Weekly Linux gaming news, reviews, previews and whatever else we come up with.
Overpriced Hype or Hot Garbage? ‘Fake’ Games on Steam
We dive into the murky depths of overpriced "fake games" on Steam, uncover the secrets of open-
2/5/2024 • 59 minutes, 8 seconds
Valve ❤️ Skins and NVIDIA Still Confused by Wayland
Steam rakes in a BILLION bucks on skins! Black Mesa gets a GoldSrc remake, ULWGL unifies launching Windows games on Linux, and NVIDIA Still Confused by Wayland.
1/29/2024 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 8 seconds
Snipping The Steam Snap
Installing Steam isn't a Snap! WINE 9.0 enables 64-bit goodness, Left 4 Dead gets a mysterious security update, experimental Nintendo Switch emulator Ryujinx goes the (expletive deleted)
1/22/2024 • 56 minutes, 25 seconds
Valve DMCA Takedowns and AV1 On Twitch!
Valve nukes two fan projects, AV1 comes to Twitch, AMD launches the Ryzen 8000G, Unity bans VLC, and a HoloISO powered Steam Deck competitor.
1/15/2024 • 1 hour, 13 minutes, 17 seconds
A Fierce Steam Deck Competitor
MSI teases a fierce Steam Deck competitor! Portal Revolution gets a day one Linux release, AMD ray tracing performance gains with radv, Steam ends support for Windows 7 & 8, and Daggerfall Unity hits 1.0.
1/7/2024 • 1 hour, 40 seconds
Best Linux Games Of 2023
Valve reveals 2023’s biggest Steam Deck games! Slay the Spire MOD distributes malware, open-source DirectX, AAA Linux predictions for 2024, and a Blood & Magic source dump.
12/31/2023 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 54 seconds
A Linux-fueled Steam Year End Review!
Our Linux-fueled Steam year end review! Nintendo NSO controllers learn how to Linux, open-source NVIDIA drivers outperform the binary blob, Intel won't commit to a 2024 release date for Battlemage, and average people don't install operating systems.
12/25/2023 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 13 seconds
Stop Sniffing Steam Decks!
Valve warns against that fresh Deck smell! Twitch reverses their decision about "artistic depictions of nudity.", AMD open-sources FSR 3.0, W4 announces pricing for GODOT console ports, and Tim Swe
12/17/2023 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 23 seconds
Linux Beats Windows 11 At Gaming
Linux outperforms Windows 11 in gaming, Skyrim adds official support for Steam Deck, gamemode wants to pin your cores, and Tuxedo launches a Linux gaming laptop.
12/11/2023 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 57 seconds
OLED Steam Decks Sellout and PCSX2 Drops Wayland
Popular PS2 emulator PCSX2 drops support for Wayland, Linux continues to outperform OSX, Windows 11 gets shrunk for handhelds, and OLED Decks are huge in japan.
12/4/2023 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 48 seconds
Ubisoft ads pop-up and Steamy Autumn Sales
Steam makes finding games with DualShock/Sense support easy! The open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA takes a medium step forward, Google wanted to buy Epic Games, and Ubisoft tests in-game pop-up ads.
11/26/2023 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 29 seconds
Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update and Scalping Decks
The 25th Anniversary Update for Half-Life is crabtastic! ProtonDB adds support for Chrome OS, Xbox cloud gaming on Linux, SDL powered SkiFree, and unlimited Limited Steam Decks.
11/19/2023 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 33 seconds
OLED Steam Decks and 3DMark Heads To LINUX!
Valve announces OLED Steam Decks! 3DMark Steel Nomad is headed to Linux, TuxClocker gets support for AMD GPUs, a mysterious Half-Life 1 update, and the worst distribution for Linux gaming.
11/12/2023 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 52 seconds
Game Trainers On Linux and Warhammer 3 Banhammers
Total War Warhammer 3 banhammers community members, EA breaks Aphex Legends on Steam Deck, Counter-Strike 2 kills birds, Microsoft knocks knockoffs, and game training on Linux made easy.
