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EA Cancels Apex Legends On Linux

November 03, 2024

EA pulls the plug on Apex Legends, Black Mesa gets some ToGL/Linux love, OLED screens for original Steam Decks, Unity goes after the developer of Garry's MOD, and Twitch is cracking down on hot takes.

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ARM You Ready – For Gaming?

October 27, 2024

Deck-Verified Humble Bundles, Lightweight UMU Launching with Faugus, Ampere-Powered Desktops from System76, Lollipop Chainsaw on Linux, and Finding Success for Your Game on Steam.

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Something Half-Life 2 This Way Comes

October 20, 2024

Are game devs losing touch on demos? We dive into Valve's decision to scrap the Junk store. Plus, we're breaking down Linux-native Next Fest picks and trying to make sense of those mysterious Half-Lif

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Steam Games For Lease

October 13, 2024

Steam now informs users they're purchasing a license. AAA gaming on the Mac with Asahi Linux is becoming a reality. We break down the real costs of video game piracy. Homebrew Steam Deck controllers,

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Aluminium Decks and Nintendo Threats

October 06, 2024

Nintendo takes down another open-source Switch emulator. Space Marine 2 update breaks Linux support. Aluminum Steam Deck shells, ultra-low-power game servers, and most gamers prefer the single-player

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Deadlock Turns Cheaters Into Frogs

September 29, 2024

Deadlock turns cheaters into frogs! California changes how always-online games are sold, Valve invests in Arch Linux, and organizing your Genshin spreadsheet with YAML.

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Rockstar Delinuxes GTA V Online

September 22, 2024

Rockstar Delinuxes GTA V Online, Steam experiments with ARM64 Proton builds, YouTube introduces 9 new features, retro jiggle racing with Parking Garage Rally Circuit, and NVIDIA discontinues the 4090.

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AMD GPUs Own The Midrange In 2025

September 15, 2024

Steam Families is great if you're in the same country, open-source Black & White brings cow-slapping nostalgia, AMD nukes high-end GPUs, Deadlock disables stats for tracker sites, and making a wireles

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We Have Rocket Cars At Home

September 08, 2024

Jackbox's Naughty Pack Teases, Valve Gobbles Up Another Studio, Retroid Pockets Learn Linux, and Hacker League Brings Carball Back.

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The Linux Tower Of Power

September 01, 2024

EmuDeck is getting into the hardware business! Microsoft gives WINE a case of Mono, Steam adds global resolution to the Deck, EA shuts down Battlefield on Linux, and Windows 11 sucks on handhelds.

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Nobara Linux Embarrasses Windows 11

August 25, 2024

Nobara Linux wrecks Windows 11 in 4 gaming benchmarks, Valve bans Razer and Wooting keyboards, VTubing on Linux with PyNGtuber, and what's going on with the Half-Life 2 updates?

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Valve Deadblocks The Verge

August 18, 2024

Valve serves the Verge a Deadblock! Corsair Void headset support arrives in the Linux kernel, SteamOS on the ROG Ally, Heroic Games Launcher gains an experimental umu-launcher, and open-source VR murd

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White Sands is NOT Half-Life 3, probably

August 11, 2024

This week, we dive into Valve's mysterious new project, White Sands. Plus, Intel's Battlemage finally has a release date, AMD taps the brakes on CUDA emulation, and game demos on Steam are becoming a

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Skibidi DMCA And Intel Implosions

August 04, 2024

Skibidi Toilet boops Garry's Mod for copyright infringement, World of Goo 2 launches with Linux support, BattleBlock HD prepares for release, Intel doubles down on being Intel, and Crowdstrike might b

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Eleven Years Of Early Access

July 28, 2024

After eleven years in Early Access, 7 Days to Die hits 1.0! Steam is upgrading its demo scene, Esports are headed to the Olympics, Google buys some Reddit, and how does an MMO survive with only 30 pla

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NVIDIA Bends The Knee

July 22, 2024

NVIDIA transitions to fully open-source kernel modules! Enlisted returns to Steam, and iFixit announces their Steam Deck repair kit. On top of that, we have a new contender for the "Hit Box at home" t

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What’s Going On With Valve’s Artifact?

