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Top 20 hottest articles over the last 7 days

Nexus Mods retire their in-development cross-platform app to focus back on Vortex

By Liam Dawe,
One of the new Nexus Mods owners posted an announcement noting that they're moving back to Vortex, ceasing development on their newer cross-platform app.

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.
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Windows compatibility layer Wine 11 arrives bringing masses of improvements to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Wine is a compatibility layer for running Windows apps and games on Linux, a major part of Valve's Proton and now Wine 11 is finally here.

GOG plan to look a bit closer at Linux through 2026

By Liam Dawe,
With Linux gaming clearly showing it's becoming more popular, and with GOG under new ownership, there's hope yet that GOG will improve their Linux support.

European Commission gathering feedback on the importance of open source

By Liam Dawe,
The European Commission recently launched a call for evidence on a newer initiative about the importance of open source, and their reliance on non-EU countries.

Hytale has arrived in Early Access with Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
It has been a long road for Hytale but the sandbox exploration RPG is now officially out in Early Access, with Native Linux support.

Valve reveal all the Steam events scheduled for 2026

By Liam Dawe,
We already had a list of the first lot of Steam events for the year but now we know everything that's coming, as Valve put up the second half.

Hytale pre-orders have been so strong development is secured for two years

By Liam Dawe,
Hytale arrives in very Early Access tomorrow with Native Linux support, and the future of it is looking incredibly bright thanks to strong pre-orders.

Steam begins 2026 by smashing the users online record again

By Liam Dawe,
A pretty good way for Valve to start the year, with Steam breaking another all-time users online record.

Valve's documentation highlights the different ways standalone games run on Steam Frame

By Liam Dawe,
With the upcoming new Steam Frame hardware from Valve, they want to get as many games as possible running - and there's multiple ways for developers to do it.

Dev of Steam game 'Hardest' will delete it after new girlfriend made them realise AI is bad

By Liam Dawe,
Hardest is getting removed from Steam by the developer at the end of the month, as they say "AI is bad" and "AI is evil" - oh my.

Goverlay for managing tools like MangoHud gets a major new release and it's finally on Flathub

By Liam Dawe,
Goverlay is a useful tool for configuring the likes of MangoHud, vkBasalt, and OptiScaler. Recently it arrived on Flathub, and a major new update is out.

Satisfactory is finally Steam Deck Verified after fixing up some UI issues

By Liam Dawe,
Satisfactory from Coffee Stain Studios had quite a few patches to improve it on Steam Deck, and the latest update got it Steam Deck Verified.

Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown gets a combat deep dive and release date

By Liam Dawe,
Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is getting ready for warp speed with a new combat deep dive trailer, and they've announce a release for February 18th.

Adventure game The Drifter adds new localisations with support for fan translations

By Liam Dawe,
A truly excellent point and click adventure game The Drifter is now more easily playable thanks to some official translations, and support for fan additions.

Nightwater looks like a curious blend of secrets, exploration, crafting and automation

By Liam Dawe,
One to stick into your list to keep an eye on is Nightwater, an open world exploration game that mixes in crafting and automation in a strange world.

Command your crew and roll the dice in the tactical roguelike DeckWrecking Pirates

By Liam Dawe,
DeckWrecking Pirates appears to have a fun blend of various features that fans of turn-based strategy games and deck-builders will no doubt appreciate.

Steam Machine verification will have "fewer constraints" than Steam Deck - but text sizing worries me

By Liam Dawe,
It seems it will be easier to be Steam Machine Verified when compared with Steam Deck Verified, according to a Valve designer speaking with Game Developer.

The striking-looking number puzzle game Stip is more than meets the eye

By Liam Dawe,
Stip already pulled me in with the interesting and clean looking visuals, but now I want to know more about what's really going on here.

Bingo Betty is basically a crazy Balatro-fied version of Bingo

By Liam Dawe,
This is not your grannie's Bingo, this is underground Bingo that clearly takes some fun elements of Balatro to make things a bit nuts.