11/5/2023 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 52 seconds
Open-Source War Thunder and NVIDIA making CPUs!?
Anodyne Remastered drops Adobe Air, Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection nopes on Steam Decks, NVIDIA is working on CPUs, and the engine behind War Thunder goes open-source.
10/30/2023 • 1 hour, 44 minutes, 30 seconds
Where The $H*T Is SteamOS?
The NVIDIA (beta) driver learns a new trick, AYA has a dual-screen handheld, Baldur's Gate MOD management on Linux, Monster Hunter gets Steam Deck verified, and where the $H*T is SteamOS?
10/23/2023 • 1 hour, 13 minutes, 48 seconds
Unity CEO 2.0, Diablo IV Steam Deck Verified, Intel 580 Benchmarks
Steam Next Fest picks! Unity gets a Red Hat, Nvidia 4080 Ti targets AI gamers, Diablo IV is Steam Deck certified, and Counter-Strike drops support for macOS.
10/16/2023 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 13 seconds
Steam Deck 2.0, Intel’s 3050 killer, and UNREAL pricing
Better Wi-Fi for the Steam Deck, Intel has a 3050 killer, Epic updates Unreal Engine pricing, tips for buying used PC hardware, and how NOT to promote your game on Steam.
10/9/2023 • 1 hour, 44 minutes, 32 seconds
Gaming on the Raspberry Pi 5 and Valve bans AI translations
EA’s new anti-cheat doesn't know how to Linux! Counter-Strike 2 exits the Danger Zone, Valve bans AI translations, gaming on the Raspberry Pi 5
10/2/2023 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 37 seconds
Unity Is Really Sorry and Linux Killed Stadia?
Microsoft dreams of buying Valve, Unity offers a heartfelt apology, open-source NVIDIA driver maintainer steps down, gamescope could be headed to OBS, and Linux killed Stadia?
9/24/2023 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 36 seconds
The Unity Scream Of NOPE! – Linux Game Cast 578
Unity announces a revolutionary way to extract revenue from developers! Steam celebrates its birthday with memes, gamescope adds support for Reshade
9/18/2023 • 1 hour, 26 minutes, 13 seconds
Steamy Linux Gaming With Ampere ARMs
Gaming with Steam on ARM, AMD brings Overdrive to Linux, the Neo Flip goes full-clamshell, ray tracing Amnesia: The Dark Descent, and Wayland is the future of Linux gaming.
9/11/2023 • 1 hour, 26 minutes, 44 seconds
Nexus Mods on LINUX and Legacy of Kain decompilation!
Steam Link adds support for 4K streaming, NVIDIA runs afoul of kernel maintainers, an official Nexus Mods App for Linux, and porting Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver to the PC.
9/3/2023 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 59 seconds
Linux Game Cast 575: Rollback NES Code
Getting Fedora on Deck with Bazzite, raytraced headcrabs with Half-Life 2 RTX, AMD launches the 7800 XT, GPUVis lands in mesa
8/28/2023 • 1 hour, 14 minutes, 21 seconds
Steam 4K Remote Play & Lenovo Legion Nintenchucks
4K Remote Play comes to Steam! Dwarf Fortress (2022) Linux beta, RIP gaming Chromebooks, Lenovo Legion handheld has chucks...
8/21/2023 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 24 seconds
Refurb Steam Decks Sell-Out and Open-Source Quake 2 Bethmastered
Valve runs out of refurbished Steam Decks! Rewriting Wipeout from leaked code, id Software open-sources Quake 2 Bethmastered, and playing Overwatch 2 on Linux with Proton.
8/13/2023 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 53 seconds
Linux Gamers Outnumber Mac – Linux Game Cast 572
Linux overtakes Mac on Steam! AMD RX 7800 XT details leak, Lenovo has a Steam Deck competitor, Valve closes their merch shop, and Microsoft begins selling official replacements parts for Xbox controllers.
