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Rain Games (Teslagrad) put up a demo for Knuckle Jet, an off-the-wall jetpunk ricochet action platformer

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Fans of crazy action might want to have a look at what Teslagrad developer Rain Games have coming next, with a demo of Knuckle Jet out now.

Fruit Ninja designer reveals Normal Golf Game with a demo - there's nothing normal about it

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Waking up on a golf course, you're trapped and the menace game designer Luke Muscat has taken $100K from you - so time to play a totally normal game of golf.
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MangoHud v0.8.4 released - should fix the Steam Overlay not working

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The excellent performance monitoring tool MangoHud v0.8.4 is out now, and it contains an important bug-fix with the Steam Overlay.

Big Steam update is out now, plus the Steam Workshop Update rolls out for everyone

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve have rolled up all the recent Beta updates into a fresh stable update for all Steam gamers with lots of tweaks and the new Workshop update too.

Steam Deck stock returns but there's a big price increase

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve announced today that the Steam Deck is finally properly back in stock, but they now come with a much higher price tag.

Hytale Update 5 brings controller support, new scripting tool for modders, social features

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Making Hytale easier to play with a gamepad and handhelds like the Steam Deck - Update 5 is out with some major new features for everyone.

Fight off deadly swarms and a big space hive in the latest No Man's Sky update

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Blimey, Hello Games sure are building up No Man's Sky into a game that just has a bit of everything aren't they? The Swarm Update has warped in.

Classic strategy games Empire Earth 1, 2 & 3 arrive on Steam

By Liam Squires-Hand,
While they were already on GOG, the Empire Earth games have now arrived fully on Steam so you can jump into this classic RTS series.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past DLC announced

By Liam Squires-Hand,
As had been rumoured and now confirmed, CD PROJEKT RED today announced The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past DLC to arrive in 2027.

Steam Beta fixes Steam Controller in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II and other issues solved

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve launched another small Steam Beta update for all gaming platforms recently, here's the details on what's changed for May 26th.

Proton Experimental gets fixes for Subnautica 2, War Thunder, Far Cry 4 and more

By Liam Squires-Hand,
More Linux / SteamOS gaming improvements arrive from Valve with a new update to Proton Experimental.

NVIDIA driver 610.43.02 arrives for Linux with Vulkan upgrades, DRM colour pipeline API support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A fresh new feature release of the NVIDIA driver has arrived for Linux with version 610.43.02 now available.

Linux and open source getting age checking exemptions could be problematic

By Liam Squires-Hand,
You've seen the news about various US states (and even a US-wide bill!) for operating systems to implement age checking - but exemptions could cause headaches.

Keep goods moving along the rails in mini puzzler Upalu Mundi

By Liam Squires-Hand,
With a Native Linux version added recently from developer True Baboons, the mini rail puzzle game Upalu Mundi looks really sweet.

Check out the demo for Topdeck Automat, blending autobattlers and deck-builders

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Topdeck Automat from Ludokultur who made the fun Rack and Slay has a demo out now, so you can try out this unique combo of autobattlers and deck-builders.

World of Tanks: HEAT released free on Steam and works on Linux / SteamOS

By Liam Squires-Hand,
World of Tanks: HEAT is a fast-paced free to play hero-driven tank action game, it just released on Steam and it does work on Linux / SteamOS systems.

Proton-CachyOS adds low latency layer and Discord rich presence support

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Proton-CachyOS version 11.0-20260519 has released bringing support for the new open source low_latency_layer, along with Discord rich presence.

A love letter to the Quake series, free and open source FPS Quetoo is out now

By Liam Squires-Hand,
After 19 years, Quetoo has finally released as a true love letter to the classic Quake series. It's free, has Linux support and is open source.

Blue Archive adds full Steam Deck compatibility and a new startup movie

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The popular free to play game Blue Archive from NEXON Games just got patched with full Steam Deck compatibility, and there's a sweet new startup movie too.

Trials of Mana and Legend of Mana enter the GOG Preservation Program with a Square Enix sale

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Mana series has arrived DRM-free on GOG as part of the Preservation Program, along with a first Square Enix JRPG Sale on GOG too.