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Top 20 hottest articles over the last 7 days

The "video game preservation service" Myrient is shutting down in March

By Liam Dawe,
Myrient is a popular "video game preservation service" that has over 390 terabytes of classics but it's about to go offline forever.

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.
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The OrangePi Neo gaming handheld with Manjaro Linux is now "on ice" due to component prices

By Liam Dawe,
The latest update for the OrangePi Neo handheld with Manjaro Linux is not a positive one, with the whole thing now unfortunately "on ice".

Heroic Games Launcher v2.20.1 brings more essential bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Heroic Games Launcher continues to bring improvements to run games from Epic, GOG, Amazon and more on Linux / SteamOS systems with v2.20.1 out now.

Running With Scissors announced horror first person shooter Flesh & Wire

By Liam Dawe,
Diving into the roots of the POSTAL series, Running With Scissors recently revealed the new horror first person shooter Flesh & Wire.

Gambonanza is the best Balatro-like version of chess yet and you have to try the demo

By Liam Dawe,
If you love strategy games and roguelikes, Gambonanza fuses together the worlds of Balatro and chess like no other and it won me over completely.

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction arrives April 28

By Liam Dawe,
Another good one for fans of retro-styled beat 'em ups, as He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction is releasing April 28th.

Frostrail gets a new trailer to showcase its freezing train-survival gameplay

By Liam Dawe,
Frostrail is another exciting game to keep an eye on, an open-world survival game where you and friends travel through a frozen world on a train.

Smash everything apart together as Teardown goes multiplayer on March 12

By Liam Dawe,
The physics-based voxel destruction game Teardown is set for a huge free upgrade on March 12th, when the multiplayer update arrives.

Here's the most played Steam Deck games for February 2026

By Liam Dawe,
Another month is done and finished and what a month it was huh? February 2026 had some fun games arriving, so here's what was most popular on Steam Deck.

SteamInputDB is a new site to help you find Steam Input configurations for your gamepads

By Liam Dawe,
SteamInputDB recently launched as a new third-party community site to help you find Steam Input configurations for various gamepads with Steam games.

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.

Here's some of the most-played demos during Steam Next Fest - February 2026 edition

By Liam Dawe,
With Steam Next Fest - February 2026 nearly over, Valve recently revealed some of the most popular choices amongst gamers.

Proton Experimental gets improvements for Vermintide 2 and more controller support for launchers

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released an update for Proton Experimental for February 27th, their testing ground for getting more Windows games running on Linux / SteamOS systems.

Steam Survey for February 2026 shows a big swing to Simplified Chinese

By Liam Dawe,
The Steam Hardware & Software Survey for February 2026 is live and it's looking a bit odd, with a huge swing towards Simplified Chinese.

DREAMM emulator for LucasArts, Lucasfilm, and Lucas Learning games v4.0 out now

By Liam Dawe,
DREAMM is a special emulator for playing lots of classic LucasArts, Lucasfilm, and Lucas Learning games with a major new 4.0 release available.

Bazzite gets a big update with KDE Plasma 6.6, Mesa 26.0.1 and more

By Liam Dawe,
Bazzite has a big new update available for your PC gaming handhelds and desktops with some major packaging upgrades to play with.

Steam Deck OLED gets a price increase across Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan

By Liam Dawe,
KOMODO announced over the weekend that the Steam Deck OLED is getting a price increase across Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.

Cities: Skylines celebrates 11 years with lots of new content on the way

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox are celebrating 11 years of the Cities: Skylines series with new content coming for both games, so here's what you need to know.

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.