8/6/2023 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 25 seconds
Linux Game Cast 571: A Shouty Shirt
The open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA is (almost) ready! Valve is headed to Gamescom, OpenMW gets a little foggy, and the ESRB wants to scan kids' faces to enforce game ratings.
7/30/2023 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 47 seconds
Linux Game Cast 570: SciFi Moustache Man
BattleBit's new anti-cheat supports Linux! Steam Decks with easily replaceable batteries, what really happened between Dolphin EMU and Nintendo, Denuvo doesn't affect performance
7/23/2023 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 21 seconds
Linux Game Cast 569: JordVPN
The 50 most-played demos during Steam Next Fest! Why Linux sucks on the desktop, RIP 4060Ti reviews, 3D Civilization in the browser, and the disappearance of classic video games.
7/16/2023 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 52 seconds
Linux Game Cast 568: SteamGPT
Valve explains their AI policy, GE Proton adds support for Gears 5, Hollow Knight fan-made DLC, online Amiga gaming done right, 0AD on Risc V, and a PS1 game from 1996 gets a Linux port.
7/9/2023 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 28 seconds
Linux Game Cast 555: Cocoa Voltron
Halo: The Master Chief Collection enables EAC support on Linux! Naughty Dog puts Steam Deck support at the bottom of their list, Intel Battlemage heads to TSMC, Everspace 2 drops Linux support, and remembering our first ATARI game.
4/10/2023 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 46 seconds
Linux Game Cast 554: Astrocreep
Steam ends support for Windows! Proton Experimental fixes the Fall Guys, Dolphin EMU is headed to Steam, NVIDIA 4050 rumours, and Atari buys the game studio behind the 'System Shock' remake.
4/3/2023 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 33 seconds
Linux Game Cast 553: Uncle Slappy’s Nicotine Shack
The Counter-Strike 2 limited test is underway! GE-Proton adds support for Diablo on Linux, Windows updates for Steam Decks, Raja Koduri leaves Intel, and smashing the Vulkan button on Asahi Linux.
3/27/2023 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 16 seconds
Steamy Ubuntu Snaps & native Half-Life 2 on a Raspberry Pi 4
Ubuntu is testing Steamy Snaps, Neverwinter Nights grows an ARM, GODOT invades Epic, Half-Life 2 on a Raspberry Pi, and why you should stick with Windows for gaming.
3/20/2023 • 1 hour, 33 minutes, 9 seconds
Linux Game Cast 551: Double Deckin’ It
Automatic snapshots for the Steam Deck! Fly Dangerous tracks heads, GZDoom powered Apocalyptic Vibes, celebrating ten years of Robocraft and Google torches what's left of Stadia.
3/13/2023 • 1 hour, 34 minutes, 47 seconds
Linux Game Cast 550: Thighceroy
Aphex Legends bans Proton users! DOOM traces rays on Deck, GODOT 4.0 is ready for public consumption, and Thorium Nova is the best next-gen bridge simulator you've never heard of.
3/6/2023 • 1 hour, 29 minutes, 44 seconds
Linux Game Cast 549: Maybe Bytes
DOTA 2 banhammers 40K accounts! Overclocking AMD GPUs on Linux with LACT, 3D printed gamepads, and poking Steam LAN transfer for fun.
2/27/2023 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 56 seconds
Linux Game Cast 548: Seven Deadly Santas
Celebrating 10 years of Steam on Linux! Natural Selection 2 developers call it quits, AMD open-sources FSR 2.2, Ludum Dare staff picks, and Team Fortress 2 gets a holiday-sized update in 2023. All this, plus your hate mail.
2/20/2023 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 30 seconds
Linux Game Cast 547: Sony Yeeta
GODOT goes mobile! Framework enters the Steam Deck business, Next Fest is bringing back game demos, and TheForceEngine gets a Linux button.