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Valve tweak Steam AI disclosure form for developers to clarify it's for content consumed by players

By Liam Dawe, 2 hours ago

Back in early 2024, Valve put up new rules for game developers on Steam to pull in some information about generative AI, and they now seem to have tweaked it.

Proton Experimental brings updates for MonoGame, Rockstar Launcher and more

By Liam Dawe, 2 hours ago

Valve launched a new update for Proton Experimental for January 16th to improve various games and launchers working on SteamOS / Linux.

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Third-person mech-action shooter roguelike RIG Riot gets a demo

By Liam Dawe, 23 hours ago

Give me some of that sweet mech combat action - RIG Riot looks pretty fantastic, and now there's a demo available for you to try.

Tabulo is chess meets Balatro and it's out now

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Is it chess? Is it Balatro? It's both, sort of. Tabulo is a pretty clever mixture of gameplay elements that looks set to hook you in.

No Rest for the Wicked co-op update lands on January 22 and it hit a big sales milestone

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

No Rest for the Wicked from Moon Studios is set for a huge upgrade on January 22nd, with the release of the co-op update titled No Rest for the Wicked Together.

EndeavourOS Linux gets an upgraded release with Ganymede Neo

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

After a major update released for EndeavourOS late last year, a new refresh is out with Ganymede Neo with a big tweak for NVIDIA GPU owners.

Masters of Albion from Peter Molyneux / 22cans arrives in April

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Peter Molyneux and 22cans return in April with their latest god sim attempt, Masters of Albion.

Grab some awesome modern platformers in the Playful Platformers 2026 Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Got a little time for some adventuring and platforming? The Playful Platformers 2026 Humble Bundle has launched with a great price for some nice games.

Amazon confirm New World: Aeternum will go permanently offline next year and is being delisted

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Back in October 2025, Amazon announced that their MMO game New World would no longer see updates - and now they've confirmed the full shutdown.

OpenXcom Extended takes over from OpenXcom for the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Remember the classic X-COM / UFO: Enemy Unknown? It's one of my favourite strategy games from the 90s, and now the open source OpenXcom is switching hands.

IO Interactive have fixed the crazy PC specifications for 007 First Light

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

It was clear something wasn't right when IO Interactive originally released the PC specifications for the upcoming 007 First Light, and now they've been sorted.

Valve reveal all the Steam events scheduled for 2026

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

We already had a list of the first lot of Steam events for the year but now we know everything that's coming, as Valve put up the second half.

OBS Studio 32.1 Beta is out with a new Audio Mixer, WebRTC Simulcast support and more

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

Another new release of the excellent open source video capture and streaming app OBS Studio is being prepared, with OBS Studio 32.1 Beta out now.

Valve's documentation highlights the different ways standalone games run on Steam Frame

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

With the upcoming new Steam Frame hardware from Valve, they want to get as many games as possible running - and there's multiple ways for developers to do it.

Less Miserables is an upcoming point-and-click parody of Les Misérables

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

A point-and-click parody of Les Misérables. Could be a fun one to keep an eye on if you love classic adventure games with modern touches.

Multiple years later Terraria 1.4.5 has a release date for January 27th

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

Wow, they've been cooking for a while on this one huh? Terraria 1.4.5 will officially arrive January 27th and it's going to be massive.

Steam Machine verification will have "fewer constraints" than Steam Deck - but text sizing worries me

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

It seems it will be easier to be Steam Machine Verified when compared with Steam Deck Verified, according to a Valve designer speaking with Game Developer.

Even more AMD ray tracing performance improvements heading to Mesa on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

Developer Natalie Vock working for Valve has sent in even more impressive performance improvements for AMD GPUs on Linux with Mesa.

D7VK version 1.2 brings more Direct3D 6 improvements and a little Direct3D 5 too

By Liam Dawe, 2 days ago

Entering the land of what the developer calls diminishing returns, D7VK version 1.2 has rolled out delivering a bunch of Direct3D 6 improvements.

Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" is out now and supported until 2029

By Liam Dawe, 3 days ago

The popular Linux Mint has a big new stable version available with Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" supported up until 2029 as it's a long-term support release.