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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.

SteamInputDB is a new site to help you find Steam Input configurations for your gamepads

By Liam Dawe,
SteamInputDB recently launched as a new third-party community site to help you find Steam Input configurations for various gamepads with Steam games.
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Steam Deck OLED gets a price increase across Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan

By Liam Dawe,
KOMODO announced over the weekend that the Steam Deck OLED is getting a price increase across Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.

DREAMM emulator for LucasArts, Lucasfilm, and Lucas Learning games v4.0 out now

By Liam Dawe,
DREAMM is a special emulator for playing lots of classic LucasArts, Lucasfilm, and Lucas Learning games with a major new 4.0 release available.

Cities: Skylines celebrates 11 years with lots of new content on the way

By Liam Dawe,
Paradox are celebrating 11 years of the Cities: Skylines series with new content coming for both games, so here's what you need to know.

Steam Survey for February 2026 shows a big swing to Simplified Chinese

By Liam Dawe,
The Steam Hardware & Software Survey for February 2026 is live and it's looking a bit odd, with a huge swing towards Simplified Chinese.

Here's some of the most-played demos during Steam Next Fest - February 2026 edition

By Liam Dawe,
With Steam Next Fest - February 2026 nearly over, Valve recently revealed some of the most popular choices amongst gamers.

Here's the most played Steam Deck games for February 2026

By Liam Dawe,
Another month is done and finished and what a month it was huh? February 2026 had some fun games arriving, so here's what was most popular on Steam Deck.

Proton Experimental gets improvements for Vermintide 2 and more controller support for launchers

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released an update for Proton Experimental for February 27th, their testing ground for getting more Windows games running on Linux / SteamOS systems.

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".

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.

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.

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.

Smash everything apart together as Teardown goes multiplayer on March 12

By Liam Dawe,
The physics-based voxel destruction game Teardown is set for a huge free upgrade on March 12th, when the multiplayer update arrives.

Frostrail gets a new trailer to showcase its freezing train-survival gameplay

By Liam Dawe,
Frostrail is another exciting game to keep an eye on, an open-world survival game where you and friends travel through a frozen world on a train.

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction arrives April 28

By Liam Dawe,
Another good one for fans of retro-styled beat 'em ups, as He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction is releasing April 28th.

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.

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.

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".