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Ubuntu MATE seeking maintainers as the creator looks to move on

By Liam Dawe,
Developer Martin Wimpress has announced their intention to move on from Ubuntu MATE, and so the distribution is looking for fresh faces.

GeForce NOW 2.0.83 brings improved display scaling for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
NVIDIA just launched their latest update to the cloud gaming service GeForce NOW, with version 2.0.83 bringing some big improvements overall.
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We'll finally get more info and footage for Gears of War: E-Day in June

By Liam Dawe,
Xbox Game Studios / The Coalition have announced that we're finally going to see more of Gears of War: E-Day in June.

Framework becomes a KDE Patron helping to fund open source

By Liam Dawe,
Hardware vendor Framework has now become a KDE Patron, offering financial support to further push open source like the Plasma desktop.

OldUnreal release new preview update for the classic Unreal Tournament 2004

By Liam Dawe,
With continued blessing from Epic Games, the OldUnreal team recently released another preview patch for Unreal Tournament 2004.

Less Miserables, a point-and-click parody of Les Miserables gets a demo

By Liam Dawe,
Love a good point and click adventure comedy? Less Miserables is an upcoming point-and-click parody of Les Misérables.

SteamOS 3.8.1 Preview should finally solve some WiFi performance issues

By Liam Dawe,
On top of the huge SteamOS 3.8 preview Valve put up recently, a smaller bug-fix release landed with SteamOS 3.8.1.

Facepunch signed a license with Valve to allow standalone releases from s&box

By Liam Dawe,
The spiritual successor to Garry’s Mod based on Valve's Source 2 is growing up, as you'll be able to create full standalone games with it.

Plague Inc: Evolved is getting a big new Aliens & Anti-Vaxxers DLC and free update

By Liam Dawe,
Plague Inc: Evolved is getting bigger and weirder with the Plague Inc: Aliens & Anti-Vaxxers DLC that was just announced recently.

ScummVM 2026.2.0 "Railmonicon" out now supporting more retro games

By Liam Dawe,
ScummVM 2026.2.0 "Railmonicon" has been released bringing support for 8 new games along with various assorted fixes elsewhere.

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS gets revived as the devs ask for Linux help and feedback

By Liam Dawe,
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS has returned with a new community team working on updates, and they need Linux user help to get it fixed up.

Rebellion revealed first-person action horror Alien Deathstorm

By Liam Dawe,
It's not quite the classic real Alien series but I'll take it. Rebellion just revealed the off-world first-person action horror Alien Deathstorm.

Hytale update 4 is another absolute whopper with over 500 new blocks

By Liam Dawe,
Hytale has a big update 4 now available, and it's ridiculously big with absolutely loads of new content available including over 500 new blocks.

STALKER 2: Cost of Hope expansion announced for Summer 2026

By Liam Dawe,
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope is the first major expansion revealed for Heart of Chornobyl and it's set to arrive this Summer.

Monado becomes the open source foundation for various OpenXR (VR) vendors

By Liam Dawe,
Collabora announced that their open source XR runtime (VR / AR) Monado has made some serious waves in the industry, and is now the foundation for many vendors.

Grounded 2 gets Steam Deck Verified with the latest updates

By Liam Dawe,
The single-player or co-op survival adventure where you've been shrunk, Grounded 2 has been Steam Deck Verified thanks to all the recent updates to it.

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Beta released with GNOME 50, Linux kernel 7.0, Mesa 26

By Liam Dawe,
The next major release of Ubuntu is almost here with a Beta now available for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Long-term support) for testing and bug-hunting.

Story-driven action RPG The Expanse: Osiris Reborn gets a new trailer and release window

By Liam Dawe,
The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is a story-driven action RPG set in The Expanse universe with focus on companions, player choices, and dynamic third-person combat.

Serious Sam: Shatterverse announced as a new co-op roguelite FPS

By Liam Dawe,
Serious Sam: Shatterverse is a new entry into the classic shooter franchise and this one is rather different to all the rest with the focus on co-op madness.

RTS game PERIMETER: Legate Edition gets Linux ARM64 binaries and Steam Workshop support

By Liam Dawe,
PERIMETER: Legate Edition is an enhanced version of the retro 2004 RTS game and the latest update expands it even further with modding and Linux ARM64.