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New Proton Experimental update adds controller support to more launchers on Linux / SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released a new update to Proton Experimental, their testing ground for getting more Windows games running on Linux / SteamOS systems.

Mesa 26.0 is out bringing ray tracing performance improvements for AMD RADV

By Liam Dawe,
Mesa 26.0 has arrived as the latest new-feature release of open source graphics drivers, and there's a whole lot to be excited about in this one.
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No Man's Sky Remnant update brings a fancy gravity gun and customizable trucks

By Liam Dawe,
No Man's Sky is gradually turning into a playground, and now you can mess with physics in the No Man's Sky Remnant update.

Overwatch has returned with new heroes and a new UI

By Liam Dawe,
Overwatch has returned with the "2" now in the bin, along with a big content update with new heroes and a new lobby UI.

Retro Macintosh games Return to Dark Castle and Beyond Dark Castle arrive on Steam in March

By Liam Dawe,
Return to Dark Castle and Beyond Dark Castle are classic Macintosh games from the 80s, and they're getting a bundled definitive edition re-release on Steam.

Wireless VR streaming levels up on Linux with the latest WiVRn release

By Liam Dawe,
Have a VR headset and want to do some gaming from your Linux PC? WiVRn has a new release out that should make the experience even better.

Valve fix up rumble related controller latency in the latest Steam Beta

By Liam Dawe,
A small but useful Steam Beta update has arrived and it's an especially good one for controller players that have rumble enabled.

Clever auto-battling racer Backseat Champions has a demo out now

By Liam Dawe,
Taking some of the elements of survivor-likes and putting them into a tactical racing game, Backseat Champions has a really fun idea with a demo out now.

Prefixer is a modern alternative to Protontricks that's faster and simpler

By Liam Dawe,
Protontricks is a useful tool for Linux gaming, but it's a bit on the slow and complicated side that Prefixer aims to solve.

Discord attempt to put out the fires with a clarification over new age verification

By Liam Dawe,
Discord have released some clarifications around the new forced age verification system coming worldwide next month, as people look to flee the platform.

Physics building game Besiege heads into space with The Broken Beyond expansion

By Liam Dawe,
Besiege is going to the final frontier with the newly announced The Broken Beyond expansion.

Motorsport Manager revived with a break from SEGA

By Liam Dawe,
Playsport Games announced they've got the rights to Motorsport Manager back from SEGA, and they're already working on updates to the game.

Mewgenics is weird, completely chaotic and it's out now

By Liam Dawe,
Mewgenics from Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel is officially out now, and it will absolutely annihilate your free time.

The Khronos Group celebrate 25 years of open standards

By Liam Dawe,
The Khronos Group have released a series of videos today to celebrate 25 years of open standards like OpenGL, Vulkan and more.

GE-Proton 10-30 released with fixes for Arknights Endfield and the EA app

By Liam Dawe,
There's a fresh February 2026 release of the popular community-maintained compatibility layer, with GE-Proton 10-30 available now.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 50: Dawn of Civilization

By Hamish,
Civilization: Call to Power is a curious cultural artifact in a number of ways.

Discord is about to require age verification for everyone

By Liam Dawe,
Discord have announced that beginning in March, they're starting a global rollout of forced age verification to access all features of the platform.

KDE Linux gets performance improvements, new default apps and goes all-in on Flatpak

By Liam Dawe,
The KDE developers are working towards the first Beta release of KDE Linux, their own home-grown immutable operating system.

Linux kernel 6.19 arrives and the next will be 7.0

By Liam Dawe,
Linus Torvalds announced Linux kernel 6.19 is officially out now and then next is planned to be the big 7.0 release.

Mesa 25.3.5 arrives with bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers

By Liam Dawe,
Over the weekend we saw the release of Mesa 25.3.5, as we near the end of updates to Mesa 25.3 with developers moving onto the upcoming Mesa 26.