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Lutris now being built with Claude AI, developer decides to hide it after backlash

By Liam Dawe, 54 minutes ago

There's a bit of drama going on with the popular game manager Lutris right now, with users pointing out the developer using AI generated code via Claude.

Game age rating system PEGI to get big changes for in-game items and online play

By Liam Dawe, 1 hour ago

The Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) age rating system today announced some big changes are coming to the way games are rated.

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HORSES wins the 2026 Nuovo Award despite the bans from Steam and Epic Games

By Liam Dawe, 1 hour ago

HORSES from Andrea Lucco Borlera / Santa Ragione hit the headlines last year for getting banned on Steam and Epic Games, but they've still won the Nuovo Award.

OBS Studio 32.1.0 arrives with WebRTC Simulcast support and a new Audio Mixer

By Liam Dawe, 2 hours ago

If you want to do livestreaming or video recording on Linux, OBS Studio is easily the best free and open source app you can get for it and v32.1.0 is out now.

D7VK version 1.5 brings Direct3D 3 support via Vulkan on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 2 hours ago

The D7VK project has expanded again in version 1.5 that's out now - adding in support for Direct3D 3.

Valve posted a statement on the New York lootbox lawsuit

By Liam Dawe, 18 hours ago

Valve have been the target of multiple lawsuits lately, and now they've put up an explainer update on their position with the New York lootbox lawsuit.

Unity announce expanded support for Steam, Native Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine

By Liam Dawe, 18 hours ago

For GDC 2026, Unity revealed expanded official support is coming for Steam. This includes Native Linux, Steam Deck, Steam Machine and more.

The original Zombie Panic! arrives on Steam with various upgrades

By Liam Dawe, 22 hours ago

The original classic survival-horror cooperative Half-Life 1 modification, Zombie Panic! has arrived on Steam with a number of upgrades.

Hack-and-slash RPG adventure Regions of Ruin: Runegate arrives April 14

By Liam Dawe, 22 hours ago

Regions of Ruin: Runegate from Gameclaw Studio and Raw Fury set to arrive on April 14th, bringing more RPG hack-and-slash adventuring to Linux.

Valve detail Steam Frame and Steam Machine Verified requirements at GDC 2026

By Liam Dawe, 23 hours ago

GDC 2026 is going on and Valve are doing some talks giving more info on lots of things - like how games will be Verified for the Steam Frame and Steam Machine.

PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 is getting improved handheld PC support

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

The popular PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 is set for some upgrades that will make it better on handheld gaming PCs like the Steam Deck and Legion Go.

The multiplayer update for Dome Keeper arrives in April

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Developer Bippinbits have revealed Dome Keeper is set for online and local multiplayer to arrive on April 13th.

System76 fighting for open source being excluded from Colorado age checks

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

There's a lot of age checking / age assurance bills going around right now, and System76 have entered the fight in Colorado to help open source.

NVIDIA 580.142 released for Linux - the new recommended driver

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

While NVIDIA continue working on the new 595 Beta series, they've just released driver 580.142 for Linux as the latest recommended stable driver.

Stardock announce an expansion into indie game publishing

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

Stardock Entertainment just announced they're expanding their publishing business for indie game developers, so they might end up funding some cool stuff.

Discord rolls out a nice improvement for video calls on Linux

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

With the most recent big stable update released for Discord, they rolled out a nice improvement for video calls on Linux making them better than ever.

Another new lawsuit against Valve in Washington USA takes aim at lootboxes

By Liam Dawe, a day ago

It's the season of lawsuit it seems, as Valve Software are the target of yet another and it's another one that's targeting loot boxes in their popular games.