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Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency launches Sovereign Tech Standards to support open standards

By Liam Dawe,
Another EU push for open standards here with Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency recently announcing the Sovereign Tech Standards initiative.

GameMaker is launching GMRT, a new modern runtime with source access

By Liam Dawe,
The popular game engine GameMaker continues advancing, with a new "GMRT" runtime that will give developers source access and much more.
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Rocket League adds Easy Anti-Cheat with Steam Deck / Linux still supported

By Liam Dawe,
Psyonix have updated Rocket League to add in Epic's Easy Anti-Cheat, but thankfully they've enabled support for Linux / Steam Deck with SteamOS.

Proton Experimental updated to get Crimson Desert working again on Linux / SteamOS

By Liam Dawe,
A recent update to Crimson Desert has been causing problems on Linux / SteamOS with it not launching, so Valve patched Proton Experimental to fix it.

More retro goodies - Microsoft open sources 86-DOS and PC-DOS

By Liam Dawe,
Following on from officially open sourcing MS-DOS 4.0 back in 2024, Microsoft have announced more early DOS code has been made available.

Cache arrives in Counter-Strike 2 while Valve continue working on ANIMGRAPH 2

By Liam Dawe,
A return of a classic, the popular Cache map has finally returned with the latest Counter-Strike 2 update that's out now. Nice to see more content arrive!

NVIDIA 580.159.03 driver released for Linux with some essential fixes

By Liam Dawe,
Along with the small release of NVIDIA 595.71.05 yesterday for Linux, NVIDIA also updated the older driver branch with NVIDIA 580.159.03 driver out now too.

Denuvo DRM reportedly fully cracked open, 2K apparently fights back with online checks

By Liam Dawe,
The ongoing fight between crackers and DRM has reached a truly massive moment, as reportedly Denuvo DRM has been fully broken open in all games.

The ps5-linux project can turn some PlayStation 5 consoles into a Linux gaming machine

By Liam Dawe,
The open source ps5-linux project has been released, allowing you to turn a PlayStation 5 into a fully fledged Linux gaming machine.

Bazzite Linux 44 lands for desktop gamers and it's a big release

By Liam Dawe,
Bazzite Linux 44 has landed now that Fedora 44 has been released, and with it plenty of nice changes for gamers wanting a good Linux distribution.

dbrand of course already have Steam Controller skins

By Liam Dawe,
Ahead of the public release of the new Steam Controller next week, dbrand have announced they've got skins ready for you to customize it.

Fedora Linux 44 is out now as one of the best Linux distributions

By Liam Dawe,
Fedora Linux 44 is officially here and with it tons of new features across different spins, continuing to be one of the best Linux distributions.

Proton Hotfix updated to fix HELLDIVERS 2 on Linux / SteamOS systems

By Liam Dawe,
HELLDIVERS 2 from Arrowhead Game Studios and PlayStation Publishing had a major update released, which broke it on Linux / SteamOS systems but Valve fixed it.

Steam update adds battery indicator for wireless gamepads, quick chat, remote downloads management and more

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released the latest Steam Client update for all platforms, bringing with it some major new features and bug fixes ready for the new Steam Controller.

Anthropic begin funding Blender as a Corporate Patron

By Liam Dawe,
The Blender Foundation announced today that Anthropic (the AI company) have begun funding them, joining up as a Corporate Patron.

NVIDIA 595.71.05 stable driver released for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
A tiny Recommended Driver update arrived for NVIDIA GPU owners on Linux, with version 595.71.05 now available.

Facepunch launches s&box, the highly anticipated successor to Garry's Mod

By Liam Dawe,
s&box from Facepunch is the spiritual successor to Garry's Mod. Built with Source 2, it's a full game creation platform that's quite a lot closer to Roblox.

Proton Experimental and Proton 11 Beta updated to fix issues with the EA App

By Liam Dawe,
Valve released a small tweak update to both Proton Experimental and the Proton 11 Beta, bringing in an update to help with the EA App.

The popular ZSNES emulator returns as SUPER ZSNES with enhanced features

By Liam Dawe,
Two original developers of the Nintendo emulator ZSNES have returned with a new project, SUPER ZSNES - a fitting name don't you think?

Canonical clarify their AI plans for Ubuntu Linux - opt-in and easy to remove

By Liam Dawe,
Recently GamingOnLinux highlighted Canonical's plans for adding AI features into Ubuntu Linux, and naturally this has caused plenty of concern.