I've yet again posted my weekly 'Gaming News' post to #Lemmy (because over somewhere like #Reddit - it is #opensource which wins me over), and yet again it wasn't a full week between this and the last I wrote.
Just various bits and pieces of things I find interesting in the gaming world right now. It's 𝘯𝘰𝘵 a professional nor heavy read:
https://lemmy.world/post/26707576
Kinda a #blog style effort, who knows, maybe you'll enjoy a read? <3

lemmy.worldSteam Deck / Gaming News #5 - Lemmy.WorldAs you’re most probably used to by now, this is just my initial warning that
what follows is my ranting and rambling about both Steam Deck-specific(ish)
news, and general gaming news I’ve spotted and seems interesting to me. This
time around though, if you’ll indulge me I might highlight some of my favorite
people? Alongside news that is, of course. Grab a cup of coffee, settle in and
poke holes in my mistakes and formatting (or, idk, just enjoy this)!
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What have you been playing? This one’s just…me asking some of my friends what
they’ve been playing and enjoying lately on Steam Deck or otherwise. You’ll
maybe recognize some of them, so if you’ll indulge me: imLinguin (Heroic Games
Launcher)
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2df657de-c5e3-4e78-b245-e149788bcf74.png] Eben
Bruyns (Junk-Store)
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/5e3049da-9c62-41a5-9d9b-470b662726e2.png] AA
(Decky Loader)
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/04039fff-d9a1-4def-9ddf-17102a94713d.png]
Gardiner Bryant (YouTube)
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/8e233fe3-175d-422e-abfa-1ee81d906766.png] Noah
(SteamDeckHQ)
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a5adf719-c5c3-42ab-9786-b9c7693f9383.png]
Lazorne (RetroDECK)
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/c31218eb-054f-47fb-8cc4-fefb525439b1.png] This
is…a bit of ‘fluff’ I know, but at least to me it’s interesting to see what the
people behind the channels, sites and programs you love are playing. Sadly lots
who answer tell me that there’s little time to actually play the games, but also
that the coding itself can become a game to them. Anyway, thought you might be
interested in these!
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GOG + Control Easily one of my favorite games of the last few years: Control:
Ultimate Edition has a new significant update:
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/fbf84844-6ebd-493d-a4a5-d24f3eb9441a.png]
https://controlgame.com/control-march-2025-update-notes-pc/
[https://controlgame.com/control-march-2025-update-notes-pc/] But…as per usual,
GOG users do not get the update at the same time as other platforms like Steam
and EpicGames do. And…sad to say, if at all. No word yet on the ‘when’. GOG has
a reputation for being ‘second-class citizens’ with updates from publishers.
There is a thread on GOG’s forum showing just how second-class GOG users can be
treated - with updates being either delayed or never released on the platform.
Again, this is not GOG’s doing, but those responsible for the games. Here’s a
link to the latest page on that thread here
[https://www.gog.com/forum/general/games_that_treat_gog_customers_as_second_class_citizens_v2]
Despite this, I am 𝘴𝘰 excited to revisit one of my fav games on SteamDeck!!
Fingers crossed this update once it hits GOG will sort out one very annoying
program, the propensity for the game to crash with the Anchor boss. It’s been
known and complained about for an eternity here, but we can hope! (actually,
ironically there is a way to pass that as it stands, in the least polished way
possible:
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/00d31c5e-3ed1-4c10-9260-66bfa3f7bded.png]
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Notable GOG games updates:
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/c920d42d-2dca-4e82-a999-372ec510913e.jpeg]
There’s some recent updates (since we’ve last spoken), which will be the least
interesting thing possible to read, but I somehow find it very fun to share. I
like to keep track what I have installed, and what I think there’s a good chance
others may also, and note their updates. The following is also an embedded link
to their GOG store page: * Traveller’s Rest - currently also on sale with -33%
off on GOG! [https://www.gog.com/en/game/travellers_rest] * Tunguska: The
Visitation [https://www.gog.com/en/game/tunguska_the_visitation] * Mark of the
Deep (a kinda fun Metroidvania-ish game)
[https://www.gog.com/en/game/mark_of_the_deep] * Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward
Vector [https://www.gog.com/en/game/citizen_sleeper_2_starward_vector] *
Coridden (one of my fav recent ARPG’s!) [https://www.gog.com/en/game/coridden] *
Caves of Qud (which took like 10 years to get its 1.0 release!
