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Colorado and California age verification bills exempt open source operating systems

By Liam Squires-Hand, a day ago

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

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

By Liam Squires-Hand, 5 days ago

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.

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Square Enix rolling out Steam Cloud support to various classics

By Liam Squires-Hand, 7 days ago

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.

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

By Liam Squires-Hand, 5 days ago

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

Darksiders Warmastered Edition gets Vulkan rendering, improved Steam Input support and more

By Liam Squires-Hand, 7 days ago

Darksiders Warmastered Edition got released for consoles, and so the Steam version has been given some love with fresh upgrades too.

Anticheat check - which competitive games actually work on Linux?

By Liam Squires-Hand, 6 days ago

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.

Proton Experimental gets fixes for Forza Horizon 4, 5 and 6 plus other games

By Liam Squires-Hand, 6 days ago

Valve released the latest update to Proton Experimental to bring more fixes for running Windows games on Linux / SteamOS systems.

Proton 11 Beta 5 released with more regression fixes

By Liam Squires-Hand, 7 days ago

We're hopefully close to the full release of Proton 11, with Valve releasing a small Proton 11 Beta 5 update with some needed fixes.

Embracer Group split again spinning off their biggest IP, along with plans for IP partnerships

By Liam Squires-Hand, 7 days ago

Embracer Group are still going through some massive changes, after all their previous troubles and selling off multiple companies they're now splitting again.

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

By Liam Squires-Hand, 5 days ago

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.

Linux and open source getting age checking exemptions could be problematic

By Liam Squires-Hand, 17 hours ago

You've seen the news about various US states (and even a US-wide bill!) for operating systems to implement age checking - but exemptions could cause headaches.

SteamOS 3.7.25 and 3.8.5 Beta released - bug fixes and better dGPU video memory management

By Liam Squires-Hand, 6 days ago

Valve released the latest small stable update to their Linux distro with SteamOS 3.7.25, along with SteamOS 3.8.5 Beta bringing extra fixes and enhancements.

D7VK 1.10 brings even more 2D upgrades for retro Direct3D games on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand, 7 days ago

D7VK continues bringing enhancements for running retro Direct3D Windows games to run nicely on Linux / SteamOS, with a fresh release boosting 2D games.

Paralives ready to take on The Sims with new footage ahead of release

By Liam Squires-Hand, 7 days ago

Looking for something like The Sims but not from EA? Paralives arrives May 25th and there's a brand new trailer, along with 45 minutes of gameplay.

The huge Test of Time update for Civilization VII is out now

By Liam Squires-Hand, 7 days ago

Finally giving Civilization VII players what they really want - Test of Time brings the ability to play continuously as one civ all the way through.

HELLDIVERS 2 is getting multiple upscaling modes, VRR, VRS and other tech improvements

By Liam Squires-Hand, 6 days ago

Arrowhead Game Studios are finally going to give players a performance boost, in the form of some upscaling and other tech improvements on May 27th.

Unreal Engine 6 revealed with a major Rocket League upgrade - the teaser concerns me

By Liam Squires-Hand, a day ago

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.

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

By Liam Squires-Hand, 5 days ago

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.