Games: Steam (DRM), Board Games, and Free/Libre Games
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Check out some narrative adventures in the Steam AdventureX Event
AdventureX, a UK-based convention dedicated to narrative-driven gaming is having a Steam Event and sale on various games. A good choice for those of you who love all kinds of adventures, especially of the point and clicking variety.
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Slay the Spire is getting an official Board Game
Do you love Slay the Spire and want to take it into the real world? There's a Board Game being made for it.
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Warzone 2100 version 4.3 is out now with a new 'Super Easy' mode
The free and open source RTS Warzone 2100 has a new release out, bringing with it a new difficulty mode if you struggled through the campaign. Quite a success story this one. Originally a fully commercial game developed by Pumpkin Studios and published by Eidos Interactive that was eventually set free. I wish more developers did this eventually.
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Play one of the greatest co-op shooters free this weekend
Up on Steam right now is a free weekend for Deep Rock Galactic, easily one of the best co-op shooters around. It works out of the box on Linux desktop and it is Steam Deck "Playable" too. Also 67% off until November 17th.
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Steam on Chromebook is now in Beta with AMD support
Well this is exciting! Even more people will be able to play games on Linux from today, as Google announced Steam on Chromebook is now in Beta. For those less technically-minded reading, Chromebooks run ChromeOS, which is Linux.
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Valve has improved the new Big Picture Mode for Desktop quite a bit in a new Beta
Another fresh Steam Client Beta for Desktop has been released, and Valve continue fixing up more issues with the new Big Picture Mode to have it make sense on Desktop. Some of the issues are because it was clearly taken directly from Steam Deck, but now they're getting some proper desktop tweaks in there too.
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Valve fix new EA app in Proton Experimental for Linux and Steam Deck
Recently, EA starting removing Origin from games on Steam and replacing it with the EA app which as I noted before, caused numerous issues. Now, Valve should have solved it in Proton Experimental.
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Access your Amazon Prime Gaming library on Linux with the Nile Project
Amazon's Prime Gaming service has been dishing out free-to-keep games to its subscribers for some time now, but accessing these games required running the Amazon Gaming client through Wine.
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JSAUX teasing a clear Back Plate for the Steam Deck
JSAUX, maker of many Steam Deck Docking Stations, might be teasing a clear Back Plate they're designing for the Steam Deck.
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Loading bigger libraries should be faster in the new Steam Deck Beta
Available in the Beta and Preview channels, Valve has released a new Steam Deck Client Update with a few useful little fixes. You can opt into this in Settings >System >Steam Update Channel.