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Discord attempt to put out the fires with a clarification over new age verification
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (521+ words) Discord have released some clarifications around the new forced age verification system coming worldwide next month, as people look to flee the platform. This comes as Google Trends show a huge increase in people looking for alternatives across the world....
Physics building game Besiege heads into space with The Broken Beyond expansion
20+ hour, 22+ min ago (154+ words) Besiege is going to the final frontier with the newly announced The Broken Beyond expansion. No exact release date yet other than "Q2 2026", so expect it sometime before the end of June 2026. In it you'll get to battle through a new…...
Motorsport Manager revived with a break from SEGA
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (165+ words) Playsport Games announced they've got the rights to Motorsport Manager back from SEGA, and they're already working on updates to the game. Originally released back in 2016, it's quite highly rated by a number of critics and has a Very Positive…...
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 50: Dawn of Civilization
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (799+ words) Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 50: Dawn of Civilization'GamingOnLinux Civilization: Call to Power is a curious cultural artifact in a number of ways. Developed without accreditation from Sid Meir, the game struggled for legitimacy, taking on a hulking scope…...
Mesa 25.3.5 arrives with bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (164+ words) Over the weekend we saw the release of Mesa 25.3.5, as we near the end of updates to Mesa 25.3 with developers moving onto the upcoming Mesa 26. Developer Dylan Baker said in the release announcement: We're a bit late with this one,…...
Steam game People Playground hit by malware via the Steam Workshop
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (307+ words) Oh dear. People Playground from mestiez / Studio Minus recently had a major problem with malware pretending to be a mod in the Steam Workshop. I would say this is a reminder to be careful on what you're downloading - but these…...
Steam Early Access games can now have a planned release date listed
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (253+ words) Answering calls from developers, Valve have tweaked Early Access game pages to allow developers to add a full release date. Just like Coming Soon pages can list an exact date, or a period where it may release, Early Access games…...
Butcher by day, people hunter by night - ZOMBUTCHER sounds like a fun but gruesome sim
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (258+ words) As a butcher you serve people meat, but what if the meat is also people? You can't help it in ZOMBUTCHER, since you're a Zombie. Sell meat to normal humans during the day, and hunt them down to butcher them…...
System76 plans for COSMIC include Vulkan, HDR, gaming improvements and more
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (221+ words) System76 have outlined some of their plans for upcoming upgrades to the new COSMIC desktop, and I have to admit I'm quite excited about what's coming to it. Right now COSMIC is pretty good, but there's a fair amount of work…...
Hollow Knight gets a patch adding 21:9 & 16:10 resolution support and more
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (112+ words) Team Cherry have given the original Hollow Knight a fresh coat of paint with a new patch out now to improve various parts of the classic metroidvania. Team Cherry have given the original Hollow Knight a fresh coat of paint…...