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Top 20 hottest articles over the last 7 days

Oh dear - ARC Raiders was logging your private Discord chats

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a reminder that when you connect up various accounts - you may end up just increasing the risk of your private data going somewhere else.

Valve reconfirm the Steam Frame, Steam Machine and Steam Controller are due in 2026

By Liam Dawe,
Valve put up their Steam Year In Review 2025 and initially, they made it seem like their hardware plans were a lot more uncertain but they've since clarified.
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Many more US states are planning or already have operating system age verification laws

By Liam Dawe,
We've already covered how California has a new operating system age-checking law coming into force next year - but many more US states also have plans.

NVIDIA Beta driver 595.45.04 released for Linux - looks to be an exciting one

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA released Beta driver 595.45.04 for Linux and it includes support for some new Vulkan extensions that could help improve gaming performance.

Xbox "Project Helix" confirmed to run Xbox and PC games - competition for the Steam Machine

By Liam Dawe,
The new CEO of of Microsoft Gaming, Asha Sharma, confirmed something that has been widely speculated for a while that could be bad news for the Steam Machine.

Transport Fever 3 confirmed for Linux and macOS support

By Liam Dawe,
The upcoming Transport Fever 3 from Urban Games is due out later this year, and the developers just confirmed more platforms will be supported.

Slay the Spire 2 is out now in Early Access with online co-op

By Liam Dawe,
Slay the Spire 2 has officially launched into Early Access giving us a taste of the latest deck-builder that can be played solo or online with up to 4 players.

Slay the Spire 2 becomes the biggest roguelike deck-builder on Steam ever

By Liam Dawe,
Mega Crit have a massive success on their hands with the Early Access release of Slay the Spire 2, smashing records across the Steam store.

Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered is out now

By Liam Dawe,
Back and perhaps better than ever - Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered has officially launched with plenty of it modernised and improved.

Linux Mint Cinnamon has the new screensaver lock screen ready for Wayland

By Liam Dawe,
The Linux Mint team have a new blog post up detailing their new screensaver, whicj is the last major point for full Wayland support with the Cinnamon desktop.

Theme park building game Parkitect gets its first ever Steam Free Weekend

By Liam Dawe,
Parkitect is an absolute gem and if you've not played this theme park builder before - well, now is your best chance because it's free for a while.

Valve gives Steam developer and publisher pages a lot more customization options

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have announced major changes for Steam developer and publisher pages, allowing devs to customize them a lot more to their liking.

Cyberpunk action RPG 'RUINER 2' with co-op announced by Reikon Games

By Liam Dawe,
Reikon Games are doing a follow-up to the popular RUINER from 2017, with RUINER 2 set to return to the brutal world but this time with optional co-op.

Upcoming co-op driving and looting horror game The Road looks like a good laugh

By Liam Dawe,
I hesitate to use the term "friendslop" but The Road seems to fit in nicely with the recent rise of online co-op games and actually looks good fun.

NVIDIA reveal games coming to GeForce NOW during March including Crimson Desert

By Liam Dawe,
It's a new month and so more new games are heading to NVIDIA GeForce NOW, so here's all that has been revealed for you so far.

Weird teeth-pulling tactical roguelite Sol Cesto hits 1.0 in April

By Liam Dawe,
Sol Cesto remains as one of the weirdest games I discovered during 2025 (but also very cool), and it's about to hit the big 1.0 release.

The excellent fusion of Balatro and chess in Gambonanza releases May 1

By Liam Dawe,
Gambonanza is easily one of the top games demos I played during Steam Next Fest, and now we know it's going to release on May 1st.

Wine 11.4 released with DirectSound and MSXML improvements

By Liam Dawe,
The Wine 11.4 development release is now available for the Windows to Linux compatibility layer, bringing assorted new features and fixes.

Denuvo has been removed from DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake

By Liam Dawe,
Haters of DRM will be happy about this one - as Square Enix appear to have removed Denuvo from DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake.

SteamOS 3.7.20 released with NTSync driver, plus big new Steam Client update for all

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released the latest stable update for SteamOS, along with a new big stable Steam Client update for all platforms. Here's all that's new.