July 15, 2024

Valve's Artifact is back from the dead! PCSX2 gets a huge 2.0 release. Dota 2's Sleet Fighter is ready for EVO, PvP at the Renaissance Faire, and Sabrent wants to suffocate your Steam Deck.

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Nexus Mods Headed To Linux!

July 07, 2024

Valve nukes TF2 bots, Dolphin switches to a rolling release, Nexus Mods releases a Linux app, and Android games might be headed to Steam.

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Steam Game Recording (beta) On Linux

June 30, 2024

Steam launches a built-in gameplay recording system, GOG partners with Amazon for Luna streaming, OBS Studio gains AV1 NVENC support, Hori releases Steam controllers, and even old people love gamepads

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Silksong Is Not In Development Hell?

June 23, 2024

Steam Deck gets a day-one patch for Elden Ring DLC, Wayland gains VR capabilities, Valve ends Mac support for its major titles, Hollow Knight: Silksong remains in development

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Windows Still Sucks On Steam Deck

June 16, 2024

Valve faces an $843 million lawsuit, Steam Next Fest demo picks are in, TUXEDO has a Snapdragon-powered Linux prototype, the Epic store leaks upcoming games, and Windows still struggles on the Steam D

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Team Fortress 2 Reviews Drop To Mostly Negative

June 09, 2024

Twitch disbands its safety council, Team Fortress 2 drops to Overwhelmingly Negative, GOG is deleting cloud saves

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Valve’s Deadlock Trademark and 4.5 Slot GPU Madness

June 02, 2024

Valve trademarks Deadlock, EA removes their terribad launcher, MSI's 4.5 slot AIO GPU, clips are headed to Steam, and Bungie wins lawsuit against Aimjunkies.

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Where Do Steam Games Go When You Die?

May 26, 2024

Valve clarifies who can inherit your Steam library, NVIDIA (beta) drivers bring the Wayland, gamers suck at strategic thinking, The Matrix Awakens gets a Linux build, and IGN buys some of our favourit

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Valve’s Deadlock Springs A Leak

May 19, 2024

Valve's next game, Deadlock, springs a leak! PSN requirements prevent Ghost of Tsushima from being Steam Deck certified, Minecraft headed to Steam, and VR adoption is higher than expected?

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Zelda64Recomp Brings Majora’s Mask To Linux

May 12, 2024

Collabora turbocharges Steam Deck updates. Humble has a Metroidvania Bundle. Custom Battlefield 4 servers are back with Warsow.

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Vanguard Breaks More Than Linux Support LOL

May 05, 2024

GeForce NOW adds improved support on Steam Deck, Nintendo nukes 8,535 YUZU forks, Dr. Robotniks Ring Racers releases after five years in development, Helldivers 2 review-bombing, and Van

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Nintendo DMCAs 20 Years Of Garry’s MODs

April 28, 2024

Valve closes the Advanced Access refund loophole, Notebook Check says ProtonDB sucks, Nintendo goes all DMCA on Garry's Mod, open-source Fallout 1, and Proton Experimental hides your cores.

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Toss The Source To Your Witcher

April 21, 2024

Descent 3 goes open-source, Nvidia hires lead Nouveau developer, Team Fortress 2 gets a Vulkan button, 7 Days To Die exits Early Access, Witcher 3 source code leaks, and $300 chocolates from Valve.

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Will Steam Embrace The Dark Side?

April 08, 2024

Them's Fightin' Herds calls it quits, Gaming with the Intel Arc A310 on Linux, Hatsune Miku invades NecroDancer, Ross Scott wants publishers to stop killing games, and will Steam ever embrace the dark

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The End Of Exclusives & Battlemage GPUs Confirmed!

March 31, 2024

Exclusive deals are drying up for indie developers, Phil says "yes" to third-party stores on Xbox, Intel Battlemage spotted in the wild, and SDL3 vs. Wayland.