[https://www.gog.com/en/game/caves_of_qud] * Star Trucker (which I got way into
on Game Pass, the devs are also posting regularly, everywhere, it’s nice to see
them so happy with their hit! [https://www.gog.com/en/game/star_trucker] *
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
[https://www.gog.com/en/game/stalker_2_heart_of_chornobyl_deluxe_edition] * A
TON of LEGO games I’m just way too lazy to create individual links for, but
here’s a recent Mastodon post I did on this very topic
[https://mastodon.social/@flwwhtrbt/114140789501847812]
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Emulation News Citra:
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/25c3d737-df67-4540-aa18-8ce4645a74a1.jpeg]
Switch emulation on Android just got multiplayer for the very first time! This
is for multiplayer with multiple devices (somewhat similar to what we saw with
Citra), using the Citron emulator. Have you tried this, flw? …no. But I find it
interesting! Should I emulate BoTW on Switch, Flw? No! Emulate the Wii U
version, it is SO much better!!! The interesting thing to me is that Android
Authority published a story on this. Its interesting to me to see a mainline
site like this is reporting on what a couple of years ago was a very niche
subject! This link is to the article, if you wanna check it out
[https://www.androidauthority.com/switch-emulator-citron-multiplayer-3534010/]
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Campho Advance:
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d43aa30a-48e2-45fd-8946-8252cc9971bc.jpeg] The
Campho Advance is a special Game Boy Advance cartridge that allowed users to
make video phonecalls via landlines. It was released in 2004 by a Japanese
company called Digital Act. Although it may seem strange and bizarre to have
such a device on a portable gaming console, the GBA helped reduce cost and
provide a simple user-interface. It’s one of the rarer peripherals out there,
with only about 10,000 units produced (and less likely ever actually sold).
Additionally, the Campho Advance was formerly one of the last officially
licensed cartridges that had remained completely undumped. Previously, there was
simply no information whatsoever about its ROM anywhere, meaning it hadn’t been
preserved at all. Thankfully, last year I was able to make a homebrew program
that extracts data from the cartridge. I still need to make some tweaks to the
homebrew dumper, but hopefully others will finally be able to make their own
dumps too. Without the ROM, it wouldn’t have been possible to emulate the Campho
Advance. Support has been added to GBE+ so that now everyone can virtually
recreate the Campho Advance experience. What once started as a humble Game Boy
emulator a decade ago today functions as a real-time videochat program. And if
you think that’s crazy, just wait until you see GBE+ start emulating TV
stations… Link to full article, and you really should read up on this! is here
[https://shonumi.github.io/articles/art36.html]
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Cemu:
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/746a4f83-902f-41d2-8ead-57fbd01ab393.png] A
new release is out for Cemu, for Android: 0.1 (known as the experimental
release). With Cemu coming along and RPCS3 on the horizon, the people who enjoy
emulating on their Android phones must be very happy! Here’s a link to the
GitHub page, if you’re curious! [https://github.com/SSimco/Cemu]
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Steam Deck and Emulation
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1cc9e87f-8ad4-461f-9f50-438b3f6304cd.png] This
is just…a great and detailed video I spotted getting shared about earlier by
‘TechCravers’. I’ve never watched any of their content before, but this was a
great spot to start. This is just…copied straight from their video description:
In this video, I break down why the Steam Deck is STILL the king of emulation in
2025! From Game Boy to Wii U, this handheld can do it all—better than any other
device on the market. With amazing community support, constant software updates,
and unmatched performance for the price, no other handheld even comes close If
you’re interested in what is a great deep-dive into Steam Deck emulation as a
whole, then the YouTube link is here!
