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Build up your Steam library with the latest Fanatical Titanium Collection 2026

Liam Dawe — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 10:58:10 +0000

Fanatical have another chance here for you to build up your Steam game collection with a bunch of lovely indie games all at a great price.

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Ghostship - the new Super Mario 64 PC port gets a Linux release

Liam Dawe — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:46:52 +0000

Ghostship was a recent announcement from the HarbourMasters team bringing a new Super Mario 64 PC port, and now there's a fresh release with a Linux version.

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French indie studio Accidental Queens are closing and delisting their games from Steam

Liam Dawe — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:40:02 +0000

A few more games are going to be lost to history, as the French indie studio Accidental Queens announced they're closing down.

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Draft code submitted to KDE Plasma turns it into a full VR desktop

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:37:01 +0000

A developer has submitted a draft to the KDE team for KWin to hook up a full Plasma VR mode and it looks pretty awesome.

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Get some indie legends in the latest Fanatical game bundle

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:34:51 +0000

Fanatical have launched the Best of Indie Legends Game Bundle offering you a new chance to get some fantastic games at a ridiculous price.

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Ghostship is a new Super Mario 64 PC port from HarbourMasters

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:34:00 +0000

From the HarbourMasters team is another Nintendo PC port, this time it's Super Mario 64.

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Valve tweak Steam AI disclosure form for developers to clarify it's for content consumed by players

Liam Dawe — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:40:39 +0000

Back in early 2024, Valve put up new rules for game developers on Steam to pull in some information about generative AI, and they now seem to have tweaked it.

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Proton Experimental brings updates for MonoGame, Rockstar Launcher and more

Liam Dawe — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 14:22:14 +0000

Valve launched a new update for Proton Experimental for January 16th to improve various games and launchers working on SteamOS / Linux.

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EndeavourOS Linux gets an upgraded release with Ganymede Neo

Liam Dawe — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:14:00 +0000

After a major update released for EndeavourOS late last year, a new refresh is out with Ganymede Neo with a big tweak for NVIDIA GPU owners.

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Grab some awesome modern platformers in the Playful Platformers 2026 Humble Bundle

Liam Dawe — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:03:51 +0000

Got a little time for some adventuring and platforming? The Playful Platformers 2026 Humble Bundle has launched with a great price for some nice games.

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Valve reveal all the Steam events scheduled for 2026

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:55:44 +0000

We already had a list of the first lot of Steam events for the year but now we know everything that's coming, as Valve put up the second half.

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OBS Studio 32.1 Beta is out with a new Audio Mixer, WebRTC Simulcast support and more

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:09:03 +0000

Another new release of the excellent open source video capture and streaming app OBS Studio is being prepared, with OBS Studio 32.1 Beta out now.

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Valve's documentation highlights the different ways standalone games run on Steam Frame

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:06:49 +0000

With the upcoming new Steam Frame hardware from Valve, they want to get as many games as possible running - and there's multiple ways for developers to do it.

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Steam Machine verification will have "fewer constraints" than Steam Deck - but text sizing worries me

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:44:43 +0000

It seems it will be easier to be Steam Machine Verified when compared with Steam Deck Verified, according to a Valve designer speaking with Game Developer.

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Even more AMD ray tracing performance improvements heading to Mesa on Linux

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:04:47 +0000

Developer Natalie Vock working for Valve has sent in even more impressive performance improvements for AMD GPUs on Linux with Mesa.

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D7VK version 1.2 brings more Direct3D 6 improvements and a little Direct3D 5 too

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:51:35 +0000

Entering the land of what the developer calls diminishing returns, D7VK version 1.2 has rolled out delivering a bunch of Direct3D 6 improvements.

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Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" is out now and supported until 2029

Liam Dawe — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:58:05 +0000

The popular Linux Mint has a big new stable version available with Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" supported up until 2029 as it's a long-term support release.

