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Death Stranding 2 gets a performance patch, including improvements for Steam Deck
22+ hour, 35+ min ago (168+ words) Death Stranding 2 gets a performance patch, including improvements for Steam Deck'GamingOnLinux Death Stranding 2 from Kojima Productions and PlayStation Publishing has a big new patch out for the PC release with various performance upgrades. Patch version 1.2 was released April 2nd and in…...
Counter-Strike 2 gets a Beta with a fancy new animation system
20+ hour, 35+ min ago (170+ words) While I still sit here waiting for Danger Zone to return (please Valve), Counter-Strike 2 just got a big Beta upgrade with a new animation system. Going by previous updates it seems they were messing with the chickens first for a…...
Mesa 26.0.4 open source graphics drivers released for Linux
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (112+ words) Mesa 26.0.4 open source graphics drivers released for Linux'GamingOnLinux Mesa 26.0.4 is out now as the latest bug-fix release for the open source graphics drivers, as work continues on Mesa 26.1. Since this is a point release, it's only bug fixes as new…...
The US Patent Office have rejected a Nintendo Pokemon patent for summoning subcharacters
22+ hour, 30+ min ago (230+ words) While it likely won't affect the ongoing Japan lawsuit between Nintendo / Pokemon and Pocketpair / Palworld, it is at least good news for game devs elsewhere. As reported by Games Fray that keep up with all the lawsuits going on, they…...
Linux smashes past 5% on the Steam Survey for the first time
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (178+ words) After rubbing away the sleep from my eyes in disbelief, Valve have updated the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for March 2026 showing explosive Linux growth. For the first time, Linux has smashed through 5% hitting yet another all-time high. Showing that all…...
NVIDIA announce a preview of "DRM Per-Plane Color Pipeline API" support on Linux (good for HDR)
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (290+ words) NVIDIA announce a preview of "DRM Per-Plane Color Pipeline API" support on Linux (good for HDR)GamingOnLinux NVIDIA just announced something quite interesting, in the form of an upcoming update for their GPU drivers for Linux. In a post on…...
If you love horror boomer shooters keep BLIGHTEN on your radar
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (271+ words) BLIGHTEN is a recent discovery and an instant add to wishlist, as the dark style of this boomer shooter looks great. The developer mentioned it's made in a classic DOOM style with 2D enemy and weapon sprites to complete the retro…...
Raspberry Pi prices rise again, along with a new 3GB Raspberry Pi 4 announced
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (133+ words) Raspberry Pi have revealed even more price rises for their hardware, as the AI surge continues and it may be a tough pill to swallow. They've also announced a new model, the 3GB Raspberry Pi 4 which is very real despite the…...
As expected - Slay the Spire 2 leads the way for the most played Steam Deck games for March 2026
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (144+ words) April 1st is here, you fools! No messing around here though - it's time to look over what was most popular on Steam Deck during March 2026. Very much as I expected, Slay the Spire 2 managed to hit the number 1 spot for the…...
Lakehopper looks like a wonderful casual seaplane flight simulator
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (267+ words) Fancy a new type of simulator How about flying your own seaplane Lakehopper has launched into Early Access on Steam with Linux support. Early reports from Steam users have given it a Very Positive rating. More about it: "Challenge your…...