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Excellent helicopter combat game Cleared Hot is getting a "Native Steam Deck build"


By Liam Squires-Hand
Cleared Hot is a truly fun helicopter combat game made in the spirit of Desert Strike and Jungle Strike - with a big update due this month.

Monster battler EvoCreo 2 arrives on Steam in April


By Liam Squires-Hand
EvoCreo 2 from Ilmfinity Studios is the second in the series of popular mobile monster catching games and it's confirmed for a Steam release on April 6th.

Aquarium building sim Megaquarium gets a big free update and new DLC


By Liam Squires-Hand
Megaquarium has evolved with the latest big free update for this aquarium building sim, along with a fun sounding new DLC expansion out now.

Bazzite gets a big update with KDE Plasma 6.6, Mesa 26.0.1 and more


By Liam Squires-Hand
Bazzite has a big new update available for your PC gaming handhelds and desktops with some major packaging upgrades to play with.

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 51: It’s Not Easy Being Green


By Hamish
When I first started using Linux full time in 2007, I was still not well versed on how video cards worked.

California law to require operating systems to check your age


By Liam Squires-Hand
The time of age assurance is upon us, and not just for social media - for operating systems too and that includes Linux as well of course.

SteamInputDB is a new site to help you find Steam Input configurations for your gamepads


By Liam Squires-Hand
SteamInputDB recently launched as a new third-party community site to help you find Steam Input configurations for various gamepads with Steam games.

Steam Deck OLED gets a price increase across Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan


By Liam Squires-Hand
KOMODO announced over the weekend that the Steam Deck OLED is getting a price increase across Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.

DREAMM emulator for LucasArts, Lucasfilm, and Lucas Learning games v4.0 out now


By Liam Squires-Hand
DREAMM is a special emulator for playing lots of classic LucasArts, Lucasfilm, and Lucas Learning games with a major new 4.0 release available.

Cities: Skylines celebrates 11 years with lots of new content on the way


By Liam Squires-Hand
Paradox are celebrating 11 years of the Cities: Skylines series with new content coming for both games, so here's what you need to know.

Steam Survey for February 2026 shows a big swing to Simplified Chinese


By Liam Squires-Hand
The Steam Hardware & Software Survey for February 2026 is live and it's looking a bit odd, with a huge swing towards Simplified Chinese.

Here's some of the most-played demos during Steam Next Fest - February 2026 edition


By Liam Squires-Hand
With Steam Next Fest - February 2026 nearly over, Valve recently revealed some of the most popular choices amongst gamers.

Here's the most played Steam Deck games for February 2026


By Liam Squires-Hand
Another month is done and finished and what a month it was huh? February 2026 had some fun games arriving, so here's what was most popular on Steam Deck.

Proton Experimental gets improvements for Vermintide 2 and more controller support for launchers


By Liam Squires-Hand
Valve released an update for Proton Experimental for February 27th, their testing ground for getting more Windows games running on Linux / SteamOS systems.

The OrangePi Neo gaming handheld with Manjaro Linux is now "on ice" due to component prices


By Liam Squires-Hand
The latest update for the OrangePi Neo handheld with Manjaro Linux is not a positive one, with the whole thing now unfortunately "on ice".

Running With Scissors announced horror first person shooter Flesh & Wire


By Liam Squires-Hand
Diving into the roots of the POSTAL series, Running With Scissors recently revealed the new horror first person shooter Flesh & Wire.

Gambonanza is the best Balatro-like version of chess yet and you have to try the demo


By Liam Squires-Hand
If you love strategy games and roguelikes, Gambonanza fuses together the worlds of Balatro and chess like no other and it won me over completely.

The "video game preservation service" Myrient is shutting down in March


By Liam Squires-Hand
Myrient is a popular "video game preservation service" that has over 390 terabytes of classics but it's about to go offline forever.

Heroic Games Launcher v2.20.1 brings more essential bug fixes


By Liam Squires-Hand
Heroic Games Launcher continues to bring improvements to run games from Epic, GOG, Amazon and more on Linux / SteamOS systems with v2.20.1 out now.

Smash everything apart together as Teardown goes multiplayer on March 12


By Liam Squires-Hand
The physics-based voxel destruction game Teardown is set for a huge free upgrade on March 12th, when the multiplayer update arrives.