Games: Steam Deck, Hexagod, Heart of the Machine, and More
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Blocking Linux / Steam Deck in Apex Legends led to a 'meaningful reduction' in cheaters
Back in October 2024, Respawn announced they were blocking Apex Legends on Linux platforms (including Steam Deck). Apparently this has worked quite well for them.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ What Valve would need to do to make a Steam Console a success
While the most recent rumour of a Steam Console was complete junk, it did get me thinking on what Valve would need to do to make a Steam Console / Steam Machine actually successful.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Hexagod is a minimalist roguelike village builder from the dev of Chess Survivors
Developer Aarimous is getting closer to releasing Hexagod, a minimalist roguelike village builder where you place hexagon tiles, manage resources, find relics, and command your villagers. Made with Godot, this is their second game following the clever Chess Survivors.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Beholder: Conductor is Papers, Please meets the Golden Idol series
The latest from Alawar is a spin-off from the previous Beholder games. The first had you be a landlord in a totalitarian country, the second had you work in their central ministry and now this third game has you work as a train conductor.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Heart of the Machine is deep, fascinating and engrossing to play as a sentient AI
Become a sentient AI in Heart of the Machine, the latest deep strategy game from Arcen Games (AI War 1/2, The Last Federation, Bionic Dues) and it's now in Early Access. I've been running it on Desktop Linux (Kubuntu 24.10) with Proton 9.0-4 and it's been running very nicely. Note: key provided by the publisher.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Valve now warns on Steam pages if an Early Access game hasn't been updated in a long time
Even though Early Access can be an incredible thing to allow developers to build up their game with the community, and pull in some early funds, it can also go very wrong. And now Valve are making it a bit clearer for you if a game hasn't been updated.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ You can now GoPro with your Steam Deck and mount it to your belly - or wherever you want
Mechanism, who made the excellent Deckmate and Gaming Pillow, said about their latest accessory kit the GoPro Mount that "No one asked for this…" but they did it anyway, because why not it actually sounds pretty useful.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Fanatical's Pedal to the Metal Bundle has some gems for racing fans
Got the need for some speed? Fanatical's Pedal to the Metal Bundle has a bunch of good looking games to add to your collection. It's a build your own bundle so you can get 3 + Games for £2.00 each, 5 + Games for £1.80 each or 7 + Games for £1.71 each.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Flathub adds We Love Games and On the go sections plus details on what's next for their infrastructure
Flathub is carefully tweaking and expanding their Linux software store, with two newer flashy sections included on it. Plus, some details behind the scenes on what they're working on.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Humble Choice for February has Total War: PHARAOH, Trepang2, Griftlands and more
The latest Humble Choice has been revealed. This is the monthly selection of games you can subscribe to with Humble Bundle. Here's the expected compatibility for Linux / Steam Deck.
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Epic Games devs talk about solutions to the Unreal Engine stuttering issues in games
If you've played a game using Unreal Engine, or for that matter any modern game engine, you've likely encountered various forms of stuttering. One major issue is shader stuttering, as games build up that cache and it seems Epic Games have a solution for Unreal Engine.