After a short testing period, the Linux performance overlay MangoHud had version 0.8.0 released today to bring new features and fixes to one of my favourite open source projects. This also powers the built-in overlay on the Steam Deck.

A road trip RPG that blends in some inventory management and unique turn-based battles that has you fight off everything on the road from tractors to abandoned suitcases, Keep Driving is a charming and clever game worth your time.

After being in Beta since December 2024, Valve have now released SteamOS 3.6.21 as stable for Steam Deck bringing in some bug and security fixes.

After all the mess that was the Unity fees situation, the troubles continue, with another round of layoffs at the game engine developer.

More news on some job losses today following the Unity game engine layoffs, we have Crytek also shedding staff and shelving Crysis 4.

Grapefruit Games recently revealed Tryhard, a sports RPG about managing an underdog rugby club in New Zealand.

BitGlint Games have released a demo for Blackford PI, a retro styled isometric detective adventure that looks really charming.

The most popular game from Paradox Development Studio, Hearts of Iron IV, is set for a new country pack expansion on March 4th.

Ruffy and the Riverside is releasing with Linux support later this year (hopefully - no set date) but you can try it early thanks to a demo release now available.

From the developer of chilled beekeeping sim APICO, their next game Mudborne: Frog Management Sim is set for release on World Frog Day (March 20th) with a brand new demo.

Nice to see dedicated support like this from a massive game. Marvel Rivals had a small update that came with a fix for Bazzite Linux.

Gearbox and 2K have now revealed that Borderlands 4 is set for release on September 23rd, along with giving it a short new trailer.

It seems a recent update to glibc with version 2.41 release at the end of January, has been causing all sorts of problems for Linux gamers that have pulled in the update (mostly on rolling-release distributions).

Hot on the heels of the recent news that Shift Up mentioned Stellar Blade would be optimized for Steam Deck and other smaller devices, we have a Steam page and release month.

With Adventure Mode out now, the Dwarf Fortress team are looking ahead and it's sounding quite exciting with some big features coming to the game.

After years of work across many areas, lots of discussions and more work - the Wayland Colour Management and HDR Protocol has been merged!

Two more bundles of games here to build up your collection ready for the weekend! Fanatical have launched the Build your own Special Editions Bundle (BundleFest 2025) and Build your own Simulator Collection bundles.

ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN is now set for launch on May 30th, and it does look great, but the anti-cheat could be a problem for Steam Deck / Linux players.

Humble are rehashing a previous bundle here that was first released around this time last year, with the launch of the Capcom Arcade Classics & Fighters Pack Humble Bundle. Good chance to grab a whole lot if you missed it before.

If there's one thing you can always count on in the Linux world it's that packaging can be a nightmare. The OBS Studio team are not happy with the Fedora folks due to Flatpak problems and threatened legal action.

While Final Fantasy VII Rebirth can work on Linux with AMD GPUs (like Steam Deck), the situation with NVIDIA GPUs has been messy. Open source to the rescue though, again.