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Top 20 hottest articles over the last 7 days

Minecraft Java is switching from OpenGL to Vulkan for the Vibrant Visuals update

By Liam Dawe,
Work continues for the Vibrant Visuals update to come to Minecraft Java, and as part of that they're switching the rendering from OpenGL to Vulkan.

Valve confirm Steam Deck stock issues due to "memory and storage shortages"

By Liam Dawe,
We reported recently how the Steam Deck was completely out of stock in the USA, Canada and some parts of Asia and now Valve have put up a short statement on it.
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Valve wins legal battle against patent troll Rothschild and associated companies

By Liam Dawe,
The case of Valve versus Leigh Rothschild and all associated companies has come to an end, with Valve coming out the clear winner in this one.

Game manager Lutris v0.5.20 released with Proton upgrades, store updates and much more

By Liam Dawe,
Lutris is an all-in-one open source game manager for launching games from various stores on Linux, with version 0.5.20 out now.

Rocket League is adding Easy Anti-Cheat, Psyonix say Linux will still be supported with Proton

By Liam Dawe,
Rocket League is set to get Easy Anti-Cheat in April, as the Epic Games owned studio Psyonix just recently announced.

Unity CEO says an upcoming Beta will allow people to "prompt full casual games into existence"

By Liam Dawe,
The generative AI expansion continues, with the Unity game engine being turned into a slop-making machine with an upcoming update.

Godot Engine suffering from lots of "AI slop" code submissions

By Liam Dawe,
The Godot Engine team recently posted about more issues with "AI slop", including various pull requests that have become a big drain on resources.

Blue Archive devs confirm Steam Deck and controller support is on the way

By Liam Dawe,
The free to play Blue Archive from NEXON arrived on Steam last year, and they've confirmed upgrades are coming for Steam Deck and controller players.

KDE Plasma 6.6 released with improved accessibility, new on-screen keyboard and lots more

By Liam Dawe,
The KDE team have released KDE Plasma 6.6, the latest new feature update to the popular Linux desktop environment with lots of goodies.

Experimental code ready for testing to enable HDMI 2.1 FRL with AMDGPU on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Unfortunately, the HDMI Forum refused to allow HDMI 2.1+ features in the open source driver, but that hasn't stopped one developer.

GE-Proton 10-31 brings fixes for Arknights: Endfield, Duet Night Abyss and more

By Liam Dawe,
GE-Proton 10-31 is another fresh released of the compatibility layer to run more games on Linux / SteamOS, with more game fixes available.

X4: Foundations is getting cross-platform cloud saves - possible breakage coming for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Egosoft have announced that X4: Foundations is finally getting cross-platform Steam Cloud saves, but desktop Linux users may need to make some backups.

Comedy co-op physics platformer Log Riders adds Linux support and looks hilarious

By Liam Dawe,
Log Riders is a co-op platformer around running on top of wooden logs, it looks hilarious and now there's full Native Linux support too.

Thoroughly strange dungeon crawler Pluto is all about constructing spells and using your fingers

By Liam Dawe,
With a pretty creepy looking style, the dungeon crawler Pluto is all about experimentation as you construct spells and wiggle your fingers.

Space strategy game Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes has a demo out now

By Liam Dawe,
Battlestar Galactica is one of the best space sci-fi series around, and now you have a chance to explore more in Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes.

Clean the infected family PC in the new Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional demo

By Liam Dawe,
Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional takes the idea of Vampire Survivors and everything similar, and turns you into a mouse cursor inside an infected PC.

Prepare for HDD availability trouble as they're getting sold out too

By Liam Dawe,
Component shortages are increasing thanks to the AI boom, and if you were thinking you could fall back on traditional HDDs - you would be wrong.

The clever ASCII animated Stone Story RPG is getting a full standalone sequel

By Liam Dawe,
Stone Story Ascension was recently revealed as the full standalone follow-up to the impressive Stone Story RPG.

Earth vs Mars the Advance Wars-like from Relic Entertainment gets Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Relic Entertainment produced their own Advance Wars-like strategy game with Earth vs Mars from a smaller team, and now it is updated to be Steam Deck Verified.

ABIDE is an extreme stop-motion horror game from the devs of Judero and Mashina

By Liam Dawe,
Set in a secluded community retreat that uses various therapeutic techniques to try and rehabilitate its residents, ABIDE certainly looks to be different.