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The full VR mode for KDE Plasma continues getting more advanced

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Recently I covered the draft code to add a full VR mode into the KDE Plasma desktop, and it has only continued to get more advanced with recent updates.

Vampire Crawlers from the Vampire Survivors dev poncle gets a new trailer and upcoming demo

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors is a bit of a mouthful isn't it? There's a new trailer to show it off, and details of a demo.

STAR WARS Battlefront II private server and mod launcher KYBER goes open source

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Games die and publishers move on, but STAR WARS Battlefront II released in 2017 from DICE and EA now has an open source private server and modding tool.

Banjo-Kazooie gets a native PC port with Linux / Steam Deck support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Bringing another Nintendo classic to PC, the community has delivered with Banjo-Kazooie via the Banjo: Recompiled project that's now available.

GE-Proton 10-29 released with updates to FEX, Wine, DXVK and a few game fixes

By Liam Squires-Hand,
GE-Proton 10-29 has arrived to bring more game compatibility to SteamOS / Linux with a bunch of fixes and improvements throughout.

Wine 11.1 arrives as the first development build of 2026

By Liam Squires-Hand,
After the big release of the stable Wine 11 earlier in January, the work begins again on development releases with Wine 11.1 now available.

ARC Raiders has a new content-filled roadmap for early 2026

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Embark Studios have released a fresh roadmap for ARC Raiders covering the next few months, and it sounds like it's adding a whole lot to the game.

Get some Sid Meier greats like Civilization VI in a big Humble Bundle

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Best of Humble Bundle: The Sid Meier Collection is live with a bunch of great strategy games that you can get for a great price.

Steam Deck hits 25,000 games Valve have rated Playable or Verified

By Liam Squires-Hand,
With over 100,000 games on Steam - verifying all of that takes a long time but the Steam Deck now has over 25,000 that are Steam Deck Playable or Verified.

Fable, Forza Horizon 6 and more from Xbox Developer Direct 2026

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Microsoft recently did their latest Xbox Developer_Direct event with the 2026 edition giving us a new look at multiple games and new release dates.

AMD confirm the Ryzen 7 9850X3D launch date and pricing

By Liam Squires-Hand,
AMD's powerful new gaming processor the Ryzen 7 9850X3D now actually has an official release date and pricing.

Valve's in-development game Deadlock just got a massive upgrade

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Deadlock is an online-only third-person MOBA currently in development by Valve, and they just released a massive upgrade for the game.

Get the Just Cause Complete Collection in a new Humble Bundle

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Just Cause Complete Collection Humble Bundle launched with a whole lot of action that you can grab for a decent price.

GPD claim the WIN 5 is getting an official Bazzite Linux adaptation but the Bazzite team say otherwise

By Liam Squires-Hand,
GPD are being weird again - making a claim that the GPD WIN 5 is getting an "official" adaptation with Bazzite Linux but the Bazzite team say otherwise.

Vulkan 1.4.340 released with new extension to improve DirectX performance on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
We're seeing excitement build up from the Vulkan API release 1.4.340, with a new extension that should eventually improve DirectX performance on Linux.

Nexus Mods say they are committed to supporting Vortex on SteamOS Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand,
After cancelling the newer Nexus Mods app that had Linux support to refocus on the older Vortex, the Nexus Mods team now say Vortex will support SteamOS.

Ubisoft implementing cost-reduction restructuring, cancelling various games and closing studios

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Ubisoft are implementing various cost-cutting measures and have announced they've cancelled 6 games, while also closing studios in a big shift.

Valve tweak accessibility categories and release new Steam update with controller improvements and new Beta UI

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve have given their accessibility categories on Steam for discovering games a small overhaul, along with a big new Steam client update for everyone.

Narrative-heavy horror platformer LOVE ETERNAL looks fantastic and arrives February 19

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Run, jump and flip gravity in the narrative-heavy horror platformer LOVE ETERNAL when it releases February 19th. The atmosphere in this looks simply awesome.

Hungry Horrors is a unique deck-builder about feeding monsters out now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Gather ingredients, make dishes and feed all the strange creatures in a deck-builder that manages to set itself apart from the others in Hungry Horrors.