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Top 20 hottest articles over the last 7 days

GOG now using AI generated images on their store

By Liam Dawe,
AI continues to be everywhere, and now it's appearing on the GOG store too most recently a big banner for their New Year Sale.

Open Gaming Collective (OGC) formed to push Linux gaming even further

By Liam Dawe,
An exciting new announcement is the formation of the Open Gaming Collective, a collaborative organisation between many names in the Linux sphere.
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CachyOS founder explains why they didn't join the new Open Gaming Collective (OGC)

By Liam Dawe,
The Open Gaming Collective (OGC) was an interesting announcement recently from a few bigger names, but the CachyOS team opted out of it and now we know why.

The original FINAL FANTASY VII is getting a new refreshed edition

By Liam Dawe,
Square Enix just announced that the original FINAL FANTASY VII is being refreshed, with existing owners granted a free copy of the new one.

GOG job listing for a Senior Software Engineer notes "Linux is the next major frontier"

By Liam Dawe,
Will 2026 truly be the real year of Linux gaming on the desktop? Perhaps! And now even GOG are hiring towards building up their Linux support for GOG Galaxy.

UK lawsuit against Valve given the go-ahead, Steam owner facing up to £656 million in damages

By Liam Dawe,
Valve, creator of Steam, now face legal action in the UK as a lawsuit has been given the go-ahead that could result in up to £656 million in damages.

The full VR mode for KDE Plasma continues getting more advanced

By Liam Dawe,
Recently I covered the draft code to add a full VR mode into the KDE Plasma desktop, and it has only continued to get more advanced with recent updates.

The free and open source Godot Engine 4.6 is out now with major upgrades

By Liam Dawe,
Game developers should take a look at the brand new Godot Engine 4.6 release, bringing a big refresh to the popular cross-platform open source game engine.

The popular Arch-based distro CachyOS gets a new release with a significantly reworked installer

By Liam Dawe,
The CachyOS madness hasn't quite caught on for me, but I definitely want to take a good look at what all the fuss is about soon - and there's a big new release.

Stop Killing Games final verified vote count for the EU petition is just under 1.3 million

By Liam Dawe,
The team running the Stop Killing Games movement have given a status update on the Stop Destroying Videogames EU petition vote count, and it's good news for eve

Terraria 1.4.5 the absolutely huge Bigger and Boulder update is now live

By Liam Dawe,
With a huge bumper of additional content for the game, Terraria version 1.4.5 the "Bigger and Boulder" update is now officially live.

Bazzite Linux founder releases statement asking GPD to cease using their name

By Liam Dawe,
The story of GPD and Bazzite Linux continues, with the founder of Bazzite releasing a fresh statement making it clear there's nothing happening between them.

Valve released Proton 10.0-4 bringing more game compatibility to SteamOS / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
The latest stable numbered version of Valve's compatibility layer Proton has arrived. Proton 10.0-4 brings lots of fixes and new game support for SteamOS Linux.

GPD release their own statement on the confusion with Bazzite Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
In the continuing saga of GPD versus Bazzite Linux, the GPD team have now posted their own statement on what happened.

Four FINAL FANTASY games have arrived on GOG in the Preservation Program

By Liam Dawe,
GOG announced today that their library has expanded again, with four FINAL FANTASY games now available on the DRM-free store.

Heroic Games Launcher v2.19 released adding ZOOM Platform, AppImage updates and more

By Liam Dawe,
Heroic Games Launcher remains as one of the best ways to play games from GOG, Epic and Amazon on SteamOS / Linux and Steam Deck with a new version out now.

The Native Linux app for NVIDIA GeForce NOW is now in Beta

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA have today released the Beta for their new Native Linux app for GeForce NOW, available as a Flatpak so it should run across most x86-64 systems.

The modular Linux handheld Mecha Comet is up on Kickstarter

By Liam Dawe,
The new Mecha Comet would have been a dream device to mess about with when I was younger, a fully modular Linux-powered handheld.

Proton Experimental updated to fix the EA app again on SteamOS / Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have put out a fresh Proton Experimental upgrade for SteamOS / Linux systems, which thankfully includes a fix for the EA app breaking again.

Banjo-Kazooie gets a native PC port with Linux / Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
Bringing another Nintendo classic to PC, the community has delivered with Banjo-Kazooie via the Banjo: Recompiled project that's now available.