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Lutris now being built with Claude AI, developer decides to hide it after backlash

By Liam Dawe,
There's a bit of drama going on with the popular game manager Lutris right now, with users pointing out the developer using AI generated code via Claude.

HORSES wins the 2026 Nuovo Award despite the bans from Steam and Epic Games

By Liam Dawe,
HORSES from Andrea Lucco Borlera / Santa Ragione hit the headlines last year for getting banned on Steam and Epic Games, but they've still won the Nuovo Award.
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Unity announce expanded support for Steam, Native Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine

By Liam Dawe,
For GDC 2026, Unity revealed expanded official support is coming for Steam. This includes Native Linux, Steam Deck, Steam Machine and more.

Mesa 26.0.2 arrives with more bug-fixes for Linux graphics drivers

By Liam Dawe,
Available now in Mesa 26.0.2, the latest bug-fix release for the current main stable version of open source graphics drivers for Linux.

Valve posted a statement on the New York lootbox lawsuit

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have been the target of multiple lawsuits lately, and now they've put up an explainer update on their position with the New York lootbox lawsuit.

Game age rating system PEGI to get big changes for in-game items and online play

By Liam Dawe,
The Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) age rating system today announced some big changes are coming to the way games are rated.

D7VK version 1.5 brings Direct3D 3 support via Vulkan on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The D7VK project has expanded again in version 1.5 that's out now - adding in support for Direct3D 3.

Valve reconfirm the Steam Frame, Steam Machine and Steam Controller are due in 2026

By Liam Dawe,
Valve put up their Steam Year In Review 2025 and initially, they made it seem like their hardware plans were a lot more uncertain but they've since clarified.

RWR 2 (RUNNING WITH RIFLES 2) announced with a teaser trailer

By Liam Dawe,
The popular top-down tactical shooter RUNNING WITH RIFLES is returning with RWR 2 (RUNNING WITH RIFLES 2) just announced.

OBS Studio 32.1.0 arrives with WebRTC Simulcast support and a new Audio Mixer

By Liam Dawe,
If you want to do livestreaming or video recording on Linux, OBS Studio is easily the best free and open source app you can get for it and v32.1.0 is out now.

Valve detail Steam Frame and Steam Machine Verified requirements at GDC 2026

By Liam Dawe,
GDC 2026 is going on and Valve are doing some talks giving more info on lots of things - like how games will be Verified for the Steam Frame and Steam Machine.

System76 fighting for open source being excluded from Colorado age checks

By Liam Dawe,
There's a lot of age checking / age assurance bills going around right now, and System76 have entered the fight in Colorado to help open source.

PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 is getting improved handheld PC support

By Liam Dawe,
The popular PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 is set for some upgrades that will make it better on handheld gaming PCs like the Steam Deck and Legion Go.

Performing Right Society (PRS) sues Valve over video game music

By Liam Dawe,
Valve Corporation makers of Steam are facing yet another lawsuit, this time around video game audio from the Performing Right Society (PRS) in the UK.

NVIDIA 580.142 released for Linux - the new recommended driver

By Liam Dawe,
While NVIDIA continue working on the new 595 Beta series, they've just released driver 580.142 for Linux as the latest recommended stable driver.

Discord rolls out a nice improvement for video calls on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
With the most recent big stable update released for Discord, they rolled out a nice improvement for video calls on Linux making them better than ever.

The original Zombie Panic! arrives on Steam with various upgrades

By Liam Dawe,
The original classic survival-horror cooperative Half-Life 1 modification, Zombie Panic! has arrived on Steam with a number of upgrades.

SteamOS 3.7.20 released with NTSync driver, plus big new Steam Client update for all

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released the latest stable update for SteamOS, along with a new big stable Steam Client update for all platforms. Here's all that's new.

Stardock announce an expansion into indie game publishing

By Liam Dawe,
Stardock Entertainment just announced they're expanding their publishing business for indie game developers, so they might end up funding some cool stuff.

Many more US states are planning or already have operating system age verification laws

By Liam Dawe,
We've already covered how California has a new operating system age-checking law coming into force next year - but many more US states also have plans.