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Games: Steam Deck, itch.io, and Proton Experimental

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 29, 2023

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A round-up of recent Steam Deck news for you

↺ A round-up of recent Steam Deck news for you

> Have little time? Always on the go? Need a refresher of recent Steam Deck news? Got you covered here, come get your little fix. I know how you feel — there's simply not enough hours in the day right? You have to work, see friends and family and somehow make time to play games for yourself and not get left in the dust for news.

Aliens: Dark Descent is very real-time XCOM and I love it

↺ Aliens: Dark Descent is very real-time XCOM and I love it

> Finally, another Aliens game to sink my teeth into. I've been playing Aliens: Dark Descent and overall I'm pretty damn happy with the experience. Played on Linux desktop (Fedora KDE) and Steam Deck with Proton Experimental, overall it's scratched an itch I've had since blasting through XCOM 2.

One Lonely Outpost to get Linux support around the full release

↺ One Lonely Outpost to get Linux support around the full release

> After a bit of a development hiccup changing developers after the crowdfunding campaign, One Lonely Outpost has hit Early Access with Linux support planned later. Originally being developed by Aurorian Studios, they announced their publisher Freedom Games was taking over development back in September 2022.

Planetary Life is a neat looking indie sandbox evolution sim

↺ Planetary Life is a neat looking indie sandbox evolution sim

> Developer Sotenbox recently put up a trailer for Planetary Life, a pretty neat looking entry into the evolution simulation genre. Made with Godot Engine, it should have no problems running nicely on Linux machines.

The itch.io Summer Selects Bundle 2023 has some real indie gems

↺ The itch.io Summer Selects Bundle 2023 has some real indie gems

> Another chance for you to pick up a few sweet games while also saving your pennies. The itch.io Summer Selects Bundle 2023 is live. This time around the choices are pretty good and a few of the games included are true gems, some that get often overlooked amongst the crowd. So here's what you can get.

Proton Experimental fixes up Street Fighter 6 and other games

↺ Proton Experimental fixes up Street Fighter 6 and other games

> For Steam Deck and Linux desktop, Valve has released another Proton Experimental upgrade focusing on fixing up bugs and regressions. They only just released an update for Proton Experimental on June 24th but they're back again because more regressions are being found.

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