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NVIDIA announce a preview of "DRM Per-Plane Color Pipeline API" support on Linux (good for HDR)

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA just announced something quite interesting, in the form of an upcoming update for their GPU drivers for Linux.

Grab some great strategy games in the Strategy Minds Collection Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe,
Another nice set of games available here in the Strategy Minds Collection Humble Bundle, giving you multiple games together for cheaps.
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BOXROOM is a clever casual room builder to give your Steam games a shelf

By Liam Dawe,
I definitely miss collecting boxes for all my games, it's a real missed feeling in the digital age and BOXROOM leans into that letting you build a game room.

As expected - Slay the Spire 2 leads the way for the most played Steam Deck games for March 2026

By Liam Dawe,
April 1st is here, you fools! No messing around here though - it's time to look over what was most popular on Steam Deck during March 2026.

OptiScaler tool gets a huge new release with more upscaling and frame generation goodies

By Liam Dawe,
OptiScaler is probably one of the most interesting open source tools around, allowing you to upgrade and mix various tech together in lots of games.

Raspberry Pi prices rise again, along with a new 3GB Raspberry Pi 4 announced

By Liam Dawe,
Raspberry Pi have revealed even more price rises for their hardware, as the AI surge continues and it may be a tough pill to swallow.

The Long Dark story reaches the finale with episode five out now and a big discount

By Liam Dawe,
The Long Dark from Hinterland Studio has finally finished the WINTERMUTE story with episode 5 bringing us the end.

Sprint City from the creators of SpeedRunners arrives on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
Sprint City is a new Early Access release from the original creators of SpeedRunners, a shared-world competitive 2D platformer with explosive speed.

Virtual hangout game Rec Room is shutting down in June

By Liam Dawe,
Rec Room is a free to play social hangout space available for both VR and standard gaming, and unfortunately it's going to be shutting down.

Lakehopper looks like a wonderful casual seaplane flight simulator

By Liam Dawe,
Fancy a new type of simulator? How about flying your own seaplane? Lakehopper has launched into Early Access on Steam with Linux support.

French consumer group UFC-Que Choisir sues Ubisoft over The Crew shutdown

By Liam Dawe,
Video game preservation is important, and now the French consumer group UFC-Que Choisir are getting into a fight with Ubisoft over The Crew.

Heretic II has a new reverse-engineered source port

By Liam Dawe,
A lot of classic games have received source ports over the years, and now it's time for Heretic II with Heretic2R bringing some enhancements.

If you love horror boomer shooters keep BLIGHTEN on your radar

By Liam Dawe,
BLIGHTEN is a recent discovery and an instant add to wishlist, as the dark style of this boomer shooter looks great.

Horizon Chase Turbo is getting delisted after the Epic Games layoffs

By Liam Dawe,
Originally developed by AQUIRIS (now known as Epic Games Brazil), the retro racer Horizon Chase Turbo is getting delisted from all stores.

Framework becomes a KDE Patron helping to fund open source

By Liam Dawe,
Hardware vendor Framework has now become a KDE Patron, offering financial support to further push open source like the Plasma desktop.

Godot Engine suffering from lots of "AI slop" code submissions

By Liam Dawe,
The Godot Engine team recently posted about more issues with "AI slop", including various pull requests that have become a big drain on resources.

Ubuntu MATE seeking maintainers as the creator looks to move on

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Martin Wimpress has announced their intention to move on from Ubuntu MATE, and so the distribution is looking for fresh faces.

itch.io has a huge bundle going to support 'Racial Justice and Equality'

By Liam Dawe,
Game store itch.io has setup a big mixed bundle of all sorts to support 'Racial Justice and Equality' and there's a lot of interesting stuff in it.

Grounded 2 gets Steam Deck Verified with the latest updates

By Liam Dawe,
The single-player or co-op survival adventure where you've been shrunk, Grounded 2 has been Steam Deck Verified thanks to all the recent updates to it.

Facepunch signed a license with Valve to allow standalone releases from s&box

By Liam Dawe,
The spiritual successor to Garry’s Mod based on Valve's Source 2 is growing up, as you'll be able to create full standalone games with it.