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Top 20 hottest articles over the last 7 days

Bazzite Linux 44 lands for desktop gamers and it's a big release

By Liam Dawe,
Bazzite Linux 44 has landed now that Fedora 44 has been released, and with it plenty of nice changes for gamers wanting a good Linux distribution.

Steam Beta gets battery indicator for wireless gamepads as the new Steam Controller nears

By Liam Dawe,
We're hopefully not too far off the release of the new Steam Controller now, with Valve adding a battery indicator for wireless gamepads.
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MangoHud 0.8.3 brings new features and fixes to the popular Linux gaming performance monitor

By Liam Dawe,
MangoHud is basically my go-to when it comes to keeping an eye on Linux gaming performance, one of those must-have utilities and a new release is out now.

The new Steam Controller releases May 4th

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have now confirmed the new Steam Controller is launching May 4th, and they've confirmed the pricing too.

Get some big games in the Fanatical Legendary Bundle like The Alters and Frostpunk 2

By Liam Dawe,
Need to add some more top games to your Steam library? Fanatical have a new Legendary Bundle available with some good discounts.

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is getting a free Endless Mode, optimizations and a big expansion

By Liam Dawe,
One of the best survivor-like bullet heavens available, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is set for a big free upgrade and DLC expansion on April 30th.

Second Wind Games Showcase presented lots of games - here's 12 world premieres

By Liam Dawe,
The Second Wind Games Showcase was live bringing fresh looks at various games, and there were 12 world premieres.

Inspired by classic Hong Kong action comedies and action games - Knuckle Paradise looks fun

By Liam Dawe,
Knuckle Paradise has been revealed by ARTE France and independent studio Flying Oak Games, a hand-drawn, open-world beat 'em up coming in 2027.

CachyOS April 2026 release brings a new package manager and even more optimizations

By Liam Dawe,
CachyOS remains as one of the most popular Linux distributions for gaming, and a fresh download has arrived with the CachyOS April 2026 release.

Valve have plans for the Steam Deck 2, plus a brief Steam Machine / Steam Frame update

By Liam Dawe,
The good news is that the Steam Deck 2 is still firmly within Valve's plans, the bad news is that there's no date for it yet.

Denuvo DRM reportedly fully cracked open, 2K apparently fights back with online checks

By Liam Dawe,
The ongoing fight between crackers and DRM has reached a truly massive moment, as reportedly Denuvo DRM has been fully broken open in all games.

Canonical developer lays out some AI plans for Ubuntu Linux

By Liam Dawe,
AI in your Ubuntu Desktop? Eventually, it seems. Canonical will need to tread very carefully on this one but plans are being made for it.

Framework Laptop 13 Pro is selling out with the Linux version beating Windows

By Liam Dawe,
Looks like Framework were onto something with their Linux support huh? The Framework Laptop 13 Pro is their "MacBook Pro for Linux users" and it's selling out.

Canonical clarify their AI plans for Ubuntu Linux - opt-in and easy to remove

By Liam Dawe,
Recently GamingOnLinux highlighted Canonical's plans for adding AI features into Ubuntu Linux, and naturally this has caused plenty of concern.

Anthropic begin funding Blender as a Corporate Patron

By Liam Dawe,
The Blender Foundation announced today that Anthropic (the AI company) have begun funding them, joining up as a Corporate Patron.

Conan Exiles Enhanced arrives May 5th with "strong performance on Steam Deck"

By Liam Dawe,
Conan Exiles Enhanced is a big free upgrade coming to Funcom's popular online multiplayer survival game and it sounds overall pretty great.

Facepunch launches s&box, the highly anticipated successor to Garry's Mod

By Liam Dawe,
s&box from Facepunch is the spiritual successor to Garry's Mod. Built with Source 2, it's a full game creation platform that's quite a lot closer to Roblox.

Free creepy Aliens fan game Aliens: Redacted REDUX released

By Liam Dawe,
Back in 2024 a developer put up the fan game Aliens: Redacted and now they're back with Aliens: Redacted REDUX for Alien Day.

Proton Experimental and Proton 11 Beta updated to fix issues with the EA App

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a small tweak update to both Proton Experimental and the Proton 11 Beta, bringing in an update to help with the EA App.

The ps5-linux project can turn some PlayStation 5 consoles into a Linux gaming machine

By Liam Dawe,
The open source ps5-linux project has been released, allowing you to turn a PlayStation 5 into a fully fledged Linux gaming machine.