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Mesa 24.2.6 graphics drivers released with a few more bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
The Mesa team have released another bug-fix update with Mesa 24.2.6 available now, with a couple more bug-fix releases planned before they move onto Mesa 24.3 next month.

Steam Deck SteamOS 3.6.20 Beta has an updater fix and Metaphor: ReFantazio performance improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Following on from the huge SteamOS 3.6 update for Steam Deck, Valve has put up SteamOS 3.6.20 Beta with a few more improvements.

Steam games will now need to fully disclose kernel-level anti-cheat on store pages

By Liam Dawe,
Valve announced a change for Steam today that will make things a lot clearer for everyone, as developers will now need to clearly list the kernel-level anti-cheat used on Steam store pages.

Luma Island devs spent an 'enormous amount of effort' to make it smooth on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Luma Island looks pretty sweet from Feel Free Games, a game that combines together elements of adventuring and building together that you can play solo or with up to 4 people together.

COVEN is a fresh 'hyper-violent' retro FPS now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Gator Shins and Hellforge Studios have released the first 10 blood-soaked levels of COVEN, a really fresh new retro FPS.

KDE's end of year fundraiser is live

By Liam Dawe,
If you appreciate the work from the KDE team on things like the Plasma desktop environment, maybe it's time to give them a little donation.

Bazzite updated to Fedora 41 with expanded PC gaming handheld support

By Liam Dawe,
Bazzite Linux has seen an upgrade to the just released Fedora 41, and with it comes lots of extra enhancements to their support of various PC gaming handhelds from AYANEO, ROG Ally and others.

Fedora 41 is out now with plenty of enhancements like easier NVIDIA driver installs

By Liam Dawe,
Fedora 41 is officially out now and brings with it plenty of upgrades for all users. Here's just some of what's new and improved.

Steam Beta adds plenty of Game Recording improvements plus a Steam Play update

By Liam Dawe,
Valve rolled out another two Steam Client Beta updates recently, as they continue pushing the Game Recording system towards a stable release. The fixes are the same for Steam Deck and Desktop since it's a Steam Client update.

Beelink have open-sourced their Multi-Functional EX Docking Station for mini PCs

By Liam Dawe,
Hardware vendor Beelink have "open-sourced" their Multi-Functional EX Docking Station that you can use to extend their GTi Ultra Series mini PCs with a full GPU.

Stellaris: Grand Archive and a free update are out now

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox have released Stellaris: Grand Archive, a pretty fun sounding story pack for their popular sci-fi grand strategy game. There's also a free update out now as well.

Speedollama is an ultra fast, violent and silly platformer-shooter out now

By Liam Dawe,
Coming from Chaosmonger Studio who created ENCODYA, Clunky Hero, Three Minutes To Eight and other games is a new release with Speedollama.

Fanatical's Frightmare Bundle for 2024 has scary stuff plus there's a Halloween Sale

By Liam Dawe,
If you're somehow still stuck for games to grab this week, here's yet another option for you. Well, two, actually. There's the Build your own Frightmare Bundle (Halloween 2024) and the Frightfest Sale on Fanatical.

GOG's Halloween Sale is live now with discounts aplenty

By Liam Dawe,
Yes, yes it's that time of year, every store is wanting your attention with various deals somewhat related to Halloween. Now the GOG Halloween Sale is live.

Assassin's Creed Mirage gets improved Steam Deck support and now rated Playable

By Liam Dawe,
Ubisoft gave a very small update to Assassin's Creed Mirage on Steam and managed to get it bumped up to a Steam Deck Playable rating.

Ubuntu Summit 2024 highlights - Linux gaming talks on UMU and Heroic Launcher

By Liam Dawe,
The Ubuntu Summit 2024 has been and gone, and with it we had a lot of good talks but with our focus on here with gaming there's two that stand out that you may wish to have a look at.

AYANEO continue teasing the AYANEO 3 Code: REVO handheld

By Liam Dawe,
While still giving us no actual details, AYANEO are hyping up the AYANEO 3 Code: REVO handheld that's due to be announced properly sometime soon.

90s horror adventure game Clock Tower: Rewind released outside Japan for the first time

By Liam Dawe,
Clock Tower released originally in 1995 for the SNES and later for other systems, but it was never officially translated and supported outside of Japan until now with Clock Tower: Rewind.

Spooky comedy adventure Shadows of the Afterland gets a big demo update

By Liam Dawe,
Shadows of the Afterland from Aruma Studios will release in 2025 and now you've got a fresh chance to try out this spooky comedy adventure with a major demo update.

Men of War II finally gets an offline mode with a big content update

By Liam Dawe,
Men of War II from Best Way originally released back in May, but it forced an online connection. With the Steel Rain update out now that's no longer the case.