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Top 20 hottest articles over the last 7 days

s&box from Rust developer Facepunch is now open source

By Liam Dawe,
s&box from Rust developer Facepunch is a modern game engine built on Valve's Source 2 and the latest .NET, and now it is open source!

KDE Plasma going all-in on Wayland and will drop the X11 session completely

By Liam Dawe,
It was only a matter of time but it's nearly upon us - KDE Plasma with version 6.8 will be entirely dropping the X11 session to go full Wayland.
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According to Epic CEO Tim Sweeney - game stores don't need an AI label as it will be everywhere

By Liam Dawe,
With the increasing amount of games using AI, Epic Game's Tim Sweeney believes the AI messages on stores like Steam make no sense.

itch.io is hosting a creator day today where they take no fee from developers

By Liam Dawe,
On top of doing their own Black Friday sale, the indie store itch.io has its Creator Day today as well where they take no cut from developers.

Fedora proposal put forward to improve "production stability and incident management"

By Liam Dawe,
After a string of annoying incidents after updates causing stability problems on Fedora, there's a new proposal put forward to help improve things.

Slimbook launch the KDE Slimbook VII with AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 / Radeon 880M

By Liam Dawe,
In the market for a new powerful laptop ready for the holiday season? Perhaps give a look to the new KDE Slimbook VII.

The action RPG 'Soulframe' from the devs of Warframe gets a Steam page and early access for founders

By Liam Dawe,
It's not officially out yet, but you can now jump in early to Soulframe, the in-development action RPG from the developers of the popular Warframe.

MangoHud performance overlay for Linux v0.8.2 released

By Liam Dawe,
The excellent and incredibly useful Linux performance overlay MangoHud has released version 0.8.2 after being in testing for a few weeks with new features.

Where Winds Meet devs plan improved Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe,
Where Winds Meet continues to be a big hit on Steam and it works quite well on Desktop Linux but it needs a lot of improvements on Valve's Steam Deck.

Sektori is absolutely one of the best modern twin-stick shooters

By Liam Dawe,
Sektori blasted onto Steam recently and I've been absolutely loving it, this is easily one of the best modern twin-stick shooters and fantastic to play.

Embracer Group selling off Arc Games and Cryptic Studios

By Liam Dawe,
Embracer Group have announced they're once again shrinking, after previously going on a crazy spending spree and then having to make lots of cuts.

Valve release small Proton Experimental update for ARC Raiders, Uno and Far Cry 4

By Liam Dawe,
Following on from a bigger Proton Experimental update for Linux / SteamOS last week, a smaller bug-fix update has rolled out for the Windows compatibility tool.

Cleared Hot is everything you could want in a modern twin-stick helicopter shooter

By Liam Dawe,
Cleared Hot just entered Early Access from developer Not Knowing Corporation and MicroProse Software, and it's simply pure joy to blast through it.

Build your own Capcom All-Stars Bundle and save with Fanatical

By Liam Dawe,
Fanatical have another pretty good Capcom bundle here where you can save monies on multiple top titles.

If you're starving for more Advance Wars styled games check out Apes Warfare

By Liam Dawe,
More turn-based strategy goodness inspired by Advance Wars? Yes please. Apes Warfare gives us another spin on the classic genre out now in Early Access.

Nightdive Studios present a Blood: Refreshed Supply deep dive in a new video

By Liam Dawe,
Want to know more about the upcoming Blood: Refreshed Supply? You're in luck as we have a fresh developer video from Nightdive Studios.

Heck yeah - the next HELLDIVERS 2 Warbond finally brings a minigun

By Liam Dawe,
HELLDIVERS 2 is still one of the best online co-op action games around, and we're finally going to be able to get a minigun to really tear through enemies.

Hytale arrives in Early Access in January 2026 after being revived

By Liam Dawe,
After being cancelled by Riot Games and revived as an indie game again, Hytale is now set for an Early Access launch in January 2026.

Death Stranding 2 looks set for a PC release - hopefully sometime soon

By Liam Dawe,
FINALLY. We can see that Death Stranding 2 is coming to PC thanks to a leak from a ratings board.

The excellent Yet Another Zombie Survivors is finally Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Yet Another Zombie Survivors is one of the best suvivor-likes for its mixture of great action and fun features, and it's finally Steam Deck Verified.