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Verminsteel

Kick fascists so hard they fly into the sun in Verminsteel

By Liam Dawe,
0
Verminsteel is a new announcement from Glass Bottom Games that will see you hack and slash your way through hordes of fascists and take down their leaders.
Grim Dawn

Grim Dawn celebrates 10 years - set for a big free upgrade with a modern scaleable UI and an expansion

By Liam Dawe,
0
Grim Dawn is getting an update that will hopefully make the ARPG classic work better across different screen sizes and resolutions (like the Steam Deck).
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Linux tux

Longterm supported Linux kernels get a longer life

By Liam Dawe,
0
Linux developer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced that the Longterm supported Linux kernels are going to be supported for longer than previously announced.
Counter-Strike 2

New York sues Valve over "illegally promoting gambling" for loot boxes

By Liam Dawe,
3
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit against Valve (Steam) for what they say is illegally promoting gambling.
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Open source graphics drivers Mesa 26.0.1 released with various bug fixes and a security fix

By Liam Dawe,
1
Developer Eric Engestrom announced the Mesa 26.0.1 update for open source graphics drivers, the first set of bug-fixes for the latest release.
Brotato

Brotato gets a DRM-free release on GOG

By Liam Dawe,
1
GOG fans can finally get in on the Brotato action, just keep in mind - it might suck away endless hours of your time if you're not careful.
KDE

KDE Plasma 6.6.1 rolls out with lots of fixes for KWin

By Liam Dawe,
10
The KDE team have released the latest release for the Plasma desktop, with version 6.6.1 bringing quite a lot of bug fixing.
Boomer Shooter Blueprint bundle

The Boomer Shooter Blueprint bundle is an epic deal with Selaco, CULTIC and more

By Liam Dawe,
3
Digiphile, the indie bundle site started by former Humble Bundle staffers, has an excellent Boomer Shooter Blueprint bundle out that's worth grabbing.
Steam Deck

Happy four years to the Steam Deck - still the top PC gaming handheld

By Liam Dawe,
16
Four years ago today, the original Steam Deck LCD released, with it going on to change how everyone sees handheld gaming PCs and Linux for gaming.
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Lutris v0.5.21 and v0.5.22 arrive with Valve's Sniper runtime support and new game runners

By Liam Dawe,
6
Lutris is an all-in-one open source game manager for launching games from various stores on Linux and emulators too - with multiple new versions released.
N.I.C.E 2

D7VK version 1.4 brings further enhancements for older Direct3D via Vulkan

By Liam Dawe,
1
Even more improvements have arrived for D7VK that brings Direct3D 5, 6 and 7 via Vulkan for use with Wine / Proton in version 1.4.
Discord

Discord delay global rollout of age verification to improve transparency and add more options

By Liam Dawe,
19
In the ongoing crazy saga of the internet getting gated behind new age verification laws, Discord are putting on the brakes temporarily.
FINAL FANTASY VII

FINAL FANTASY VII arrives on GOG with a new edition live on Steam too

By Liam Dawe,
7
Square Enix today released their slightly upgraded version of FINAL FANTASY VII, along with making it available on GOG too.
Play on the Go Elite Collection Bundle

Fanatical's Play on the Go Elite Collection Bundle for Feb 2026 has some gems in it

By Liam Dawe,
2
Want some more games to fill up your handheld with like the Steam Deck or Legion Go? Check out the new Fanatical Play on the Go Elite Collection.
Death Stranding 2

Death Stranding 2 PC specs have been revealed, along with a "Portable" preset for handhelds

By Liam Dawe,
5
We now have the official PC specifications released for Death Stranding 2 and they actually seem pretty reasonable, so plenty of people should be fine.
Fogpiercer

Use your train to smash bandits into a cliff in the updated Fogpiercer demo

By Liam Dawe,
2
Your train is your deck in Fogpiercer, with an updated demo available in Steam Next Fest this is a turn-based strategy game worth your time.
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Firefox 148.0 arrives with AI controls

By Liam Dawe,
24
As Mozilla promised they would, Firefox version 148.0 has been released and with it you now get to control what generative AI features are enabled or disabled.
Dungeons of DUSK

Inspired by the classic DOOM RPG, the Dungeons of DUSK demo is out now

By Liam Dawe,
2
Taking the retro FPS Dusk and turning it into a retro dungeon crawler with a big sprawling skill tree - Dungeons of DUSK has a demo out now.
Wanderburg

Battling castles on wheels? Wanderburg might be my new favourite thing

By Liam Dawe,
5
Wanderburg is nuts. A roguelike where you build up a castle on wheels (or legs) and battle through various locations and it instantly hooked me.
Vampire Crawlers

Vampire Crawlers from the Vampire Survivor dev is promising but not quite there yet

By Liam Dawe,
3
Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors has a demo out now for Steam Next Fest, and I've given it a run through to see the chaos.
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