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Valve give Team Fortress 2 a big bug-fix update

By Liam Dawe,
Team Fortress 2 still lives on, somehow after 18 years and Valve just released one of the biggest bug-fix updates in some time.

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.
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CachyOS update brings improvements for PC gaming handhelds, the installer and more

By Liam Dawe,
CachyOS continues being one of the most popular Linux distributions, and the brand new release comes with lots of welcome improvements to setting it up.

Denuvo has been removed from DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake

By Liam Dawe,
Haters of DRM will be happy about this one - as Square Enix appear to have removed Denuvo from DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake.

DG2: Defense Grid 2 - Aftermath DLC finally comes to PC

By Liam Dawe,
12 years after the original release of DG2: Defense Grid 2, a first DLC has been released for the well-received Tower Defense game.

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.

CoolerControl v4 adds new security features, brings hardware support and more

By Liam Dawe,
Monitor and manage various different cooling devices on Linux with CoolerControl. Version 4.0.0 brings a bunch more advanced features for you.

You can grab the Mafia: Trilogy, Far Cry Primal, Pentiment and more in this game bundle

By Liam Dawe,
The ESA All-Star Alliance Humble Bundle is live and includes a really great set of games to add to your collection including the Mafia: Trilogy.

SiN Reloaded from Nightdive Studios arrives this year and there's a new trailer

By Liam Dawe,
Nightdive Studios have announced today that SiN Reloaded will release this year, and there's a new trailer available to watch right now.

PRAGMATA from Capcom has the release date moved closer in April

By Liam Dawe,
Capcom recently announced that the brand new science fiction action-adventure PRAGMATA is actually going to release earlier than expected.

The deep strategy RPG Heart of the Machine 1.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe,
From Hooded Horse and Arcen Games, the high-concept strategy RPG Heart of the Machine has now left Early Access for the big 1.0 release.

Transport Fever 3 confirmed for Linux and macOS support

By Liam Dawe,
The upcoming Transport Fever 3 from Urban Games is due out later this year, and the developers just confirmed more platforms will be supported.

Wine 11.4 released with DirectSound and MSXML improvements

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine 11.4 development release is now available for the Windows to Linux compatibility layer, bringing assorted new features and fixes.

NVIDIA Beta driver 595.45.04 released for Linux - looks to be an exciting one

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA released Beta driver 595.45.04 for Linux and it includes support for some new Vulkan extensions that could help improve gaming performance.

EA Javelin Anticheat job listing mentions future support for Linux and Proton

By Liam Dawe,
One big issue with Linux / SteamOS gaming is a lack of anti-cheat support, and it seems Electronic Arts (EA) have future plans for supporting the platform.

Slay the Spire 2 becomes the biggest roguelike deck-builder on Steam ever

By Liam Dawe,
Mega Crit have a massive success on their hands with the Early Access release of Slay the Spire 2, smashing records across the Steam store.

Oh dear - ARC Raiders was logging your private Discord chats

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a reminder that when you connect up various accounts - you may end up just increasing the risk of your private data going somewhere else.

Xbox "Project Helix" confirmed to run Xbox and PC games - competition for the Steam Machine

By Liam Dawe,
The new CEO of of Microsoft Gaming, Asha Sharma, confirmed something that has been widely speculated for a while that could be bad news for the Steam Machine.

Ubuntu and Fedora devs comment on California's new Digital Age Assurance Act

By Liam Dawe,
With California's new age checking law coming into action in January 2027, there's a lot of discussion on how Linux distributions will be handling it.

California law to require operating systems to check your age

By Liam Dawe,
The time of age assurance is upon us, and not just for social media - for operating systems too and that includes Linux as well of course.