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Paradox Interactive completely cancelled Life by You (update Paradox Tectonic to close)
Paradox Interactive announced today that Life by You from their studio Paradox Tectonic is now fully cancelled, after previously being delayed.
Category: Misc
Get a load of Monster Hunter games from this Fanatical Bundle
If you managed to miss the recent Humble Bundle, you've got another cheap chance here to grab a whole bunch of Monster Hunter games from Fanatical.
Canonical detail improvements the Steam Snap, work to advance gaming continues on Ubuntu
Canonical are well into development on Ubuntu 24.10, the next non-LTS version of the popular Linux distribution and things keep improving for gamers.
NVIDIA exploring ways to support an upstream kernel mode GPU driver
Time to get your popcorn out, as it seems NVIDIA are continuing their steps to further improve their Linux support on their GPUs.
SteamOS 3.6.5 Preview for Steam Deck out, plus two Steam Beta Client updates
Valve has now put up SteamOS 3.6.5 Preview for Steam Deck, plus a further two Beta releases of the Steam Client for all users.
Wine 9.11 released continuing the ARM improvements
Wine 9.11 has arrived as a new development release for the Windows compatibility layer, and with it new features and bug fixes for a big part of what makes Proton possible.
Steam Client updated with improvements for Steam Deck, Linux, VR and Steam Input
Lots and lots of improvements and bug fixes have arrived in the latest stable update to the Steam Client for Linux, macOS, Windows, VR and Steam Deck.
Simple GOG client for Linux Minigalaxy version 1.3 is out now
If you need a GOG game downloader for Linux that's nice and simple, Minigalaxy just got updated with a few good bug fixes.
Kubuntu Focus announce the Focus Ir14 GEN 2 and Ir16 GEN 2 laptops
Kubuntu Focus have two new laptop models available with the Focus Ir14 GEN 2 and Ir16 GEN 2, for those of you who want a truly no-fuss Kubuntu 24.04 LTS system.
SteamVR 2.6 released with experimental improvements to async on Linux
Valve released the latest update to SteamVR bringing with it a good few fixes, although most of it is for Steam Link. This follows on from a few recent Beta releases.
Proton 9.0-2 brings better controller support in launchers, more playable games, lots of bug fixes
Valve just released the latest stable update to Proton, the compatibility layer for running Windows games on Linux desktop and Steam Deck with Proton 9.0-2 bringing some fun additions.
Valve faces a £656 million lawsuit in the UK for 'overcharging 14 million PC gamers'
A new lawsuit was filed earlier this month in the UK that alleges Valve, owner of Steam, has been "overcharging 14 million PC gamers and abusing its dominant position in the UK".
Hundreds of thousands of people are now clicking a Banana on Steam
As a ridiculous update to an article I did recently about the free game called Banana, where it seemed insane that over 30,000 people were clicking it - now a whole lot more people are doing so too.
OBS Studio 30.2 Beta 1 adds Linux support to the native NVENC encoder, other Linux improvements
OBS Studio 30.2 Beta 1 is now available for testing for anyone interested in recording and livestreaming video, and there's some nice Linux improvements coming.
Steam Next Fest - June 2024 edition is live with lots and lots of demos
Valve has launched Steam Next Fest - June 2024 edition, another big event for you to try plenty of upcoming games and see what sticks for you to add to your wishlist.
You may want to avoid NVIDIA driver 550 if you're on a laptop
If you are a laptop user, you may want to avoid driver version 550 because there is a megathread on the NVIDIA forum where users are reporting that this version is making their distributions randomly crash.
TUXEDO tease an ARM Snapdragon X Elite Linux notebook is coming
TUXEDO Computers have teased that they're working on an ARM notebook with a Snapdragon X Elite SoC from Qualcomm.
The tinyBuild Humble Bundle is a great deal with multiple fun games
The tinyBuild Humble Bundle arrived over the weekend, and with it multiple games that you might want because it's a pretty good collection here overall.
Looks like GPU switching tool optimus-manager isn't abandoned yet
As we have previously reported here, optimus-manager, the GPU manager for laptop setups was going silent because the main developer didn't have the time or resources to keep that project running on Github. Looks like it's coming back!
Proton Experimental gets updates for Guild Wars 2, Squad, Sleeping Dogs and more
Another weekend update of Proton Experimental has landed, with a few game fixes for Linux and Steam Deck fans.