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Upcoming MMO 'BitCraft Online' will be open source

By Liam Dawe,
The upcoming MMO BitCraft Online is doing something very unusual for the genre, it's going to be open source.

ROG Xbox Ally Handhelds announced, the first real Steam Deck competition

By Liam Dawe,
Microsoft and ASUS have formally announced the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X, what is likely the first real competition for the Steam Deck.
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Steam Beta improves controller support for 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless, 8BitDo Pro 2 and more

By Liam Dawe,
This is great. Valve released a new Beta for Desktop and Steam Deck that brings Steam Input improvements for various controllers.

Supply chain issues are making the Steam Deck OLED go out of stock

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have put up a notice in the USA and Canada, where multiple models of the Steam Deck OLED have now gone completely out of stock.

Dune: Awakening is out now and works well on Linux Desktop but rough on Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe,
Dune: Awakening from Funcom has officially arrived, and thankfully it does work rather nicely on Desktop Linux.

Theme Hospital engine remake CorsixTH 0.69 Beta 1 out now

By Liam Dawe,
Theme Hospital open source game engine CorsixTH has a nice Beta release out with v0.69 now in testing for this classic.

GOG store introduces one-click mods with Skyblivion coming soon

By Liam Dawe,
The GOG.com team have announced a new feature, with one-click mods available for various popular games.

IGN Live 2025 Humble Bundle has a nice mixture of games

By Liam Dawe,
Don't miss your chance to build up your game collection with highly rated picks in the IGN Live 2025 Humble Bundle.

Steam Next Fest - June 2025 edition is live with new demos

By Liam Dawe,
A celebration of upcoming games big and small and everything in between. Steam Next Fest for June 2025 is now live.

Team Cherry clarify Hollow Knight: Silksong will be out before the 2025 holiday season

By Liam Dawe,
Team Cherry have clarified the release period for Hollow Knight: Silksong, after a bit of confusion thanks to Microsoft.

Khronos Group announce the Vulkan Video Decode VP9 Extension

By Liam Dawe,
Another expansion of the Vulkan graphics API has arrived with the Vulkan Video Decode VP9 Extension.

Highlight announcements from the 2025 summer showcases

By Liam Dawe,
We had a lot of events over the weekend, so here's a round-up of some interesting game announcements to keep you up to date.

Mesa 25.1.3 emergency update released for AMD Radeon RX 9000 series (RDNA4)

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Eric Engestrom announced the release of Mesa 25.1.3, an unscheduled emergency release to fix AMD GFX12 (RDNA4 - Radeon RX 9000 series).

Ubuntu 25.10 goes all-in with Wayland, dropping support for GNOME on Xorg

By Liam Dawe,
The Canonical Desktop Team have announced that starting with Ubuntu 25.10, they're going all-in with GNOME on Wayland.

Manjaro KDE Plasma plans move to Wayland by default

By Liam Dawe,
Ubuntu isn't the only Linux distribution planning a big change, as Manjaro KDE Plasma also now plans to move to Wayland.

AMD revealed two more Ryzen Z2 chips for gaming handhelds

By Liam Dawe,
AMD have expanded their Ryzen Z2 offerings, with two more chips designed for handhelds.

Direct3D to Vulkan layer DXVK v2.6.2 released

By Liam Dawe,
The latest release of the Direct3D to Vulkan translation layer has been released, with version 2.6.2 bringing assorted improvements.

Stellar Blade gets Steam Deck Verified ahead of release

By Liam Dawe,
Stellar Blade from SHIFT UP Corporation has been rated Steam Deck Verified by Valve ahead of the release on June 11th.

The massive Satisfactory 1.1 update is out now with controller support

By Liam Dawe,
The first-person open-world factory building game Satisfactory just had a massive v1.1 update, bringing controller support and a lot more.

At Fate's End is the next game from the Spiritfarer team

By Liam Dawe,
From the devs of Spiritfarer, At Fate's End is an action-adventure game where you fight the ones you love and your skill tree is your family tree.