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There’s Always Room 4 Steam Family

March 24, 2024

Steam Families gets a HUGE upgrade! Playtron is a new Linux-based OS for handheld gaming devices. Rusty NVIDIA drivers from RedHat

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NVIDIA Flexes On Linux

March 17, 2024

Hot reflex action comes to Linux! Steam has a Springy sale, OBS gets a PipeWire-powered camera, Suyu Switches up emulation

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AMD Cracks Down On FreeSync

March 11, 2024

Steam Decks receive a horizon button! AMD cracks down on FreeSync certification, Linux reaches 4% desktop market share

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Nintendo Sues Yuzu and Roblox Bans Linux

March 03, 2024

Nintendo gonna sue somebody and this time it's the creators of the open-source Switch emulator, Yuzu! Roblox pulls the plug for Linux gamers

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678% Performance Boost For Linux Gaming

February 25, 2024

Steam Audio SDK goes open-source! CodeWeavers' Linux kernel tweaks deliver impressive performance gains, Last Epoch launches on Linux day one, a Godot-powered game launcher

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Can We Ditch Yellow Paint in Games?

February 19, 2024

After 5 years of updates, Dead Cells development has ended. Meanwhile, Neverwinter Nights: The Enhanced Edition fixes 20-year-old bugs. A reverse-engineered

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Half-Life Mysteries & Disney Deals

February 12, 2024

The first Half-Life 3 leak of 2024 has arrived! Orange Pi unveils a Linux-powered x86 Steam Deck competitor, Disney throws a billion-dollar check at Epic, and our top picks from Steam Next Fest.

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Overpriced Hype or Hot Garbage? ‘Fake’ Games on Steam

February 05, 2024

We dive into the murky depths of overpriced "fake games" on Steam, uncover the secrets of open-

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Valve ❤️ Skins and NVIDIA Still Confused by Wayland

January 29, 2024

Steam rakes in a BILLION bucks on skins! Black Mesa gets a GoldSrc remake, ULWGL unifies launching Windows games on Linux, and NVIDIA Still Confused by Wayland.

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Snipping The Steam Snap

January 22, 2024

Installing Steam isn't a Snap! WINE 9.0 enables 64-bit goodness, Left 4 Dead gets a mysterious security update, experimental Nintendo Switch emulator Ryujinx goes the (expletive deleted)

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Valve DMCA Takedowns and AV1 On Twitch!

January 15, 2024

Valve nukes two fan projects, AV1 comes to Twitch, AMD launches the Ryzen 8000G, Unity bans VLC, and a HoloISO powered Steam Deck competitor.

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A Fierce Steam Deck Competitor

January 07, 2024

MSI teases a fierce Steam Deck competitor! Portal Revolution gets a day one Linux release, AMD ray tracing performance gains with radv, Steam ends support for Windows 7 & 8, and Daggerfall Unity hits

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Best Linux Games Of 2023

December 31, 2023

Valve reveals 2023s biggest Steam Deck games! Slay the Spire MOD distributes malware, open-source DirectX, AAA Linux predictions for 2024, and a Blood & Magic source dump.

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A Linux-fueled Steam Year End Review!

December 25, 2023

Our Linux-fueled Steam year end review! Nintendo NSO controllers learn how to Linux, open-source NVIDIA drivers outperform the binary blob, Intel won't commit to a 2024 release date for Battlemage, an

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Stop Sniffing Steam Decks!

December 17, 2023

Valve warns against that fresh Deck smell! Twitch reverses their decision about "artistic depictions of nudity.", AMD open-sources FSR 3.0, W4 announces pricing for GODOT console ports, and Tim Swe

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Linux Beats Windows 11 At Gaming

December 11, 2023

Linux outperforms Windows 11 in gaming, Skyrim adds official support for Steam Deck, gamemode wants to pin your cores, and Tuxedo launches a Linux gaming laptop.

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OLED Steam Decks Sellout and PCSX2 Drops Wayland

December 04, 2023

Popular PS2 emulator PCSX2 drops support for Wayland, Linux continues to outperform OSX, Windows 11 gets shrunk for handhelds, and OLED Decks are huge in japan.

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Ubisoft ads pop-up and Steamy Autumn Sales

November 26, 2023

Steam makes finding games with DualShock/Sense support easy! The open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA takes a medium step forward, Google wanted to buy Epic Games, and Ubisoft tests in-game pop-up ads

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Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update and Scalping Decks

November 19, 2023

The 25th Anniversary Update for Half-Life is crabtastic! ProtonDB adds support for Chrome OS, Xbox cloud gaming on Linux, SDL powered SkiFree, and unlimited Limited Steam Decks.

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