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HORI announced a special gamepad for Steam / Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
HORI, a manufacturer of popular gaming accessories have today revealed the Wireless Horipad for Steam. So if you're in need of a gamepad, this might be for you.

Nexus mods want feedback from Linux / Steam Deck users on their new cross-platform app

By Liam Dawe,
I wrote about the brand new Nexus mods app before, as it's quite a promising and exciting development for the future of modding (especially for Linux and Steam Deck). And now, they want your feedback.

Valve has a new Steam Chart for the most played Steam Deck games

By Liam Dawe,
While every month Valve has been posting a fresh set of the most played Steam Deck games for the previous month, they've now added a dedicated Steam Chart for it.

Steam Game Recording Beta announced - works on Linux and Steam Deck too

By Liam Dawe,
Another big upgrade for Steam desktop and Steam Deck fans, with Game Recording now in Beta allowing you to easily clip your favourite moments with no external apps needed.

NVIDIA driver 555.58 released as stable bringing Wayland Explicit Sync

By Liam Dawe,
The time is finally here. The next big stable update to the NVIDIA proprietary driver for Linux with version 555.58 bringing Wayland Explicit Sync.

Valve faces a £656 million lawsuit in the UK for 'overcharging 14 million PC gamers'

By Liam Dawe,
A new lawsuit was filed earlier this month in the UK that alleges Valve, owner of Steam, has been "overcharging 14 million PC gamers and abusing its dominant position in the UK".

Steam Deck plugin system Decky Loader 3.0 gets a first pre-release

By Liam Dawe,
Decky Loader is a very popular tool to add plugins to the Steam Deck Gaming Mode, and Decky Loader 3.0 should be a big improvement.

Steam Summer Sale 2024 is live now

By Liam Dawe,
Here it is once again. It's that time of the year. Valve have opened the floodgates for you to throw money at your screen during the Steam Summer Sale 2024.

ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree DLC update causing problems on Steam Deck / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree releases soon, and there's a patch out but sadly this has been causing issues for players on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Paradox Interactive completely cancelled Life by You (update Paradox Tectonic to close)

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox Interactive announced today that Life by You from their studio Paradox Tectonic is now fully cancelled, after previously being delayed.

Will anything dethrone the Steam Deck? Probably not

By Liam Dawe,
While other vendors continually push out new handheld pc models, sticking similar internals into different shell designs and gradually bumping up RAM or the Processor, the Steam Deck just keeps selling like hot tasty cakes.

Embracer Group put out their plans for AI in game development

By Liam Dawe,
After killing off and selling off various studios and causing lots of job losses, Embracer Group have put out their latest annual report and they have big plans for AI.

Bazzite 3.5 gets updated NVIDIA drivers, expanded handheld support (including Steam Deck OLED)

By Liam Dawe,
Bazzite is one of the best options to get Linux on various gaming handhelds, and the 3.5.0 release is out now that has improvements pretty much everywhere with expanded hardware support.

Build the greatest car parks ever in the retro-tycoon styled Car Park Capital

By Liam Dawe,
I feel like I just need to play Car Park Capital after discovering it today. Styled much like a late 90s retro tycoon game, it looks like it's from a different time and I love it.

Steam Client updated with improvements for Steam Deck, Linux, VR and Steam Input

By Liam Dawe,
Lots and lots of improvements and bug fixes have arrived in the latest stable update to the Steam Client for Linux, macOS, Windows, VR and Steam Deck.

Endless launch Block Coding for Godot Engine, great for beginners

By Liam Dawe,
Block Coding tools are pretty popular like Scratch, where you do visual scripting using blocks instead of typing out code and now Godot Engine has an impressive looking version of this with Block Coding from Endless.

The KINGDOM HEARTS series is live on Steam - SE giving away multiple Steam Decks

By Liam Dawe,
Square Enix have now released the KINGDOM HEARTS series on Steam, enabling many more people to experience the grand adventure on Steam Deck and desktop Linux easily with Proton.

Aspyr Media announce a STAR WARS: Bounty Hunter remaster arriving on August 1

By Liam Dawe,
2002 is calling. STAR WARS: Bounty Hunter is making a return and coming to PC from Aspyr Media, with their remaster arriving on August 1st.

Sci-fi racing platformer Distance gets a surprise update with Steam Deck improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Distance is a name I've not heard for a while. A really good fun sci-fi racing platformer from developer Refract that released in 2018, and they're bringing it back for v1.5: The Kinetic Update.

Wine 9.12 brings a rewrite of the CMD.EXE engine, Mono updates

By Liam Dawe,
Wine 9.12 has landed bringing the latest development work into a new release for the Windows compatibility layer, part of what makes up Steam Play Proton.