve Together - Depths of Duplicity free update

I haven't checked back on Don't Starve Together for quite a while now, but Klei Entertainment continue to make it one of the most interesting survival games around and the latest free update is out now with Depths of Duplicity.

Linux kernel 6.11 is officially out now

Linus Torvalds announced the final release of the Linux kernel 6.11, as usual with a ridiculous amount of improvements, fixes, support for new and future hardware releases and everything in between.

Microsoft Windows kernel changes don't suddenly mean big things for Linux gaming

There's a lot of blog posts and news articles being written right now centred around Microsoft's plans for updates to Windows 11, and potential kernel changes, with some thinking this means big things for Linux gaming.

WINCH IT OUT is a challenging physics-based driving-platformer like classic Flash games

Solo developer ARASLANIX are working on WINCH IT OUT, a physics-based driving-platformer, a game that reminds me of a simpler time with lots of different Flash games.

Get drilling for oil once again in the Turmoil - Deeper Underground DLC

Wow, haven't heard of this one for a while. Released back in 2016, Turmoil is a game about drilling for oil like it's 1899 and it has a new expansion available.

Ubuntu 24.10 gets a new Snap feature to handle prompting for app permissions

Canonical are continuing to advance their own Snap packaging system, with the Ubuntu 24.10 development builds getting a new permission prompt feature.

KDE Plasma 6.2 Beta released and Plasma Wayland Protocols 1.14 out now

Time for a little testing over the weekend, as the KDE team have released Plasma 6.2 Beta along with updated Plasma Wayland Protocols.

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Hive Jump 2: Survivors is an addictive blend of Vampire Survivors and Brotato with a Jetpack

There may come a day where I get tired of survivor-like bullet hell shooters, but it's clearly not today. Hive Jump 2: Survivors just released and I've had a real blast with it.