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The cross-platform Nexus Mods app v0.21.1 makes mod collection installation smoother

By Liam Dawe,
The Nexus Mods app team have rolled out another early release for their in-progress successor to Vortex, with v0.21.1 bringing more improvements.

AMD FSR Redstone arrives December 10 with a teaser

By Liam Dawe,
AMD have gone and done it. They've put up a teaser for an announcement of AMD FSR Redstone arriving on December 10.
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A great showcase of open source - Blender 5.0 is out with completely overhauled colour management

By Liam Dawe,
Another release is here for the incredible open source project Blender. The 5.0 release brings huge changes like completely overhauled colour management.

Surviving each day is a fierce battle in the upcoming Primal Survival

By Liam Dawe,
Primal Survival is an upcoming prehistoric game about surviving as Homo habilis or Homo erectus, and it really sounds interesting with the dangerous world.

I have finished Dispatch and now I'm at a loss so I'm going to play it again

By Liam Dawe,
Last night I finished my first run in the new episodic superhero adventure Dispatch from AdHoc Studio, and now I don't know what to do with myself.

Megabonk from vedinad has withdrawn from The Game Awards 2025

By Liam Dawe,
The Game Awards is never without some kind of controversy, but this is a little different. Developer vedinad has withdrawn Megabonk from The Game Awards 2025.

Steamworks SDK adds support for Linux Arm and Android, and it seems we know the first Android game on Steam

By Liam Dawe,
As we get closer to the launch of the new Steam Machine and Steam Frame, Valve put out a new Steamworks SDK that brings in libraries for linuxarm64 and android.

JSAUX are teasing Steam Machine front panels with built-in screens

By Liam Dawe,
JSAUX are teasing that they're going to be making Steam Machine accessories, with the first being a new front panel for the Steam Machine with a screen.

Unity games are coming to Fortnite as Epic continue attempting to build a metaverse thing

By Liam Dawe,
Epic Games are still trying to build some kind of metaverse inside Fortnite, and now they're pulling in Unity to expand Fortnite even more.

Hello from Fedora KDE

By Liam Dawe,
I recently did a bit of a major woops, and so I decided perhaps it is once again time to Linux distro hop and have settled on Fedora KDE.

Playnite may get a Linux version during 2026 as the creator plans a move to Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Creator of the popular free and open source video game library manager Playnite has a positive update on a Linux version, with plans for it during 2026.

Guild Wars Reforged announced to release in December and will be Steam Deck Verified

By Liam Dawe,
Guild Wars Reforged was announced today by ArenaNet to arrive on December 3, and it will be Steam Deck Verified and optimised for Valve's handheld.

The Game Awards 2025 nominees revealed

By Liam Dawe,
The Game Awards returns for another popularity contest, and they've revealed the nominees for the 2025 event that we've listed here for you.

Hytale has been saved as Hypixel acquired it from Riot Games

By Liam Dawe,
For anyone interested in the ongoing saga of Hytale, the good news is that the game has been saved, with Hytale Studios acquiring it from Riot Games.

The big new RPG Where Winds Meet release works well on Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Where Winds Meet is a new free to play game on Steam that's doing some big numbers right now, and thankfully it seems to work great on Linux with Proton.

Earth 2140 remake on OpenRA engine OpenE2140 gets a first release

By Liam Dawe,
OpenE2140 is bringing back Earth 2140, the classic RTS with it being powered by the OpenRA engine and a first release is out now.

Cozy exploration-trading game Townseek arrives Spring 2026 with a fresh demo

By Liam Dawe,
Discover exotic landmarks, meet whimsical townsfolk, fish in tranquil waters, collect rare artifacts, and uncover secrets in a wondrous hand-drawn world.

Steam Deck gets display-off low power downloads in a new stable update

By Liam Dawe,
Valve have released the big upgrade for Steam Deck that brings display-off low power downloads for everyone now, after a short time in Beta.

Mesa 25.3.0 released with lots of Linux graphics driver improvements

By Liam Dawe,
Just as the weekend arrived, Mesa 25.3.0 was released as the latest new-feature upgrade for open source Linux graphics drivers.

VKD3D-Proton 3.0 brings FSR4 support, shader backend rewrite, lots of bug fixes and performance upgrades

By Liam Dawe,
VKD3D-Proton is one of the secret ingredients for Proton to make so many Windows games work well on Linux / SteamOS with a new 3.0 release out now.