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Mech-building auto battler 'Cats in the Shell' announced by former Tencent / Net Ease devs
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (310+ words) Cats in the Shell is a fresh announcement from the newly formed Raven Studio, and it looks like it could be a lot of fun. A demo playtest is live on Steam for the next 7 days - so you can give…...
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is Steam Deck Verified / Steam OS Compatible ahead of release
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (248+ words) Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced from Ubisoft arrives July 9th, and it is now officially rated Steam Deck Verified / Steam OS Compatible. So it should boot up and be playable without issues, as long as Valve's testing has been thorough enough....
Steam Survey - June 2026 shows Linux dip to 3. 69%
3+ hour, 54+ min ago (115+ words) Gaming On Linux The Steam Hardware & Software Survey for June 2026 is out - so here's our usual look over the statistics provided by users who opt-in to it. We've seen Linux dip for another month after the recent all-time high back…...
Steam OS gets fixes for Steam Machine, MSI Claw, Legion Go and fixes for desktop Steam too
4+ hour, 27+ min ago (88+ words) Multiple updates for Steam / Steam OS were released bringing a range of fixes and improvements - here's all that's new and changed. We can continue to expect plenty of rapid changes and improvements with the Steam Machine out now, and with…...
Play Station 5 Linux project gets upgraded to support new firmware and PS5 Slim
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (146+ words) You should be able to do whatever you want with hardware you purchase - and the ps5-linux project for the Play Station 5 continues expanding Linux support. Firmware version support now includes: They previously said they wouldn't support firmware versions 6. xx and…...
Steam update brings Steam Machine compatibility improvements, game resolution changes
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (223+ words) Gaming On Linux Valve launched the latest Steam update which brings more compatibility improvements for the Steam Machine. From the "Steam Deck Client Update: June 30th" changelog (which Valve should probably rename now), the changes are listed below: - The game launch…...
The death of physical media - Sony announced the end of Play Station disc production
22+ hour, 29+ min ago (225+ words) One less reason to go with a traditional console for gaming - Sony announced they're killing off physical Play Station media. This news follows another recent stain where Sony also announced Studio Canal digital media would be removed from everyone - because…...
Carbon engine framework powering EVE Online is now open source
23+ hour, 30+ min ago (124+ words) Fenris Creations announced today that Carbon, their cross-platform game engine framework behind EVE Online (and EVE Frontier) is now completely open source. Should be interesting for people to re-use and learn from, with it being able to support persistent online…...
Conan Exiles Enhanced is getting a free four-part story expansion
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (166+ words) Funcom and Inflexion Games just announced a free four-part story expansion is coming for Conan Exiles Enhanced, starting July 21st. Called "The Legacy of the Giant-Kings", it's a multi-part journey into one of the Exiled Lands" most mysterious and dangerous realms....
Diablo IV - Season 14 broke the game on Linux / Steam OS - Blizzard working on a fix
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (149+ words) Blizzard just launched Diablo IV - Season 14 bringing new content but they ended up breaking the game with Proton on Linux / Steam OS systems. Unfortunately, they didn't seem to do enough (or any?) testing to ensure it remained compatible. A continuing…...