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Top 20 hottest articles over the last 7 days

Colorado and California age verification bills exempt open source operating systems

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Remember all the ruckus with various US states introducing operating-system level age verification laws? Colorado and California thankfully exempt open source.

Oops - someone nearly caused a fire with the Steam Controller Puck

By Liam Squires-Hand,
As a bit of a PSA - you might want to ensure you're rather careful with Valve's new Steam Controller charging Puck. Keep anything conductive away from it.
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SN Operator from Epilogue brings SNES carts to modern PCs and its now up for order

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Epilogue just announced the SN Operator for running actual SNES cartridges on modern PCs is now up for order, and it has Linux support.

Linux and open source getting age checking exemptions could be problematic

By Liam Squires-Hand,
You've seen the news about various US states (and even a US-wide bill!) for operating systems to implement age checking - but exemptions could cause headaches.

Anticheat check - which competitive games actually work on Linux?

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Want to switch from Windows to Linux / SteamOS but concerned about games with anti-cheat on Linux? Here's all you need to know on what you can play.

Proton Experimental gets fixes for Forza Horizon 4, 5 and 6 plus other games

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve released the latest update to Proton Experimental to bring more fixes for running Windows games on Linux / SteamOS systems.

Valve attempt to get the New York lootbox lawsuit dismissed as "People enjoy surprises"

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve are (obviously) trying to get the New York lootbox lawsuit dismissed, with some interesting arguments to defend lootboxes in games like Counter-Strike 2.

SteamOS 3.7.25 and 3.8.5 Beta released - bug fixes and better dGPU video memory management

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve released the latest small stable update to their Linux distro with SteamOS 3.7.25, along with SteamOS 3.8.5 Beta bringing extra fixes and enhancements.

Unreal Engine 6 revealed with a major Rocket League upgrade - the teaser concerns me

By Liam Squires-Hand,
At the recent Paris Major, fans were treated to a teaser of a next-gen Rocket League upgrade powered by an also new announcement of Unreal Engine 6.

HELLDIVERS 2 is getting multiple upscaling modes, VRR, VRS and other tech improvements

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Arrowhead Game Studios are finally going to give players a performance boost, in the form of some upscaling and other tech improvements on May 27th.

Proton-CachyOS adds low latency layer and Discord rich presence support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Proton-CachyOS version 11.0-20260519 has released bringing support for the new open source low_latency_layer, along with Discord rich presence.

Drill, craft, and blast your way through the demo of Veridian Expanse

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Bringing together the worlds of twin-stick arcade shooters with crafting and exploration, Veridian Expanse is another indie game with a demo worth a go.

Linux Mint gets file manager improvements, a new screenshot tool and more

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Readying up for the next Linux Mint release due out Christmas time, they're busy making some big improvements to the popular distribution.

Steam Machine release closing in with an appearance on the Vulkan conformant product list

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The official Vulkan API Conformant Products list from The Khronos Group recently had Valve's Steam Machine appear on it - so a release is likely quite soon.

Blow up thousands of monsters in the horde-based survivor FPS Guns 'n Goblins

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Love the idea of powering up yourself to the max while annihilating thousands of monsters? The first-person bullet heaven shooter Guns 'n Goblins is for you.

Here's what was revealed during The Warhammer Skulls Showcase 2026

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Warhammer Skulls Showcase 2026 has been and gone and with it plenty of announcements, updates, demos and more so read on for the details.

Casualties: Unknown demo showcases its intense exploration and injury system

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A demo that's definitely worth a go - the unforgiving cave-exploration survival simulator Casualties: Unknown has a really interesting idea.

The fluid flames simulation in the upcoming bullet heaven Ignitement look awesome

By Liam Squires-Hand,
If you love the spectacle of over-powering yourself in bullet heaven horde survival games, Ignitement is one you absolutely need to stick on your wishlist.

Fracture Field has you build an army of drones and smash thousands of rocks

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Fracture Field is a new idle/incremental quarry mining game that will have you frantically clicking all over your screen to smash through every rock possible.

Glory On Pluto is a chaotic roguelite where you build the most ridiculous rocket engine

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Glory On Pluto is the least realistic engine simulator you’ll ever play according to the developer, and it's weirdly engrossing to power up your ship.