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Top 20 hottest articles over the last 7 days

If you drop (or throw) your new Steam Controller it will scream at you

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Ah the Wilhelm scream, we've all heard it right? Well, Valve snuck a little Easter Egg into the new Steam Controller when you drop it.

AMD announce FSR Upscaling 4.1 officially coming to RDNA 3 and RDNA 2

By Liam Squires-Hand,
They sure took their sweet time didn't they. AMD have officially announced that FSR Upscaling 4.1 is officially coming to their older GPUs.
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PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 devs battling "AI slop code pull requests"

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The team behind the popular PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 have seen a rise in what they say are "AI slop code pull requests".

Previously console-exclusive, Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Cursed Sands is finally on PC

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Cursed Sands is a prologue to Return to Castle Wolfenstein, previously exclusive to consoles and now available on PC.

Developers of Party Animals announce an AI video contest - game gets a review bomb

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Talk about not reading the room right? Party Animals developers Recreate Games recently announced an AI video contest and it went down like a lead balloon.

Popular emulator Cemu was recently compromised with malware in Linux downloads

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Unfortunately, the popular Nintendo Wii U emulator Cemu was recently attacked, with it serving up malware in certain Linux builds.

Dusk is a reverse-engineered reimplementation of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess comes to PC thanks to a new open source reverse-engineered reimplementation called Dusk.

Discord joke that it's The Year of the Linux Desktop

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Year of the Linux Desktop is finally here! Sort of. Well, not really but it's getting there and Discord has seen some nice improvements lately.

KDE gets over €1 million in funding from the Sovereign Tech Fund

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency via the Sovereign Tech Fund announced over €1 million in funding for KDE to work on the Plasma desktop, KDE Linux and more.

Minecraft Java finally gets a Friends List and Peer-to-Peer multiplayer

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Minecraft 26.2 Snapshot 7 arrived for Minecraft Java, and finally it's making playing with friends simpler with a Friends List feature and expanded multiplayer.

Don't forget to claim your Amazon Prime games for May via Amazon Luna

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Have Amazon Prime? You can claim some games to keep via Amazon Luna (formerly Prime Gaming) - here's what you can grab for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck.

We're inching closer to the Steam Frame release with a SteamOS Manager update

By Liam Squires-Hand,
We still don't know exactly when the Steam Frame will release, but we're seeing more work towards it arriving in code for SteamOS Manager.

Further expanded AMD HDMI 2.1 support is coming to Linux now with FRL and DSC

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Good news for Linux gamers and the upcoming Steam Machine, as it appears the AMD GPU kernel drivers are expanding their HDMI 2.1 support even further.

Proton 11.0-1 Beta 3 brings FEX upgrades for Linux ARM64 (like the Steam Frame)

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve released the latest Beta for Proton 11 which brings with it an upgrade for FEX, the emulator to run x86 applications on ARM64 Linux devices.

Unreal Engine 5.8 adds experimental Steam Frame support, Qualcomm give the Steam Frame a dedicated page

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve's new VR kit the Steam Frame appears to be inching closer to a release announcement - here's two more fun bits of news on it for you.

Some fun VR game announcements from the Creature Feature 2026 event

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Including the likes of Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades 2 - here's some VR games to stock up on for the upcoming Steam Frame from Valve.

SteamOS 3.7.24 released along with a stable Steam Client update with more Steam Controller fixes

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve released another stable update SteamOS 3.7.24, along with a stable Steam Client update for everyone with Steam Controller fixes.

Get some fun games to play with friends in the Fanatical Crazy Co-op Bundle

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Need some more games to play with your pals? There's a whole lot of co-op games around and Fanatical bundled some up for you in the Crazy Co-op Bundle.

Crazy action game Killer Bean confirmed for launch on June 8

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Killer Bean is an upcoming open world crazy action game that looks ridiculously over the top, and it finally has a date to arrive on June 8th.

Subnautica 2 is looking good on Desktop Linux, it's okay on Steam Deck with caveats

By Liam Squires-Hand,
What was the most wishlisted game on Steam, Subnautica 2 has entered Early Access and so far it's running out of the box on Linux / SteamOS.