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Colorado and California age verification bills exempt open source operating systems

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Remember all the ruckus with various US states introducing operating-system level age verification laws? Colorado and California thankfully exempt open source.

Linux Mint gets file manager improvements, a new screenshot tool and more

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Readying up for the next Linux Mint release due out Christmas time, they're busy making some big improvements to the popular distribution.
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Unreal Engine 6 revealed with a major Rocket League upgrade - the teaser concerns me

By Liam Squires-Hand,
At the recent Paris Major, fans were treated to a teaser of a next-gen Rocket League upgrade powered by an also new announcement of Unreal Engine 6.

OptiScaler Client recently added Linux support to make managing upscalers easier

By Liam Squires-Hand,
OptiScaler is a tool that lets you replace upscalers in games, and the OptiScaler Client can make it all a lot simpler to do.

Trials of Mana and Legend of Mana enter the GOG Preservation Program with a Square Enix sale

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Mana series has arrived DRM-free on GOG as part of the Preservation Program, along with a first Square Enix JRPG Sale on GOG too.

Shape the planet and evolve strange creatures in Planetary Life with Steam Deck support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Planetary Life is an intriguing looking planet and life sandbox simulation game, where you get to shape everything from the planet to the creatures.

Steam Machine release closing in with an appearance on the Vulkan conformant product list

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The official Vulkan API Conformant Products list from The Khronos Group recently had Valve's Steam Machine appear on it - so a release is likely quite soon.

Blue Archive adds full Steam Deck compatibility and a new startup movie

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The popular free to play game Blue Archive from NEXON Games just got patched with full Steam Deck compatibility, and there's a sweet new startup movie too.

Retro fantasy slashers Witchaven and Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance get delisted in June

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Publisher SNEG have announced that the classics Witchaven and Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance will be vanishing from stores on June 15th.

HID Remapper added support for the new Steam Controller

By Liam Squires-Hand,
HID Remapper is a useful open-source programmable adapter for USB input devices, with a recent release adding support for Valve's new Steam Controller.

Oops - someone nearly caused a fire with the Steam Controller Puck

By Liam Squires-Hand,
As a bit of a PSA - you might want to ensure you're rather careful with Valve's new Steam Controller charging Puck. Keep anything conductive away from it.

SN Operator from Epilogue brings SNES carts to modern PCs and its now up for order

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Epilogue just announced the SN Operator for running actual SNES cartridges on modern PCs is now up for order, and it has Linux support.

Valve attempt to get the New York lootbox lawsuit dismissed as "People enjoy surprises"

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve are (obviously) trying to get the New York lootbox lawsuit dismissed, with some interesting arguments to defend lootboxes in games like Counter-Strike 2.

Anticheat check - which competitive games actually work on Linux?

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Want to switch from Windows to Linux / SteamOS but concerned about games with anti-cheat on Linux? Here's all you need to know on what you can play.

Square Enix rolling out Steam Cloud support to various classics

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Square Enix are going back over some of their older titles to see what small improvements they can make - like hooking up Steam Cloud support.

NVIDIA reveal more GPU driver security flaws for May 2026

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Do you have an NVIDIA GPU? You should probably ensure you're on updated drivers, as we have another wave of security issues that have been revealed today.

Drill, craft, and blast your way through the demo of Veridian Expanse

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Bringing together the worlds of twin-stick arcade shooters with crafting and exploration, Veridian Expanse is another indie game with a demo worth a go.

Glory On Pluto is a chaotic roguelite where you build the most ridiculous rocket engine

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Glory On Pluto is the least realistic engine simulator you’ll ever play according to the developer, and it's weirdly engrossing to power up your ship.

Sunshine game streaming tool adds Vulkan encoding plus XDG, Pipewire, and KWin direct screencast capture

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Sunshine, the game streaming tool you use with Moonlight, has a major upgrade now available with some big new features and a security fix too.

Casualties: Unknown demo showcases its intense exploration and injury system

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A demo that's definitely worth a go - the unforgiving cave-exploration survival simulator Casualties: Unknown has a really interesting idea.