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The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered revealed, it's out now and Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Bethesda Softworks today officially revealed and launched The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, after days of leaks. And from what they've revealed, I'm very excited to give it a go. It's even Steam Deck Verified right from the get-go.

Civilization VII 1.2 is out with multiplayer teams, the one more turn game mode, new resources and lots more

By Liam Dawe,
The latest update to Sid Meier's Civilization VII from Firaxis Games is out now with version 1.2 bringing some major new features, and a whole lot of enhancements to make this latest game in the series feel just a bit more finished.
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Expand and rearrange your inventory, watch numbers tick up and break the game in LOOTPLOT

By Liam Dawe,
I have no idea what actual genre LOOTPLOT belongs in, or how to properly describe it. You go through rounds of sorting through your inventory and expanding it, trying to create crazy synergies and keep increasing your points needed to beat each level.

Inspired by Slavic folklore Deathless. Tales of Old Rus improves text sizing on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Blending together a collectible card game, roguelike, and turn-based strategy game Deathless. Tales of Old Rus looks like a must-have for fans of titles like Slay the Spire. Now it should be a better fit on Steam Deck too.

Starcom: Unknown Space improves the UI and controller support ready for Steam Deck verification

By Liam Dawe,
Starcom: Unknown Space from Wx3 Labs, LLC has a fresh upgrade out now that brings in numerous improvements to the UI and controller support, as the developer hopes to get it Steam Deck Verified.

A-RED Walking Robot is a 3D physics puzzle-platformer where you control a wind-up toy

By Liam Dawe,
A-RED Walking Robot looks like it could be an interesting puzzle-platformer. You control a wind-up robot toy, tasked with getting through a workshop full of different trials.

LIBRITOPIA: Librarian Simulator recently added a Linux version

By Liam Dawe,
LIBRITOPIA: Librarian Simulator is a game that based on the name, probably doesn't need an intro. As part of a wave of these simulator games (there's suddenly quite a lot of them), here you manage a library.

A retro goodie rebuilt from 1994, Ironseed 25th Anniversary Edition recently added Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Ironseed from 1994 is not one I'm familiar with, I only know if I had seen it when I was small I probably would have played it for hours. Ironseed 25th Anniversary Edition is a modern 2020 remake and now it has a Native Linux version.

New Steam Beta for Desktop / Steam Deck fixes notes and screenshots vanishing

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a small update to the Steam Beta Client for Desktop and Steam Deck, containing two fixes that have been confusing players.

Build to survive in the first-person horror Confronted - latest update makes it Steam Deck playable

By Liam Dawe,
Grumpy Rock Studios recently updated Confronted, an interesting sounding survival-horror game where you have to build up little safe rooms. It's in Early Access with the latest update making it playable on Steam Deck.

ROCKFISH reducing EVERSPACE 2 DLC pricing as everything is getting more expensive

By Liam Dawe,
Well, this is nice. With the price of so many things going up everywhere thanks to tariffs, inflation and everything else - ROCKFISH Games have reduced the pricing of the upcoming big EVERSPACE 2 Wrath of the Ancients DLC.

Co-op dungeon crawler Never Split the Party gets a big surprise update celebrating a million downloads

By Liam Dawe,
The free to play online co-op dungeon crawler Never Split the Party from Legend Studio just had a massive update to celebrate one million downloads. Quite a surprise, since the last update to the game was back in 2022.

Supernatural school-life tactics RPG Demonschool set to release in Q3 2025

By Liam Dawe,
We're finally getting close to Demonschool actually releasing, with it now having a Q3 2025 release window so it will be here before the end of September.

Snailshock is Pool but with Snails, with Dice for extra moves and Cards to mess with them

By Liam Dawe,
Love your weird and quirky indie games? You'll want to check out Snailshock Grand Supreme Tournament, which answers a question no one asked - what if Pool but Snails?

Monument Valley 1 and 2 get full controller support which should get them Steam Deck Verified soon

By Liam Dawe,
Developer ustwo games just upgraded both Monument Valley: Panoramic Edition and Monument Valley 2: Panoramic Edition with full controller support which should get them bumped up to Steam Deck Verified status.

STAR WARS Zero Company is a Clone Wars XCOM and I want it now

By Liam Dawe,
As a huge fan of XCOM including the classics and modern versions, and a big Star Wars fan, the recent STAR WARS Zero Company announcement has me terribly excited.

Dwarf Fortress hit a huge new milestone on Steam, Noclip documentary now completed

By Liam Dawe,
Dwarf Fortress publisher Kitfox Games recently revealed that the game has managed to hit a huge milestone on Steam, plus the final episode of the Noclip documentary is out now.

Underwater PvP shooter Tidal Shock 1.0 out now with Linux / Steam Deck support - it's also now free to play

By Liam Dawe,
Moonray Studios have put out the 1.0 release of Tidal Shock: Off The Hook, a free to play underwater shooter and the update brings full Native Linux and Steam Deck support.

Wine 10.6 released with improvements to Bcrypt, Command Processor and WindowsCodecs

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine 10.6 development release is now available with the usual assortment of new features and bug fixes, to get more games and applications developed for Windows to work on Linux.

Ahead of its 10 year Steam anniversary, Black Mesa has a new beta with improved Linux support and many fixes

By Liam Dawe,
The Half-Life remake Black Mesa from Crowbar Collective has a fresh Beta update available for testing, which includes numerous enhancements to their Linux support along with a bunch of other stability improvements.