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Cygames announced an AI studio, and then put up an apology over it

Liam Dawe — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:41:21 +0000

The expansion of generative AI continues with Cygames recently announcing the formation of an AI studio. Fans weren't happy, and now Cygames have apologised.

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GOG plan to look a bit closer at Linux through 2026

Liam Dawe — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:38:03 +0000

With Linux gaming clearly showing it's becoming more popular, and with GOG under new ownership, there's hope yet that GOG will improve their Linux support.

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Nexus Mods retire their in-development cross-platform app to focus back on Vortex

Liam Dawe — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:54:06 +0000

One of the new Nexus Mods owners posted an announcement noting that they're moving back to Vortex, ceasing development on their newer cross-platform app.

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Valve tweak Steam Community Awards to deal with point farming and "attention-grabbing content"

Liam Dawe — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:24:54 +0000

Along with an entirely new set of awards you can give out across Steam the changes should stop all the clown farming on reviews, guides, forum posts and more.

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Windows compatibility layer Wine 11 arrives bringing masses of improvements to Linux

Liam Dawe — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:35:33 +0000

Wine is a compatibility layer for running Windows apps and games on Linux, a major part of Valve's Proton and now Wine 11 is finally here.

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Check out the full first video episode for Games For Everyone

Liam Dawe — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:16:31 +0000

Recently we mentioned a new podcast series hosted by Jason at Linux For Everyone called Games For Everyone. Now you can catch the first full video episode.

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Budgie 10.10 finally makes the Wayland jump as development moves to Budgie 11

Liam Dawe — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:03:44 +0000

Budgie may not be one of the most popular desktop environments on Linux but it is an interesting one, and with Budgie 10.10 it finally migrated to Wayland.

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NVIDIA recommended driver 580.126.09 release for Linux

Liam Dawe — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 13:43:07 +0000

NVIDIA today released their latest recommended driver version 580.126.09 for Linux but it's quite light on actual changes and improvements.

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European Commission gathering feedback on the importance of open source

Liam Dawe — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 13:11:54 +0000

The European Commission recently launched a call for evidence on a newer initiative about the importance of open source, and their reliance on non-EU countries.

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Goverlay for managing tools like MangoHud gets a major new release and it's finally on Flathub

Liam Dawe — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:47:55 +0000

Goverlay is a useful tool for configuring the likes of MangoHud, vkBasalt, and OptiScaler. Recently it arrived on Flathub, and a major new update is out.

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Steam begins 2026 by smashing the users online record again

Liam Dawe — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:31:10 +0000

A pretty good way for Valve to start the year, with Steam breaking another all-time users online record.

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Canonical call for testing their Steam gaming Snap for Arm Linux

Liam Dawe — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 13:30:09 +0000

Doing something similar to what Valve will do for the Steam Frame, Canonical have announced a Steam gaming Snap package for Arm.

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Steam Frame and Steam Machine will be another good boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall too

Liam Dawe — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:35:03 +0000

With the Steam Frame and Steam Machine launching with SteamOS Linux this year, we're going to again see a nice boost for Flatpaks and desktop Linux overall.

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Bosslords and Architect of Ruin from Hooded Horse look great as they refuse to sign AI "art"

Liam Dawe — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:03:29 +0000

Game publisher Hooded Horse have recently revealed another two titles with Bosslords and Architect of Ruin that looks awesome, as they fight against AI "art".

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Steam Client Beta adds a revamped interface for opting into game Betas and other changes

Liam Dawe — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 09:26:07 +0000

On top of SteamOS 3.7.20 Beta and improvements to the Steam Workshop so mods can support multiple game versions, we have a Beta UI overhaul for Steam games.

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SteamOS 3.7.20 adds the ntsync driver to help improve some game performance

Liam Dawe — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 09:08:56 +0000

Valve have released SteamOS 3.7.20 Beta coming with just two changes, and one of them is very interesting to see arrive on SteamOS.

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Linaro reveal they're collaborating with Valve for the Steam Frame

Liam Dawe — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 20:14:50 +0000

Here's a small bit of news but an interesting one for the upcoming Steam Frame from Valve, as Linaro recently revealed they're supporting Valve with it.