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxpaPlr8Wew]
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RetroDECK new update - 0.9.1b:
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f22db233-78e9-4a92-8fbb-ac633587efab.webp] If
you know me at all, or even if you’ve just skimmed my words here or on Mastodon
(or…if there might be some of you who remember my Reddit days), you’ll know I
adore RetroDECK. It’s been my emulationer (totally a word) of choice for such a
very long time now. Their new update’s patch notes are here in this link, but
I’ll brutalize them and try trim the more note-worthy bits here in some dot
points:
[https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_rd_versions/version_0.9.0b/0.9.1b/]
* New folder: retrodeck/cheats/ for easier cheat file updates (MAME, RetroArch,
PCSX2, PPSSPP, MelonDS) * Added CLI arguments in RetroENGINE: --set, --open,
--factory-reset, and improved --reset. * Steam integration: RetroDECK can now
auto-add to Steam with preconfigured gridart and inputs. * RetroAchievements
support added for PPSSPP and Dolphin. Flw, why should I opt for RetroDECK over
EmuDeck? …I hear you ask Luckily, the team answered that themselves, leaving me
to be luxuriantly lazy and just screenshotting it to paste here:
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e18c8519-da3f-48ef-8677-f89fd1f3b9e5.png] …but
personally, I just love how it gives me two options: an all-in-one emulation
suite, where all my games are within their various emulators within RetroDECK
from the homescreen on my Steam Deck, and if I add some to ‘favorites’ then I
get them added individually to my games library. I love how it stores my
emulators, bios, ROMs, mods, files…all of it on my SD card (how I choose to have
it run). I love that it only has stable releases. This means you won’t get each
emulator’s updates as they update, but I’ve seen EmuDeck break too many times to
think that’s a good idea. IDK. I just love it. Try it out!!!
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Square Enix staff + a old game cache: “Members of Square Enix recently made a
remarkable discovery upon opening an old storage container at work that had been
shut for close to 20 years: a cache of pristine, retro games that includes
titles released for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, DOS computers,
N-Gage, Nintendo Wii, and Amstrad CPC, among other platforms.” I literally
ripped that paragraph from their article, the full thing is here but…that’s
basically the best of it!
[https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/03/square-enix-staff-discover-cache-of-pristine-retro-games-some-of-which-date-back-30-years]
This following link is better though, since you get a video of them showing off
what is there: And this is the link (a LinkedIn link
[https://www.linkedin.com/videos/urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7300476318897299456/?origin=NETWORK_CONVERSATIONS&midToken=AQF9-aVL-zJfMQ&midSig=14EOp9FfuOPXE1&eid=6xpei-m7wbhztd-b6&otpToken=MTMwNDE4ZTUxMjJjY2ZjMmJlMmYwMmVlNDcxY2U3YjA4NmM5ZDU0MTliYWU4NTZhNzNjNzAyNmY0NzVhNWFmN2ZjZDFiZjk0NDRiMmM4ZGQ3ZTBiODliY2JkOGU5NjI4ODEyMjkyMDI2NjQ0YTdmY2U3LDEsMQ%3D%3D]
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/0db8512f-ab36-4591-90c2-9b76050fe04c.webp]
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/28893e96-25ec-4482-84c7-4252ac2f3766.webp]
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3a49aab4-f3cd-4d67-9b1c-8c8ec2ef6c87.webp]
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FF VII: Rebirth
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f8646e53-fa2f-45c0-bfd5-0dc04aa5e8fb.png] Got
a update specific to the Steam Deck (always lovely to see!) which made the
download size smaller than before. Another few fixes are included, but to me
this is the focus, going from 144.2GB to 88.1GB (phew, at least it’s not at God
of War: Ragnarok’s 177GB --)
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Path of Exile 2:
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/9557d904-c621-4bf0-a23c-a454771dbfa8.png] An
update was also seen for this one recently: * Fixed Steam Deck and other Linux
Wine-based clients being incorrectly warned for modifying the client.
[https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3732353] Nice to see Grinding
Gear Games is supporting Steam Deck, but…it still looks awful on said Steam
Deck, so…that didn’t change I guess
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Maxima:
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/918362fc-b1cf-48ab-be42-15f7fc23f869.jpeg]
This is just a…brief teaser for something you can’t see yet. Maxima is on its
way, being a replacement for EA’s Origin launcher, made so you can skip using it
and just enjoy the games yourself. One of the devs has shared this link for the
GitHub, but it’s one to keep an eye on and not live yet:
https://github.com/ArmchairDevelopers/Maxima/
[https://github.com/ArmchairDevelopers/Maxima/] “Maxima - It’s the farthest you
can get from the Origin” Yay!
