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If you drop (or throw) your new Steam Controller it will scream at you

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Ah the Wilhelm scream, we've all heard it right? Well, Valve snuck a little Easter Egg into the new Steam Controller when you drop it.

Steam Beta brings Big Picture Mode tweaks, Linux improvements and Steam Controller fixes

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve released another new Steam Client Beta update for all platforms on May 13th, bringing with it a few styling changes to Big Picture Mode and various fixes.
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KDE gets over €1 million in funding from the Sovereign Tech Fund

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency via the Sovereign Tech Fund announced over €1 million in funding for KDE to work on the Plasma desktop, KDE Linux and more.

Proton 11.0-1 Beta 3 brings FEX upgrades for Linux ARM64 (like the Steam Frame)

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve released the latest Beta for Proton 11 which brings with it an upgrade for FEX, the emulator to run x86 applications on ARM64 Linux devices.

Popular emulator Cemu was recently compromised with malware in Linux downloads

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Unfortunately, the popular Nintendo Wii U emulator Cemu was recently attacked, with it serving up malware in certain Linux builds.

Minecraft Java finally gets a Friends List and Peer-to-Peer multiplayer

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Minecraft 26.2 Snapshot 7 arrived for Minecraft Java, and finally it's making playing with friends simpler with a Friends List feature and expanded multiplayer.

Discord joke that it's The Year of the Linux Desktop

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Year of the Linux Desktop is finally here! Sort of. Well, not really but it's getting there and Discord has seen some nice improvements lately.

The Talos Principle 3 revealed to be "coming soon"

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Croteam and Devolver Digital have revealed The Talos Principle 3, the final chapter of the thought-provoking first-person puzzle series.

Space colony building sim Space Haven 1.0 is finally here

By Liam Squires-Hand,
After many years in development, Space Haven from Bugbyte Ltd. has finally left Early Access with the big 1.0 release out now.

Unreal Engine 5.8 adds experimental Steam Frame support, Qualcomm give the Steam Frame a dedicated page

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve's new VR kit the Steam Frame appears to be inching closer to a release announcement - here's two more fun bits of news on it for you.

Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic boss thinks AI is "creatively soulless"

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Thankfully, it seems that Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic will be one to keep on your watch list if you're not a fan of generative AI.

PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 devs battling "AI slop code pull requests"

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The team behind the popular PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 have seen a rise in what they say are "AI slop code pull requests".

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II set for launch on May 21

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II from Bulwark Studios and Kasedo Games now has a release date set for May 21st with a new dev video.

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, Forza Horizon 6 and Subnautica 2 get Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Along with a whole bunch of other games going through Valve's verification recently, some major upcoming releases are fully Steam Deck Verified.

Grow Home and Grow Up from Atari added to the GOG Preservation Program

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Both originally from Ubisoft before being acquired by Atari back in 2025, Grow Home and Grow Up are now on GOG in the GOG Preservation Program.

ARC Raiders moves to slower larger updates as it crosses over 16 million sales

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Embark Studios / Nexon are slowing down on updates to ARC Raiders to address concerns from players, and make bigger updates - as it crossed a massive milestone.

Further expanded AMD HDMI 2.1 support is coming to Linux now with FRL and DSC

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Good news for Linux gamers and the upcoming Steam Machine, as it appears the AMD GPU kernel drivers are expanding their HDMI 2.1 support even further.

Get some quality classics in the Humble 15th Anniversary Indie Icons Showcase Bundle

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Humble 15th Anniversary Indie Icons Showcase Bundle has gone live with a selection of great games that are not to be slept on.

Previously console-exclusive, Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Cursed Sands is finally on PC

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Cursed Sands is a prologue to Return to Castle Wolfenstein, previously exclusive to consoles and now available on PC.

Build a star-system wide factory in the incremental game Starvester

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Starvester has a fun idea - taking elements from clicker / idle and factory sims and expanding them to be across a whole star system.