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Valve detail Steam Frame and Steam Machine Verified requirements at GDC 2026

11 Mar 2026 | By Liam Squires-Hand

GDC 2026 is going on and Valve are doing some talks giving more info on lots of things - like how games will be Verified for the Steam Frame and Steam Machine.

PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 is getting improved handheld PC support

11 Mar 2026 | By Liam Squires-Hand

The popular PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 is set for some upgrades that will make it better on handheld gaming PCs like the Steam Deck and Legion Go.

The multiplayer update for Dome Keeper arrives in April

11 Mar 2026 | By Liam Squires-Hand

Developer Bippinbits have revealed Dome Keeper is set for online and local multiplayer to arrive on April 13th.

System76 fighting for open source being excluded from Colorado age checks

11 Mar 2026 | By Liam Squires-Hand

There's a lot of age checking / age assurance bills going around right now, and System76 have entered the fight in Colorado to help open source.

NVIDIA 580.142 released for Linux - the new recommended driver

10 Mar 2026 | By Liam Squires-Hand

While NVIDIA continue working on the new 595 Beta series, they've just released driver 580.142 for Linux as the latest recommended stable driver.

Stardock announce an expansion into indie game publishing

10 Mar 2026 | By Liam Squires-Hand

Stardock Entertainment just announced they're expanding their publishing business for indie game developers, so they might end up funding some cool stuff.

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Discord rolls out a nice improvement for video calls on Linux

10 Mar 2026 | By Liam Squires-Hand

With the most recent big stable update released for Discord, they rolled out a nice improvement for video calls on Linux making them better than ever.

Another new lawsuit against Valve in Washington USA takes aim at lootboxes

10 Mar 2026 | By Liam Squires-Hand

It's the season of lawsuit it seems, as Valve Software are the target of yet another and it's another one that's targeting loot boxes in their popular games.

Mesa driver developers discuss expanding profiles and driver tuning for specific apps and games

10 Mar 2026 | By Liam Squires-Hand

Developer Natalie Vock working for Valve has put up a discussion plan for improving app profiles and driver tuning for Mesa drivers.

Fedora 44 Beta is out with KDE improvements, better live media and more

10 Mar 2026 | By Liam Squires-Hand

The Fedora team have put up Fedora 44 Beta for you to get testing and report bugs, ahead of the full release due out around April 14th.

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

10 Mar 2026 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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.

Performing Right Society (PRS) sues Valve over video game music

10 Mar 2026 [updated] | By Liam Squires-Hand

Valve Corporation makers of Steam are facing yet another lawsuit, this time around video game audio from the Performing Right Society (PRS) in the UK.

SiN Reloaded from Nightdive Studios arrives this year and there's a new trailer

9 Mar 2026 | By Liam Squires-Hand

Nightdive Studios have announced today that SiN Reloaded will release this year, and there's a new trailer available to watch right now.

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

9 Mar 2026 | By Liam Squires-Hand

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.

CoolerControl v4 adds new security features, brings hardware support and more

9 Mar 2026 | By Liam Squires-Hand

Monitor and manage various different cooling devices on Linux with CoolerControl. Version 4.0.0 brings a bunch more advanced features for you.

You can grab the Mafia: Trilogy, Far Cry Primal, Pentiment and more in this game bundle

9 Mar 2026 | By Liam Squires-Hand

The ESA All-Star Alliance Humble Bundle is live and includes a really great set of games to add to your collection including the Mafia: Trilogy.

CachyOS update brings improvements for PC gaming handhelds, the installer and more

9 Mar 2026 | By Liam Squires-Hand

CachyOS continues being one of the most popular Linux distributions, and the brand new release comes with lots of welcome improvements to setting it up.