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Valve update the Steam Workshop to allow mods to support multiple game versions

Liam Dawe — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:47:32 +0000

A nice move by Valve to improve the modding scene - as mods on the Steam Workshop can now support multiple game versions.

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Humble Bundle have a nice collection of games for handhelds

Liam Dawe — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 19:36:58 +0000

Gaming on the go doesn't have to be boring, so check out the Decked Out Collection Humble Bundle for some interesting picks.

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Mesa RADV driver on Linux looks set for a big ray tracing performance boost

Liam Dawe — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:49:58 +0000

One thing currently a bit lacking on Linux is the performance of ray tracing with the open source Mesa RADV driver, but a big improvement is coming.

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SteamOS 3.7.19 arrives with a bunch of essential bug fixes

Liam Dawe — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:29:52 +0000

Valve have released the latest stable update for SteamOS version 3.7.19, bringing a bunch of bug fixes to improve the Linux gaming platform.

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Lenovo Legion Go 2 will get a SteamOS version in June

Liam Dawe — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 11:22:38 +0000

Another official SteamOS handheld has been announced, and it's Lenovo again with the Legion Go 2.

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Humble Choice for January 2026 has a great overall selection of games

Liam Dawe — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:47:17 +0000

The first Humble Choice of 2026 has landed and it seems like overall a rather good selection of games for you to be able to grab.

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Valve amended the Steam survey for December 2025 - Linux actually hit another all-time high

Liam Dawe — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:47:43 +0000

Initially Valve's Steam Hardware & Software Survey for December 2025 showed Linux at 3.19%, but they appear to have amended it with a nice boost for Linux.

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KDE Plasma 6.6 will finally stop the system sleeping when gaming with a controller

Liam Dawe — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 09:24:45 +0000

Finally! One of the most annoying issues is your system going to sleep while gaming with a controller, and KDE Plasma 6.6 will solve it.

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NVIDIA announce DLSS 4.5 with Dynamic Multi Frame Generation, plus DLSS Updater gets Linux support

Liam Dawe — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 09:04:08 +0000

Along with announcing a Native Linux app for GeForce NOW, NVIDIA also revealed the new DLSS 4.5 with Dynamic Multi Frame Generation.

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AMD reveal the Ryzen 9850X3D, Ryzen AI 400 series and more Ryzen AI Max+

Liam Dawe — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 08:50:07 +0000

AMD had plenty to reveal at CES 2026 with a bunch of new processors, including the new AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D as the "the fastest gaming processor on the market".

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NVIDIA announce a native Linux app for GeForce NOW

Liam Dawe — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 07:42:58 +0000

NVIDIA already added Steam Deck support for GeForce NOW and they're now expanding it with a dedicated Native Linux app for desktops.

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The Legion Go with Bazzite is an excellent machine for gaming

Liam Dawe — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 01:14:30 +0000

I finally acquired an original Lenovo Legion Go and of course I had to put Linux on it and get rid of Windows, so I finally got to see the fuss over Bazzite.

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Intel launches Core Ultra Series 3 at CES with Arc B390, teases new "handheld gaming platform"

Liam Dawe — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:26:07 +0000

Intel have done their CES 2026 presentation and if you're going to be in the market for CPU and GPU power together, they might have something for you.

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Check out the new Games For Everyone podcast and have a listen

Liam Dawe — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 18:15:45 +0000

Games For Everyone is a new podcast series from Linux For Everyone, something that should be a monthly thing to talk about the world of Linux gaming.

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The best Linux distributions for gaming in 2026

Liam Dawe — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:52:53 +0000

Here is your up to date list of what distro you should be picking if you want to start gaming on Linux in 2026. The latest edition of you telling me I'm wrong.

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Some releases to look forward to in 2026

Liam Dawe — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 13:34:34 +0000

It's a new year, so here's some games that should release on PC during 2026 that I'm excited for.

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