The US Patent Office have rejected a Nintendo Pokemon patent for summoning subcharacters
While it likely won't affect the ongoing Japan lawsuit between Nintendo / Pokemon and Pocketpair / Palworld, it is at least good news for game devs elsewhere.
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Breath of Fire IV plus classic Resident Evil 1-3 from GOG arrive on Steam - but with DRM
With a little help from GOG, some more classic games have arrived on Steam for those of you who want more retro gaming goodies.
Mesa 26.0.4 open source graphics drivers released for Linux
Mesa 26.0.4 is out now as the latest bug-fix release for the open source graphics drivers, as work continues on Mesa 26.1.
Steam store home page gets a refresh in Beta, plus another Linux SteamRT3 Beta fix
Valve have pushed out an overhauled Steam store home page in the latest Steam Client Beta, along with another needed fix for the Linux SteamRT3 Beta.
Linux smashes past 5% on the Steam Survey for the first time
After rubbing away the sleep from my eyes in disbelief, Valve have updated the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for March 2026 showing explosive Linux growth.
NVIDIA announce a preview of "DRM Per-Plane Color Pipeline API" support on Linux (good for HDR)
NVIDIA just announced something quite interesting, in the form of an upcoming update for their GPU drivers for Linux.
Grab some great strategy games in the Strategy Minds Collection Humble Bundle
Another nice set of games available here in the Strategy Minds Collection Humble Bundle, giving you multiple games together for cheaps.
OptiScaler tool gets a huge new release with more upscaling and frame generation goodies
OptiScaler is probably one of the most interesting open source tools around, allowing you to upgrade and mix various tech together in lots of games.
Sprint City from the creators of SpeedRunners arrives on Steam
Sprint City is a new Early Access release from the original creators of SpeedRunners, a shared-world competitive 2D platformer with explosive speed.
The Long Dark story reaches the finale with episode five out now and a big discount
The Long Dark from Hinterland Studio has finally finished the WINTERMUTE story with episode 5 bringing us the end.
BOXROOM is a clever casual room builder to give your Steam games a shelf
I definitely miss collecting boxes for all my games, it's a real missed feeling in the digital age and BOXROOM leans into that letting you build a game room.
If you love horror boomer shooters keep BLIGHTEN on your radar
BLIGHTEN is a recent discovery and an instant add to wishlist, as the dark style of this boomer shooter looks great.
As expected - Slay the Spire 2 leads the way for the most played Steam Deck games for March 2026
April 1st is here, you fools! No messing around here though - it's time to look over what was most popular on Steam Deck during March 2026.
Raspberry Pi prices rise again, along with a new 3GB Raspberry Pi 4 announced
Raspberry Pi have revealed even more price rises for their hardware, as the AI surge continues and it may be a tough pill to swallow.
French consumer group UFC-Que Choisir sues Ubisoft over The Crew shutdown
Video game preservation is important, and now the French consumer group UFC-Que Choisir are getting into a fight with Ubisoft over The Crew.
Money is life and everything in SUPER DEBT, an unrelenting horror themed bullet-hell roguelike
An unrelenting horror themed bullet-hell roguelike, where money is life? Sounds interesting! SUPER DEBT is one to ensure is on your radar.
Lakehopper looks like a wonderful casual seaplane flight simulator
Fancy a new type of simulator? How about flying your own seaplane? Lakehopper has launched into Early Access on Steam with Linux support.
Heretic II has a new reverse-engineered source port
A lot of classic games have received source ports over the years, and now it's time for Heretic II with Heretic2R bringing some enhancements.
Diablo 2-inspired auto-battle dungeon crawler Skull Horde launches April 10
We have a release date along with a new trailer for Skull Horde, a Diablo 2-inspired auto-battle dungeon crawler.
Fans of Portal and first-person puzzlers will definitely want to check out He Who Watches
He Who Watches is an innovative new puzzle game that Draknek and Friends just revealed they're publishing, and it looks like it will melt my brain.
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