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Top 20 hottest articles over the last 7 days

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.

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.
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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.

Unity announce expanded support for Steam, Native Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine

By Liam Dawe,
For GDC 2026, Unity revealed expanded official support is coming for Steam. This includes Native Linux, Steam Deck, Steam Machine and more.

Lutris now being built with Claude AI, developer decides to hide it after backlash

By Liam Dawe,
There's a bit of drama going on with the popular game manager Lutris right now, with users pointing out the developer using AI generated code via Claude.

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.

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.

Valve gives Steam developer and publisher pages a lot more customization options

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have announced major changes for Steam developer and publisher pages, allowing devs to customize them a lot more to their liking.

Cyberpunk action RPG 'RUINER 2' with co-op announced by Reikon Games

By Liam Dawe,
Reikon Games are doing a follow-up to the popular RUINER from 2017, with RUINER 2 set to return to the brutal world but this time with optional co-op.

Weird teeth-pulling tactical roguelite Sol Cesto hits 1.0 in April

By Liam Dawe,
Sol Cesto remains as one of the weirdest games I discovered during 2025 (but also very cool), and it's about to hit the big 1.0 release.

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.

The excellent fusion of Balatro and chess in Gambonanza releases May 1

By Liam Dawe,
Gambonanza is easily one of the top games demos I played during Steam Next Fest, and now we know it's going to release on May 1st.

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.

SteamOS 3.7.20 released with NTSync driver, plus big new Steam Client update for all

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released the latest stable update for SteamOS, along with a new big stable Steam Client update for all platforms. Here's all that's new.

Performing Right Society (PRS) sues Valve over video game music

By Liam Dawe,
Valve Corporation makers of Steam are facing yet another lawsuit, this time around video game audio from the Performing Right Society (PRS) in the UK.

Valve detail Steam Frame and Steam Machine Verified requirements at GDC 2026

By Liam Dawe,
GDC 2026 is going on and Valve are doing some talks giving more info on lots of things - like how games will be Verified for the Steam Frame and Steam Machine.

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.

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.

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 posted a statement on the New York lootbox lawsuit

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have been the target of multiple lawsuits lately, and now they've put up an explainer update on their position with the New York lootbox lawsuit.