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Steam Beta brings even more Steam Controller tweaks and a firmware fix for Linux

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Valve released the latest Steam Beta, and if you have the new Steam Controller you may want to ensure you've opted into it.

Valve make adjustments to Steam tags, and they settled the Vampire Survivor-like argument with Bullet Heaven

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Valve announced a whole bunch of changes to Steam tags with plenty removed and added, along with settling the score on what to call Vampire Survivor-likes.

Sony to no longer bring PlayStation narrative single-player games to PC

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It is now reportedly confirmed that Sony will no longer bring their PlayStation narrative single-player games to PC. Return of the console wars?

Re-Logic celebrate 15 years of Terraria - 70 million sales, cross-play soon and more updates to come

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Developers Re-Logic are celebrating a huge 15 years of the side-scrolling survival crafting adventure game Terraria with it still going strong.

The PlayStation 5 Linux project has been upgraded to support more firmware

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Installing Linux on a PlayStation 5 gets even easier now, with recent updates expanding the firmware versions that are supported.

You think you've seen it all and then there's a Wayland Compositor inside Minecraft on Linux

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I'm not sure why you would want to do this, but you can run a Linux Wayland Compositor inside Minecraft to get various external windows inside the game.

Sunshine game streaming tool adds Vulkan encoding plus XDG, Pipewire, and KWin direct screencast capture

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Sunshine, the game streaming tool you use with Moonlight, has a major upgrade now available with some big new features and a security fix too.

Linux head says "AI tools are great" but they're making the security list "almost entirely unmanageable"

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While announcing the fourth release candidate for Linux kernel 7.1, Linux head Linus Torvalds had some interesting words to say about AI.

Proton is getting some "horrible" workarounds for Forza Horizon 6 on Linux

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According to the developer of VKD3D-Proton, Forza Horizon 6 is "extremely broken" and needs some "horrible" workarounds to run properly on Linux.

New "low_latency_layer" brings Reflex and Anti-Lag 2 to AMD and Intel GPUs on Linux

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Linux gets expanded support for Reflex and Anti-Lag tech thanks to a new open source Vulkan layer called "low_latency_layer".

Proton-CachyOS 11 adds initial OptiScaler integration and lots of other fixes

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The very popular Linux distribution CachyOS roll their own advanced build of Proton, and with the latest Proton-CachyOS 11 update they added OptiScaler.

Heroic Games Launcher v2.22 brings library editing, big screen console mode improvements

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The excellent Heroic Games Launcher for running games from GOG, Epic Games and more on Linux released version 2.22 with some big new features.

Wine 11.9 released with ARM64 improvements, initial support for system threads

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The latest development release of the Windows compatibility layer Wine 11.9 has arrived with new features and bug fixes.

LEGO 2K Drive is getting delisted soon and servers will shut down

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Who cares about preserving the works of all the people that work on video games right? LEGO 2K Drive is another that's about to vanish forever.

Not only will the new Steam Controller scream at you but it can play tunes as well

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The original Steam Controller was a lot of fun to mess with, and you can similarly mess with the new Steam Controller to play silly little tunes.

We're inching closer to the Steam Frame release with a SteamOS Manager update

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We still don't know exactly when the Steam Frame will release, but we're seeing more work towards it arriving in code for SteamOS Manager.

California Protect Our Games Act backed by Stop Killing Games passes key hurdle

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The Stop Killing Games group are celebrating an initial early win for the California Protect Our Games Act as it passed a key hurdle.

Subnautica 2 is looking good on Desktop Linux, it's okay on Steam Deck with caveats

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What was the most wishlisted game on Steam, Subnautica 2 has entered Early Access and so far it's running out of the box on Linux / SteamOS.

KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta arrives with Plasma Bigscreen, new Union theme system

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KDE Plasma 6.7 is shaping up to be a big release, with the introduction of Plasma Bigscreen along with a new theme system.

Steam Beta fixes continuous rumble breaking the new Steam Controller Gyro

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Along with fixes for other parts of Steam, the latest Beta brings more essential fixes for the Steam Controller with a firmware upgrade.