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After being banned for sale VILE: Exhumed has released for free
It was going to release on Steam but it was removed and banned for sale, now VILE: Exhumed is back as a free game to fight back against censorship.
Category: Misc
NVIDIA are working on a "general optimization" for VKD3D / DirectX12 games on Linux
For a while now Linux users with NVIDIA GPUs have been reporting performance issues with DirectX12 titles using VKD3D, but a fix may finally be coming.
openSUSE Leap 16.0 will need Steam gamers to install some extras due to no 32-bit
openSUSE Leap 16.0 has entered the Release Candidate phase, and for anyone gaming on Steam with openSUSE Leap you'll need some tweaks.
Heroic Games Launcher v2.18.1 brings more bug fixes for GOG and Epic Games on Linux / SteamOS
Heroic is one of the best ways to run games from Epic Games, GOG and Amazon on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck. v2.18.1 brings bug fixes to make it even smoother.
Grab some friends for some gaming in the Humble Co-Op Bundle
Need some more games to play with your crew? Humble's Better with 4 Friends Co-Op Bundle is live with some highly rated games for you.
x86 on ARM64 emulator FEX gets some huge gaming improvements
FEX is one way to run x86 appps and games on ARM64, with the latest release 2508 bringing some pretty striking performance improvements.
NVIDIA Beta driver 580.65.06 released for Linux with bug fixes and expanded Wayland support
NVIDIA have released the first Beta for the 580 driver series, with NVIDIA Beta driver 580.65.06 bringing mostly bug fixes.
Queer Games Bundle 2025 is live on itch.io
At a time where supporting creators of anything that might be deemed adult content or NSFW is more important than ever, the Queer Games Bundle 2025 is live.
ZOOM Platform also had payment processor issues, say they "have no plans to remove any titles"
ZOOM Platform that sell a lot of retro games, as well as publish upgrades for games, announced they've also been a target of payment processors for adult games.
Steam Survey for July 2025 shows Linux approaching 3%
Valve released the data for the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for July 2025, showing the Linux user share making gains towards hitting 3%.
Mastercard release a statement about game stores, payment processors and adult content
Mastercard have today released a short statement to clarify their position on adult content across game stores.
itch.io to reindex free adult content as they search for new payment processors
The ongoing saga of payment processors pushing game stores continues, with itch.io now reindexing free adult content but some issues remain.
Valve finally upgraded the Steam trailer video player, re-encoding around 400,000 videos
The Steam trailer video player was old and not especially great, but now perhaps it might actually work a lot better with a big upgrade.
The new Nexus Mods app adds collections creation, library searching and more improvements
Work continues to expand the cross-platform open source Nexus Mods app, which will eventually replace Vortex with v0.14.3 out now with new features.
Free and open source 2D graphics editor PixiEditor 2.0 out now with Linux support
PixiEditor is a free and open source fully-featured 2D graphics editor, now better than ever with the 2.0 release out that brings Linux support.
Lossless Scaling Frame Generation for Linux hits 1.0 with a new UI making it easier than ever
The developer of the unofficial Lossless Scaling Frame Generation for Linux project announced the first official release, which comes with a new UI.
Valve reveal the Steam sales and events for the first half of 2026
While we're nowhere near done with 2025 yet, Valve have revealed the first lot of sales event for 2026 so here's what you need to know.
Valve makes Steam Library customisation a little easier in the latest Steam Beta
Valve released a new Steam Beta Client update for Desktop and SteamOS / Steam Deck, making customising your Steam games a bit easier.
Developer of PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation threatens "removing Linux support entirely" but not yet
Seems the main developer of the PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation is not happy with Linux packaging, threatening to remove Linux support.
Atari set to acquire 82% of Thunderful Group AB, as Thunderful announce they're "restructuring"
Even more game industry consolidation going on. Atari has entered into an agreement with Thunderful Group AB to acquire most of it.
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