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US operating system age verification bill "Parents Decide Act" gets published


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The US-wide operating system age verification bill we covered recently, the "Parents Decide Act", now actually has the bill published to read.

Road to Vostok is an incredibly impressive solo-developed hardcore survival shooter


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What looks like one of the most impressive games ever made with Godot Engine, the solo-developed hardcore Road to Vostok has entered Early Access.

TRX the open source re-implementation of Tomb Raider is making progress on Tomb Raider 3


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With the classic Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 2 fully playable with the open source re-implementation TRX, the team makes impressive progress with the third.

Luanti (formerly Minetest) v5.15.2 brings critical security updates


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Luanti (formerly Minetest) is the popular free and open source voxel game engine powering some really fun experiences and a critical update is out now.

After years in development v8 of the factory management RTS Mindustry is out


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Mindustry is a free and open source open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements, with a major new update finally out.

Book of Travels from Might and Delight goes offline in July but you'll still be able to play alone


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Book of Travels had an interesting idea as a slower, more exploration focused online RPG that didn't hold your hand but it never really took off.

Designer of Terra Nil reveals Combolands, a deckbuilder where cards are buildings and the map is your deck


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Based on a hit prototype game Tiny Towns that had over 100K views on itch.io, Combolands is a deckbuilder where cards are buildings and the map is your deck.

SteamOS 3.7.21 released to stable with security and stability updates


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While Valve are working to get SteamOS 3.8 Beta into stable with lots of big changes, a small SteamOS stable update has been released.

Only 2 years after release Star Trek: Resurgence is being delisted


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Dramatic Labs / Bruner House have abruptly announced that Star Trek: Resurgence from 2024 is already being delisted.

New US Congress bill proposal requires all operating system providers to verify ages

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We've covered here before on individual US states setting up their own age verification laws, and now a new US Congress bill has been proposed for it.

The Secrets update for Necesse includes collabs with Palworld, Rimworld, Core Keeper and Valheim


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Necesse blends a bit of many genres and now many collabs all in one in the Secrets update that's out now.

X.Org X server and Xwayland security advisory released for multiple issues


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Time to get ready to run some system upgrades, as the X.Org X server and Xwayland developers have released a security advisory due to multiple issues.

Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged is up on Kickstarter


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After releasing the Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged back in 2024, developer Revolution are preparing Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror: Reforged

Various Warhammer Classics arrive on Steam along with some returning upgraded games


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Games Workshop announced that a bunch of Warhammer Classics have arrived on Steam. Some brand new to Steam, others returning with some upgrades.

Sentinel is an achievement watcher for non-Steam games on Linux


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Love achievement hunting but play games outside of Steam on Linux? Sounds like Sentinel is an open source tool you'll want to see.

No Man's Sky channels a little Pokemon with the Xeno Arena update


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No Man's Sky is steadily turning into the everything game isn't it? Hello Games have released another big upgrade for it recently adding creature battling.

SteamVR Beta 2.16.3 brings Linux fixes for VRLink


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Seems SteamVR for Linux really is getting some more attention recently, after a number of fixes in the previous Beta we have a few more here.

SteamOS 3.8.2 Beta brings fixes for security issues, trackpad on Legion Go and Borderlands 2


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We're hopefully closing in on the next big stable update for SteamOS, with Valve releasing SteamOS 3.8.2 Beta.

Dome Keeper free multiplayer update and Lost Keepers DLC have launched


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The excellent Dome Keeper now has multiplayer, and there's a new content DLC available that brings The Infiltrator and The Beastmaster characters.

Portal 2: Community Edition arrives in Beta on April 17


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The Portal 2 modding scene is about to explode with the upcoming Beta release of Portal 2: Community Edition, giving you some big new tools.