x86 on ARM64 emulator FEX gets some huge gaming improvements
FEX is one way to run x86 appps and games on ARM64, with the latest release 2508 bringing some pretty striking performance improvements.
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NVIDIA Beta driver 580.65.06 released for Linux with bug fixes and expanded Wayland support
NVIDIA have released the first Beta for the 580 driver series, with NVIDIA Beta driver 580.65.06 bringing mostly bug fixes.
Sacred 2 Remaster announced from THQ Nordic
We really are in the era of remasters aren't we? Sacred 2 Remaster was just recently revealed by THQ Nordic.
Frostliner announced recently is basically Snowpiercer as a survival city-builder
Okay, now this is cool. Frostliner puts you in charge of a train in this survival city builder on rails that's practically Snowpiercer.
Click through the joy of opening up mystery boxes in Unboxathon
If you love your chilled casual clicker games, Unboxathon could be a good one for you with a demo available to try.
Dice A Million channels Balatro vibes into game-breaking dice rolling
With a fresh demo released, Dice A Million looks like it will grab a lot of my time in future.
Gyro through a collection of handcrafted mazes in the Steam Deck exclusive Game With Balls
The second game from Geert Verhoeff that's only meant to be played on a Steam Deck is Game With Balls, a collection of handcrafted mazes to gyro through.
Queer Games Bundle 2025 is live on itch.io
At a time where supporting creators of anything that might be deemed adult content or NSFW is more important than ever, the Queer Games Bundle 2025 is live.
ZOOM Platform also had payment processor issues, say they "have no plans to remove any titles"
ZOOM Platform that sell a lot of retro games, as well as publish upgrades for games, announced they've also been a target of payment processors for adult games.
Steam Survey for July 2025 shows Linux approaching 3%
Valve released the data for the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for July 2025, showing the Linux user share making gains towards hitting 3%.
Mastercard release a statement about game stores, payment processors and adult content
Mastercard have today released a short statement to clarify their position on adult content across game stores.
itch.io to reindex free adult content as they search for new payment processors
The ongoing saga of payment processors pushing game stores continues, with itch.io now reindexing free adult content but some issues remain.
Valve finally upgraded the Steam trailer video player, re-encoding around 400,000 videos
The Steam trailer video player was old and not especially great, but now perhaps it might actually work a lot better with a big upgrade.
Tycoon strategy game Car Park Capital gets a new trailer and publisher announcement
Car Park Capital is an absolutely genius idea for a tycoon building sim, getting you to build up the greatest car parks ever.
The new Nexus Mods app adds collections creation, library searching and more improvements
Work continues to expand the cross-platform open source Nexus Mods app, which will eventually replace Vortex with v0.14.3 out now with new features.
Free and open source 2D graphics editor PixiEditor 2.0 out now with Linux support
PixiEditor is a free and open source fully-featured 2D graphics editor, now better than ever with the 2.0 release out that brings Linux support.
Lossless Scaling Frame Generation for Linux hits 1.0 with a new UI making it easier than ever
The developer of the unofficial Lossless Scaling Frame Generation for Linux project announced the first official release, which comes with a new UI.
Valve reveal the Steam sales and events for the first half of 2026
While we're nowhere near done with 2025 yet, Valve have revealed the first lot of sales event for 2026 so here's what you need to know.
Valve makes Steam Library customisation a little easier in the latest Steam Beta
Valve released a new Steam Beta Client update for Desktop and SteamOS / Steam Deck, making customising your Steam games a bit easier.
Here's the most played games on Steam Deck for July 2025
A fresh month is here so time to take a look at what has been popular over the last month on Steam Deck, and time for you to tell us what you've been playing.
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