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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.

Happy four years to the Steam Deck - still the top PC gaming handheld

By Liam Dawe,
Four years ago today, the original Steam Deck LCD released, with it going on to change how everyone sees handheld gaming PCs and Linux for gaming.
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SpaghettiKart the Mario Kart 64 fan-made PC port gets a big upgrade

By Liam Dawe,
The Harbour Masters team recently released a big upgrade for SpaghettiKart, their Mario Kart 64 fan-made PC port with a bunch of new features.

KDE Plasma 6.6.1 rolls out with lots of fixes for KWin

By Liam Dawe,
The KDE team have released the latest release for the Plasma desktop, with version 6.6.1 bringing quite a lot of bug fixing.

Lutris v0.5.21 and v0.5.22 arrive with Valve's Sniper runtime support and new game runners

By Liam Dawe,
Lutris is an all-in-one open source game manager for launching games from various stores on Linux and emulators too - with multiple new versions released.

Open source graphics drivers Mesa 26.0.1 released with various bug fixes and a security fix

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Eric Engestrom announced the Mesa 26.0.1 update for open source graphics drivers, the first set of bug-fixes for the latest release.

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".

The Boomer Shooter Blueprint bundle is an epic deal with Selaco, CULTIC and more

By Liam Dawe,
Digiphile, the indie bundle site started by former Humble Bundle staffers, has an excellent Boomer Shooter Blueprint bundle out that's worth grabbing.

New York sues Valve over "illegally promoting gambling" for loot boxes

By Liam Dawe,
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit against Valve (Steam) for what they say is illegally promoting gambling.

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.

Grim Dawn celebrates 10 years - set for a big free upgrade with a modern scaleable UI and an expansion

By Liam Dawe,
Grim Dawn is getting an update that will hopefully make the ARPG classic work better across different screen sizes and resolutions (like the Steam Deck).

D7VK version 1.4 brings further enhancements for older Direct3D via Vulkan

By Liam Dawe,
Even more improvements have arrived for D7VK that brings Direct3D 5, 6 and 7 via Vulkan for use with Wine / Proton in version 1.4.

Brotato gets a DRM-free release on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
GOG fans can finally get in on the Brotato action, just keep in mind - it might suck away endless hours of your time if you're not careful.

Retro games bundle MARVEL MaXimum Collection announced

By Liam Dawe,
Coming from Limited Run Games, MARVEL MaXimum Collection will be a bundle of retro classic Marvel titles "from the golden age of gaming".

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.

Kick fascists so hard they fly into the sun in Verminsteel

By Liam Dawe,
Verminsteel is a new announcement from Glass Bottom Games that will see you hack and slash your way through hordes of fascists and take down their leaders.

Run your own band in the pixel art management game Legends of Rock

By Liam Dawe,
Legends of Rock is coming later this year from the developer of Dude, Where Is My Beer? that sees you build up and manage your own band.

Longterm supported Linux kernels get a longer life

By Liam Dawe,
Linux developer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced that the Longterm supported Linux kernels are going to be supported for longer than previously announced.

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.