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Respawn release statement and update on the Apex Legends hacking situation

By Liam Dawe, 20 Mar 2024

Recently I reported on Apex Legends pro players getting hacked during the Global Series tournament, and now the developer Respawn Entertainment has released a small statement.

Stardew Valley 1.6 is out now - player count on Steam explodes

By Liam Dawe, 20 Mar 2024

ConcernedApe has released the huge Stardew Valley 1.6 update now, and it's absolutely crammed full of new content. Time to get farming again?

NVIDIA driver 550.67 released fixes for VKD3D (Proton), Wayland and more

By Liam Dawe, 19 Mar 2024

NVIDIA has today released a fresh stable bug-fix driver with version 550.67 now available for Linux. So here's all the changes you'll find.

CoreCtrl adds AMD RX 7000 series fan curve controls, Intel CPU temperature sensors

By Liam Dawe, 19 Mar 2024

CoreCtrl is a useful application giving you a full GUI for adjusting your CPU and GPU profiles on Linux, and the latest release has expanded the hardware features supported.

Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER releases May 16th

By Liam Dawe, 19 Mar 2024

Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER, the sequel to 2064: Read Only Memories finally has a release date as you'll be able to get your hands on it on May 16th.

chiaki4deck PlayStation to Steam Deck streaming app v1.6.4 adds a few useful options

By Liam Dawe, 19 Mar 2024

chiaki4deck recently put up another small update, to add in a couple of new options that sound quite useful for those of you streaming a PlayStation to your Steam Deck.

GOG team up with Amazon Luna for cloud gaming

By Liam Dawe, 19 Mar 2024

GOG have announced that they're teaming up with Amazon Luna, to bring your existing GOG games over to their cloud gaming service.

Superhero XCOM-like 'Capes' releases in May, new gameplay trailer is up

By Liam Dawe, 19 Mar 2024

Capes is shaping up to be quite an interesting strategy game, where it blends XCOM style with superheros and now they have a release window and new trailer.

Knock knock. Who's there? More scam apps on Canonical's Snap Store!

By Liam Dawe, 19 Mar 2024

No this isn't a joke, sadly. Canonical once again have an issue with scam apps appearing on the Snap Store, which is becoming a repeating problem.

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

By Liam Dawe, 19 Mar 2024

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, 18 Mar 2024

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, 18 Mar 2024

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, 18 Mar 2024

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, 18 Mar 2024

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, 18 Mar 2024

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, 18 Mar 2024

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, 18 Mar 2024

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, 18 Mar 2024

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, 18 Mar 2024

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, 17 Mar 2024

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!