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Top 20 hottest articles over the last 7 days

Valve amended the Steam survey for December 2025 - Linux actually hit another all-time high

By Liam Dawe,
Initially Valve's Steam Hardware & Software Survey for December 2025 showed Linux at 3.19%, but they appear to have amended it with a nice boost for Linux.

NVIDIA announce a native Linux app for GeForce NOW

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA already added Steam Deck support for GeForce NOW and they're now expanding it with a dedicated Native Linux app for desktops.
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KDE Plasma 6.6 will finally stop the system sleeping when gaming with a controller

By Liam Dawe,
Finally! One of the most annoying issues is your system going to sleep while gaming with a controller, and KDE Plasma 6.6 will solve it.

NVIDIA announce DLSS 4.5 with Dynamic Multi Frame Generation, plus DLSS Updater gets Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
Along with announcing a Native Linux app for GeForce NOW, NVIDIA also revealed the new DLSS 4.5 with Dynamic Multi Frame Generation.

Linaro reveal they're collaborating with Valve for the Steam Frame

By Liam Dawe,
Here's a small bit of news but an interesting one for the upcoming Steam Frame from Valve, as Linaro recently revealed they're supporting Valve with it.

Mesa RADV driver on Linux looks set for a big ray tracing performance boost

By Liam Dawe,
One thing currently a bit lacking on Linux is the performance of ray tracing with the open source Mesa RADV driver, but a big improvement is coming.

Steam Frame and Steam Machine will be another good boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall too

By Liam Dawe,
With the Steam Frame and Steam Machine launching with SteamOS Linux this year, we're going to again see a nice boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall.

007 First Light gets PC specifications released and that's a lot of RAM needed

By Liam Dawe,
We are truly entering a time in gaming where it feels like optimizations are a thing of the past, and the specifications needed to run 007 First Light are nuts.

The Legion Go with Bazzite is an excellent machine for gaming

By Liam Dawe,
I finally acquired an original Lenovo Legion Go and of course I had to put Linux on it and get rid of Windows, so I finally got to see the fuss over Bazzite.

Humble Bundle have a nice collection of games for handhelds

By Liam Dawe,
Gaming on the go doesn't have to be boring, so check out the Decked Out Collection Humble Bundle for some interesting picks.

Intel launches Core Ultra Series 3 at CES with Arc B390, teases new "handheld gaming platform"

By Liam Dawe,
Intel have done their CES 2026 presentation and if you're going to be in the market for CPU and GPU power together, they might have something for you.

Humble Choice for January 2026 has a great overall selection of games

By Liam Dawe,
The first Humble Choice of 2026 has landed and it seems like overall a rather good selection of games for you to be able to grab.

SteamOS 3.7.19 arrives with a bunch of essential bug fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released the latest stable update for SteamOS version 3.7.19, bringing a bunch of bug fixes to improve the Linux gaming platform.

AMD reveal the Ryzen 9850X3D, Ryzen AI 400 series and more Ryzen AI Max+

By Liam Dawe,
AMD had plenty to reveal at CES 2026 with a bunch of new processors, including the new AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D as the "the fastest gaming processor on the market".

Valve update the Steam Workshop to allow mods to support multiple game versions

By Liam Dawe,
A nice move by Valve to improve the modding scene - as mods on the Steam Workshop can now support multiple game versions.

See the new trailer for Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional taking survivor-likes to an infested family computer

By Liam Dawe,
Wipe away infections from the family computer in the nostalgic Windows XP styled Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional later this year, with a new trailer live.

Canonical call for testing their Steam gaming Snap for Arm Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Doing something similar to what Valve will do for the Steam Frame, Canonical have announced a Steam gaming Snap package for Arm.

After a poor relaunch, SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded devs release a statement

By Liam Dawe,
Are we making FPS great again yet? The newest version of the portal shooter SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded arrived in December and didn't seem to do much at all.

Lenovo Legion Go 2 will get a SteamOS version in June

By Liam Dawe,
Another official SteamOS handheld has been announced, and it's Lenovo again with the Legion Go 2.

SteamOS 3.7.20 adds the ntsync driver to help improve some game performance

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released SteamOS 3.7.20 Beta coming with just two changes, and one of them is very interesting to see arrive on SteamOS.