Talking point - what have you been playing lately?
Welcome back, dear readers, to another community article for us all to have a little chat about what we've been playing recently.
Category: Misc
Open source XR runtime Monado 25.1.0 released with expanded hardware support
Monado is an impressive open source XR runtime that aims to support a whole lot of hardware, with a focus on great Linux support and version 25.1.0 is out now.
NVIDIA announce a few changes for GeForce NOW and new games for December
NVIDIA recently revealed a fresh list of games coming to GeForce NOW during December, but there's also going to be a few changes.
AMD FSR Redstone arrives with AMD FSR SDK 2.1
AMD today properly revealed and released AMD FSR Redstone with the AMD FSR SDK 2.1, bringing many enhancements to their upscaling tech.
KDE's 2025 fundraising has been a huge success
Absolutely smashing their goals, the KDE team have managed to have a huge success for the 2025 fundraiser that's currently ongoing.
Proton Experimental brings fixes for ARC Raiders, The Finals and various other games
Valve just launched their latest upgrade for Proton Experimental to get as many Windows games as possible running on Linux / SteamOS.
Discord gets improvements for video on Linux PCs and Steam Deck
The developer team at Discord released a new engineering blog post yesterday (December 8th) detailing lots of fixes, along with some Linux improvements.
Framework greatly expand their open source event and Linux distribution sponsorships
Framework Computer BV have announced a nice big expansion of their sponsorship program with many open source events and Linux distributions benefiting from it.
POSTAL: Bullet Paradise gets cancelled over generative AI with Goonswarm Games shutting down
Oh dear. Goonswarm Games are shutting down after Running With Scissors cancelled POSTAL: Bullet Paradise due to the use of generative AI.
Netflix want to acquire Warner Bros. but they have to fight off Paramount
While I was off running around the woods for the weekend, Netflix announced their intention to acquire Warner Bros. but now Paramount want to fight.
GE-Proton 10-26 released with FEX included, improvements for DLSS and game fixes
The Windows compatibility layer GE-Proton 10-26 has released with a bunch of technical improvements, along with various game fixes too.
Windows compatibility layer Wine 11 gets a first Release Candidate
We're on the road to the release of Wine 11 early next year with the first Release Candidate now available for the Windows compatibility layer.
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 49: One More to Go!
Candy Cruncher stands as an interesting piece of Linux gaming convergence, with it pulling on almost all of the major threads that defined the industry.
Four Total War classics join GOG in their Preservation Program with more on the way
GOG have announced today that as part of the 25th anniversary of the series, four classic Total War games are now on GOG in their Preservation Program.
Get some great Raw Fury games like Kathy Rain, Sable and more in a new Humble Bundle
Another fresh bundle of games to keep you warm with the RAWcember to Remember Humble Bundle.
The Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless mouse is a great reasonably priced pick
I decided to upgrade my mouse from a cheap unbranded USB wired to the Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless, so here's my thoughts on it.
Mesa 25.2.8 and Mesa 25.3.1 released for open source Linux graphics drivers
After being delayed, both Mesa 25.2.8 and Mesa 25.3.1 have been released with an assortment of bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers.
The RAM price and availability situation is going to worsen as Micron pull their Crucial consumer business
As RAM prices explode and availability becomes an issue thanks to AI companies, Micron announced their Crucial consumer business is no longer a thing.
The response to s&box from Facepunch going open source has been "overwhelmingly positive"
Open source rocks so it's pleasing to see it go well for Facepunch with s&box. They've now added native Linux binaries for the dedicated server and game client.
There's now an AI warning notice browser plugin for itch.io as well as Steam
The developer behind the useful AI notice browser plugin for Steam has now done the same for itch.io, and they've made it easier to use the extensions.
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