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Valve tweaks WWE 2K24 for AMD GPUs like Steam Deck, looking into Red Alert 2 issues

By Liam Dawe,
WWE 2K24 released recently and at least for those with an AMD GPU (like the Steam Deck) there were various graphical issues, but it should now work better. Plus, Valve are looking into issues with Red Alert 2 in Proton.

Steam Families announced with parental controls, no more library locking

By Liam Dawe,
Valve has finally done it! They've overhauled Steam Family Sharing with the new Steam Families set of features now available in Beta and it fixes the most annoying issue with it.

Playtron plan to launch PlaytronOS, a Linux-based system for gaming

By Liam Dawe,
Playtron have teased their PlaytronOS, taking aim at the gaming space to compete with SteamOS with a Linux-powered system. Could be exciting times ahead.

Steam now has over 100,000 games listed

By Liam Dawe,
There really are a lot of games, and with more releasing every year, Steam has gotten rather large as a platform with it now listing over 100,000 games.

Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars remaster hits over £400k on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe,
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars is getting a big fancy remaster in Broken Sword: Reforged, and it's currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter by Revolution Software.

The Mirror aims to be a Roblox & UEFN alternative and now it's open source

By Liam Dawe,
Roblox and the Unreal Editor for Fortnite sure are popular, but you know what would be better? An open source project, where creators can actually own what they make rather than being attached to Roblox and Fortnite. The Mirror wants to change that.

ChimeraOS Linux 45-1 has improved support for AYANEO and ROG Ally

By Liam Dawe,
ChimeraOS Linux 45-1 is out now as a minor update to the current release, but it still comes with a healthy dose of handheld gaming improvements for people who don't want Windows.

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor hits 1 million copies sold

By Liam Dawe,
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor from Funday Games and Ghost Ship Publishing has only been out for just over a month in Early Access, and it's already crossed over the 1 million mark.

Apex Legends Global Series postponed due to mid-match hacks

By Liam Dawe,
Good Morning. Some interesting industry news for you here, as it seems Apex Legends has something of a hacker problem right now that has even messed up the Global Series esport tournament. Note: ARTICLE UPDATED.

Steam breaking records again hitting over 36 million players online

By Liam Dawe,
You all sure love your gaming huh? Valve has seen Steam repeatedly break records recently and yet again, another weekend saw another surge of players.

VKD3D-Proton version 2.12 adds NVIDIA Reflex support

By Liam Dawe,
The project that implements Direct3D 12 on top of Vulkan, VKD3D-Proton, has version 2.12 out now bringing with it more new features like NVIDIA Reflex support!

Proton 9.0 Beta 15 released and Proton Experimental updated

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released two separate Proton updates for Linux / Steam Deck as they push forward to the next stable release with Proton 9.0. Most of the changes are fixing up regressions this time to get it ready for the main public release.

Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate now available for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Originally a Flash browser game from around 2008, Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate is a remastered and expanded quirky classic-style point and click adventure. And now it has an official Linux port too done by Ethan Lee.

System76 refresh the Adder WS laptop, plus COSMIC desktop Alpha in May

By Liam Dawe,
Some exciting news for System76 fans here as not only have they now released the powerful refresh of the Adder WS laptop, but their COSMIC desktop environment is also approaching an Alpha release.

Metal Gear Solid Master Collection gets Steam Input support and various fixes

By Liam Dawe,
KONAMI are continuing to put out the fires from the Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol 1 release on Steam, with v1.5.0 out now for MGS 1, 2 and 3.

Hilarious physics-platformer Mosa Lina has a Director's Cut update - dev passed the torch

By Liam Dawe,
Mosa Lina is one of my little favourites from last year, a physics-platformer gem that's just completely ridiculous. The original developer has given it a Director's Cut update and has passed the torch to another to continue it on.

Check out the demo for supernatural point-and-click adventure Shadows of the Afterland

By Liam Dawe,
Shadows of the Afterland has you cross between the worlds of the living and the dead, and allows you to possess the living to hopefully unearth your haunting past.

Half-Life remake Black Mesa gets a Beta to fix up crashes and graphics bugs

By Liam Dawe,
The Half-Life remake Black Mesa from Crowbar Collective is about to get a patch to fix up lots of issues, and there's a public Beta available.

itch.io Spring Sale 2024 is live with lots of indie treats

By Liam Dawe,
The small and scrappy store itch.io is also now running its own Spring Sale for 2024 and there's plenty of good deals to be found, if you manage to sift through lots of the weirdness on itch.

Bazzite Linux v2.4.0 fixes ASUS Ally and Lenovo Legion Go suspend issues

By Liam Dawe,
The increasingly interesting Bazzite Linux has a new release out, and it's a good one for handheld gaming fans so here's what's new in v2.4.0.