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Happy four years to the Steam Deck - still the top PC gaming handheld
Four years ago today, the original Steam Deck LCD released, with it going on to change how everyone sees handheld gaming PCs and Linux for gaming.
Top 20 hottest articles today
This does not take into account your blocked tags, it uses all articles posted. See all the hottest over 30 days here and the hottest over 7 days here.
Discord delay global rollout of age verification to improve transparency and add more options
In the ongoing crazy saga of the internet getting gated behind new age verification laws, Discord are putting on the brakes temporarily.
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Lutris v0.5.21 and v0.5.22 arrive with Valve's Sniper runtime support and new game runners
Lutris is an all-in-one open source game manager for launching games from various stores on Linux and emulators too - with multiple new versions released.
KDE Plasma 6.6.1 rolls out with lots of fixes for KWin
The KDE team have released the latest release for the Plasma desktop, with version 6.6.1 bringing quite a lot of bug fixing.
The Boomer Shooter Blueprint bundle is an epic deal with Selaco, CULTIC and more
Digiphile, the indie bundle site started by former Humble Bundle staffers, has an excellent Boomer Shooter Blueprint bundle out that's worth grabbing.
D7VK version 1.4 brings further enhancements for older Direct3D via Vulkan
Even more improvements have arrived for D7VK that brings Direct3D 5, 6 and 7 via Vulkan for use with Wine / Proton in version 1.4.
FINAL FANTASY VII arrives on GOG with a new edition live on Steam too
Square Enix today released their slightly upgraded version of FINAL FANTASY VII, along with making it available on GOG too.
Firefox 148.0 arrives with AI controls
As Mozilla promised they would, Firefox version 148.0 has been released and with it you now get to control what generative AI features are enabled or disabled.
Death Stranding 2 PC specs have been revealed, along with a "Portable" preset for handhelds
We now have the official PC specifications released for Death Stranding 2 and they actually seem pretty reasonable, so plenty of people should be fine.
Fanatical's Play on the Go Elite Collection Bundle for Feb 2026 has some gems in it
Want some more games to fill up your handheld with like the Steam Deck or Legion Go? Check out the new Fanatical Play on the Go Elite Collection.
Open source graphics drivers Mesa 26.0.1 released with various bug fixes and a security fix
Developer Eric Engestrom announced the Mesa 26.0.1 update for open source graphics drivers, the first set of bug-fixes for the latest release.
NVIDIA hiring Linux driver engineers to help with Vulkan, Proton and more
NVIDIA have multiple job listings available for Linux developers - this could be your chance to improve Linux gaming if you have the skills.
Brotato gets a DRM-free release on GOG
GOG fans can finally get in on the Brotato action, just keep in mind - it might suck away endless hours of your time if you're not careful.
Battling castles on wheels? Wanderburg might be my new favourite thing
Wanderburg is nuts. A roguelike where you build up a castle on wheels (or legs) and battle through various locations and it instantly hooked me.
Kerbal Space Program spiritual successor Kitten Space Agency now has a Linux version
Kitten Space Agency is a promising upcoming space simulation game that's pretty much a spiritual successor to Kerbal Space Program and now for Linux too.
Inspired by the classic DOOM RPG, the Dungeons of DUSK demo is out now
Taking the retro FPS Dusk and turning it into a retro dungeon crawler with a big sprawling skill tree - Dungeons of DUSK has a demo out now.
Steam Deck now out of stock in the EU in addition to USA, Canada and Japan
Unfortunately the stock availability of the Steam Deck has only worsened recently, with the EU now appearing to be completely out of stock.
Steam Next Fest - February 2026 is live with tons of demos
Here we go again, a mad dash to play as many demos as possible with the Steam Next Fest - February 2026 event now live.
Vampire Crawlers from the Vampire Survivor dev is promising but not quite there yet
Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors has a demo out now for Steam Next Fest, and I've given it a run through to see the chaos.
Minecraft Java is switching from OpenGL to Vulkan for the Vibrant Visuals update
Work continues for the Vibrant Visuals update to come to Minecraft Java, and as part of that they're switching the rendering from OpenGL to Vulkan.
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- Widelands, the open source Settlers-like, devs plan to ban all AI generated contributions
- Kerbal Space Program spiritual successor Kitten Space Agency now has a Linux version
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