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XenonRecomp - the 360 games tool This one might be of interest to the more
technical-minded (which, on Lemmy…seems to be everyone?) but here’s the ‘about’
(and follow it the GitHub) XenonRecomp is a tool that converts Xbox 360
executables into C++ code, which can then be recompiled for any platform.
Currently, it only supports x86 platforms due to the use of x86 intrinsics. This
project was heavily inspired by N64: Recompiled
[https://github.com/N64Recomp/N64Recomp], a similar tool for N64 executables.
And the link to the GitHub for it is here!
[https://github.com/hedge-dev/XenonRecomp]
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Acclaim Entertainment:
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/39146200-0165-4b37-a1f1-4ec8fbf49059.jpeg]
Acclaim has been ‘reborn’ as a new kind of publisher. They’re now focusing on
retro games titles. Reviving classic franchises specifically The link to a
article about the announcement is here!
[https://venturebeat.com/games/acclaim-entertainment-reborn-as-indie-game-publisher-focused-on-original-ip/]
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Ubisoft execs on trial: No better time to boycott Ubisoft, if you’re not
already, as former Ubisoft bosses go on trial in France over alleged harassment.
Thomas François is alleged to have habitually watched pornographic films in the
open-plan office and commented on the appearance of female employees, whom he
routinely insulted. François is being prosecuted for an attempted sexual assault
when he tried to forcibly kiss a young employee during a Christmas party as she
was held by other colleagues. Full article here, which is a sobering view of
what people have to deal with, and how disgusting people in power can be over
others
[https://www.lemonde.fr/en/police-and-justice/article/2025/03/10/former-ubisoft-bosses-on-trial-in-france-over-alleged-harassment_6738996_105.html]
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The Ori Series:
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/705ba464-5ba8-4c5f-a6f0-73b16907be30.jpeg] The
two Ori games have now sold over more than 15 million copies!!! “Not too shabby
for a Metrodvania and a genre we were told is dead when we started to work on
it!”
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Selaco + testers:
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/aff80284-6a26-432b-8596-1f178de46e20.png] One
of my fav efforts of programming in a game in recent times has been Selaco which
was made using the GZDoom engine. The way they made that game look on that
engine is absolute magic. A kind of beautiful mix of modern style, and the
obvious (now I learn is called ‘boomer shooters’) retro game-play mechanics -
and I tell everyone I know to play it! The launch trailer, which was 9 months
ago, is here, I recommend you all watch it if you don’t already know Selaco!
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFI1QSd4T2g] The developers are currently
getting an engine upgrade: 𝘎𝘡𝘋𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝟦.𝟣𝟥; 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦
𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 The link where they announce
looking for play-testers is here, and will take you to their Steam announcement
of such
[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1592280/view/517454908873507862?l=english]
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Death Stranding 2 You’ve no doubt seen the (in true Kojima style!)
20875073456045 hours long trailer which just came out for the game, but most fun
for me was seeing this post by Kojima on Bluesky sharing some of the merch:
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6588fada-9d02-46d5-9d2a-2c7bde882031.jpeg]
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Revolt
[https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f54db68a-580d-46b5-8ce9-c9781bb4f4c8.png]
There’s a server my friend Gardiner Bryant started only a few days ago. You’ll
find it’s small, with few people there, but we’re all rather lovely (if I do say
so myself). All of the names from the beginning are some of the users in this
server, if you want to drop by and say anything. But otherwise it deals with: *
Steam Deck * Linux * Gaming * General chat If you’d like to join us, then the
link is here: https://rvlt.gg/dqJT3rJH [https://rvlt.gg/dqJT3rJH] Yes, it is on
Revolt. There is two options available for Android users, the official one and a
community-built one. Neither of which I’ve even tried yet, I just access it via
the website! If you want, you can check out a recent post I made on it here on
Lemmy to read more! [https://lemmy.world/post/26588497]
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think this might be it? …as ever, formatting, spelling and general crazy errors
are all mine. I do hope you enjoy this. This was 2,317 words up to that last
sentence, so…clearly I can’t edit myself at all. If you’ve any suggestions,
criticisms (*I see you, anonymous down-voters --*) or anything to share, the
comments under here are a great place to do it! Hope you enjoy! <3