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California Protect Our Games Act backed by Stop Killing Games passes key hurdle

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Stop Killing Games group are celebrating an initial early win for the California Protect Our Games Act as it passed a key hurdle.

Subnautica 2 is looking good on Desktop Linux, it's okay on Steam Deck with caveats

By Liam Squires-Hand,
What was the most wishlisted game on Steam, Subnautica 2 has entered Early Access and so far it's running out of the box on Linux / SteamOS.
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KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta arrives with Plasma Bigscreen, new Union theme system

By Liam Squires-Hand,
KDE Plasma 6.7 is shaping up to be a big release, with the introduction of Plasma Bigscreen along with a new theme system.

Steam Beta fixes continuous rumble breaking the new Steam Controller Gyro

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Along with fixes for other parts of Steam, the latest Beta brings more essential fixes for the Steam Controller with a firmware upgrade.

SDL adds expanded support for the new Steam Controller without Steam

By Liam Squires-Hand,
A future release of SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) will come with improved support for Valve's new Steam Controller to run without Steam needed.

Fragnesia and ssh-keysign-pwn are the latest Linux security problems

By Liam Squires-Hand,
We're seeing a wave of Linux security issues lately as it has become a bigger focus, and now we have Fragnesia and ssh-keysign-pwn revealed.

Developers of Party Animals announce an AI video contest - game gets a review bomb

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Talk about not reading the room right? Party Animals developers Recreate Games recently announced an AI video contest and it went down like a lead balloon.

AMD announce FSR Upscaling 4.1 officially coming to RDNA 3 and RDNA 2

By Liam Squires-Hand,
They sure took their sweet time didn't they. AMD have officially announced that FSR Upscaling 4.1 is officially coming to their older GPUs.

The original Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light Complete Edition enter the GOG Preservation Program

By Liam Squires-Hand,
GOG announced today a new partnership with 4A Games to bring the original versions of METRO 2033 and METRO: Last Light to GOG in the Preservation Program.

Get some quality classics in the Humble 15th Anniversary Indie Icons Showcase Bundle

By Liam Squires-Hand,
The Humble 15th Anniversary Indie Icons Showcase Bundle has gone live with a selection of great games that are not to be slept on.

Build a star-system wide factory in the incremental game Starvester

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Starvester has a fun idea - taking elements from clicker / idle and factory sims and expanding them to be across a whole star system.

ARC Raiders moves to slower larger updates as it crosses over 16 million sales

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Embark Studios / Nexon are slowing down on updates to ARC Raiders to address concerns from players, and make bigger updates - as it crossed a massive milestone.

Space colony building sim Space Haven 1.0 is finally here

By Liam Squires-Hand,
After many years in development, Space Haven from Bugbyte Ltd. has finally left Early Access with the big 1.0 release out now.

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II set for launch on May 21

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II from Bulwark Studios and Kasedo Games now has a release date set for May 21st with a new dev video.

The Talos Principle 3 revealed to be "coming soon"

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Croteam and Devolver Digital have revealed The Talos Principle 3, the final chapter of the thought-provoking first-person puzzle series.

Steam Beta brings Big Picture Mode tweaks, Linux improvements and Steam Controller fixes

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve released another new Steam Client Beta update for all platforms on May 13th, bringing with it a few styling changes to Big Picture Mode and various fixes.

Proton 11.0-1 Beta 3 brings FEX upgrades for Linux ARM64 (like the Steam Frame)

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Valve released the latest Beta for Proton 11 which brings with it an upgrade for FEX, the emulator to run x86 applications on ARM64 Linux devices.

Minecraft Java finally gets a Friends List and Peer-to-Peer multiplayer

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Minecraft 26.2 Snapshot 7 arrived for Minecraft Java, and finally it's making playing with friends simpler with a Friends List feature and expanded multiplayer.

KDE gets over €1 million in funding from the Sovereign Tech Fund

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency via the Sovereign Tech Fund announced over €1 million in funding for KDE to work on the Plasma desktop, KDE Linux and more.

Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic boss thinks AI is "creatively soulless"

By Liam Squires-Hand,
Thankfully, it seems that Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic will be one to keep on your watch list if you're not a fan of generative AI.