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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.
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Vulkan-based translation layer D7VK officially expands to include Direct3D 5 support

By Liam Dawe,
The Vulkan-based translation layer D7VK has version 1.3 out now, which officially expands it to also cover Direct3D 5 support for running more games on Linux.

Steam game People Playground hit by malware via the Steam Workshop

By Liam Dawe,
Oh dear. People Playground from mestiez / Studio Minus recently had a major problem with malware pretending to be a mod in the Steam Workshop.

Steam Early Access games can now have a planned release date listed

By Liam Dawe,
Answering calls from developers, Valve have tweaked Early Access game pages to allow developers to add a full release date.

Wine 11.2 released with optimizations in PDB loading, support for MSVC constructors

By Liam Dawe,
Wine 11.2 is the latest development release of the Windows compatibility layer towards Wine 12 early next year.

Beaver city-builder Timberborn confirmed for launch on March 5

By Liam Dawe,
Easily one of the best city-builders around, Timberborn is set to leave Early Access on March 5th with a big update to the game.

Butcher by day, people hunter by night - ZOMBUTCHER sounds like a fun but gruesome sim

By Liam Dawe,
As a butcher you serve people meat, but what if the meat is also people? You can't help it in ZOMBUTCHER, since you're a Zombie.

Safe In Our World has a big Charity Bundle up on Fanatical with some great picks

By Liam Dawe,
Safe In Our World is a Mental Health charity that does some great work, and now you can support their mission while grabbing 22 games from Fanatical.

JSAUX announce a charging-friendly Steam Deck travel case

By Liam Dawe,
Accessory maker JSAUX just revealed their new "Double-Decker Travel Supply Case" for the Steam Deck LCD & OLED that's charging-friendly.

In the deck-builder Voraxis you're a parasite that eats through a living planet

By Liam Dawe,
Voraxis is a really interesting take on deck-building that has you play cards to eat through a living planet, with gameplay that really captured me.

System76 plans for COSMIC include Vulkan, HDR, gaming improvements and more

By Liam Dawe,
System76 have outlined some of their plans for upcoming upgrades to the new COSMIC desktop, and I have to admit I'm quite excited about what's coming to it.

Steam Beta fixes games from large libraries on Linux / SteamOS showing as not valid on current platform

By Liam Dawe,
Another day, another load of bug fixes coming from Valve for all Steam users and an especially nice one for Linux / SteamOS if you have a lot of games.

Hollow Knight gets a patch adding 21:9 & 16:10 resolution support and more

By Liam Dawe,
Team Cherry have given the original Hollow Knight a fresh coat of paint with a new patch out now to improve various parts of the classic metroidvania.

Check out the demo for Wireworks, a tower defense where you wire up modules to make weapons dance

By Liam Dawe,
Wireworks might be the most unique tower defense game I've ever played, with you building up weapons from modules you wire up to different logic blocks.

Zellah Games revealed the "next-gen" modding-friendly Skate Style for PC

By Liam Dawe,
While you can't play EA's skate. on SteamOS / Linux platforms, a new "next-gen" skateboarding game Skate Style has been revealed that you should keep an eye on.

REMOTE CONTROL looks like Alien: Isolation if it was a retro-styled typing adventure

By Liam Dawe,
REMOTE CONTROL has you send human proxies to explore a derelict spaceship, as you type out your commands and explore it all gets a bit weird and spooky.

PlayStation Publishing reveal Horizon Hunters Gathering, Guerrilla's new co-op action game

By Liam Dawe,
The Horizon universe expands with PlayStation Publishing and Guerrilla Games announcing the co-op action game Horizon Hunters Gathering that's coming to PC.

GeForce NOW celebrates six years with new games like Delta Force and PUBG: BLINDSPOT

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA are today celebrating six years of the cloud gaming service GeForce NOW, which recently added Native Linux support that's in Beta.

GOG did an AMA and here's some highlights - like how they'll continue using generative AI

By Liam Dawe,
With GOG under new ownership, they're trying some new things (like generative AI) and they just did an AMA (Ask me anything) on Reddit.