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Valve Quietly Tweaked the Steam Machine Details Removing "4K Gaming at 60 FPS"
Valve has quietly revised the Steam Machine’s performance claims, removing the promise of 4K gaming at 60 FPS and now stating only “up to 4K gaming” with AMD’s semi‑custom CPU/GPU and FidelityFX Super Resolution 4.1. The change aligns the marketing copy with realistic hardware capabilities, acknowledging that few titles can sustain 60 FPS at 4K on the platform. Valve also delayed the reservation‑status emails, updating the timeline to “within a day” after users join the waiting list. The adjustments suggest a more cautious rollout as the device approaches its official launch.
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS Adds Galactic War Co-Op
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS has launched a major update that adds cooperative play to its Galactic War mode, allowing up to 12 players to battle together. The co‑op system lets participants share or separate armies and tech levels, with automatic progress...
Steam Stable Update Brings Pipewire Improvements for Linux, Remote Play Upgrades and More
Valve rolled out the latest stable Steam update on June 23, 2024, covering all platforms. The patch adds Malay language support, refines the controller‑pairing UI, and introduces smarter Pipewire session handling for Linux users. Remote Play receives a performance‑graph toggle, a...
85 of the Top 100 Steam Games Should Be Steam Machine Ready
Valve’s Steam Machine ecosystem now boasts roughly 30,000 games rated as compatible, and an analysis of the 24‑hour peak player counts shows that 85 % of the top‑100 most‑played Steam titles run on SteamOS/Linux. The list includes major hits like Counter‑Strike 2,...
The Steam Machine Should Launch with Around 30,000 Playable Games
Valve’s upcoming Steam Machine will launch with roughly 30,000 SteamOS‑compatible titles, a dramatic increase from the original 2015 effort. The surge is driven by Proton, which translates Windows games to Linux with near‑native performance, effectively eliminating the native‑Linux shortage. Valve...
AMD Release FSR Upscaling 4.1 for Radeon RX 7000 Series / RDNA 3
AMD announced that FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) Upscaling 4.1 is now live for the Radeon RX 7000 series, arriving earlier than the July timeline previously hinted. The update is delivered through Windows drivers, the open‑source Mesa RADV stack for Linux, and is...
Morrowind Game Engine OpenMW 0.51 Released with Modding and Gamepad Improvements
OpenMW, the open‑source engine that powers the classic RPG Morrowind, has released version 0.51.0. The update introduces a Lua scripting API for custom magic effects, terrain vertex painting in the content editor, and numerous gameplay tweaks such as expanded gamepad...
ScummVM 2026.3.0 Brings More Classic Games to Modern Platforms
ScummVM 2026.3.0 has been released, adding support for seven new retro titles, including two Nancy Drew mysteries and the cult classic Noctropolis. The update also brings performance enhancements to the PlayStation 3 port, allowing heavier games to run more smoothly. Development was...
Dbrand Steam Machine Companion Cube Case Now up for Pre-Order
dbrand has unveiled its Steam Machine Companion Cube case, a full polycarbonate enclosure that slots over Valve's Steam Machine without restricting airflow. The case offers two height profiles, a removable front panel, LED pass‑through, and magnetic screws for easy assembly....
The Open Source NVIDIA Vulkan Driver (NVK) Now Has Experimental DLSS Support
The open‑source NVIDIA Vulkan driver (NVK) for Linux now includes experimental support for Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS). The feature originated from a Mesa merge request submitted in October 2025, was refined by developer Thomas Andersen, and has just been merged into...
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 53: The Rabbit's Foot
Lugaru: The Rabbit’s Foot launched in 2005 as a shareware title, later ported to Linux by Ryan Gordon and rebadged as Lugaru HD. After its inclusion in the 2010 Humble Indie Bundle, Wolfire Games released the source code under GPL and...
SteamOS 3.8 Is Out with Initial Steam Machine Support, Desktop Mode Upgrades, New Graphics Drivers
Valve released SteamOS 3.8, the most substantial upgrade to its Linux‑based platform to date. The update refreshes the Arch base, introduces initial support for upcoming Steam Machine hardware, and switches Desktop Mode to Wayland with KDE Plasma 6.4.3. It also...
NVIDIA 595.84 Released as the New Recommended Driver for Linux
NVIDIA rolled out driver version 595.84 as the new "Recommended Driver" for Linux, extending WHQL‑level testing standards to non‑Windows platforms. The update tackles a range of issues, from suspend‑resume failures and Vulkan semaphore delays to game‑specific crashes in titles like...
Blood Dungeon Is a Weirdly Rad Mixture of Platforming with Vampire Survivors
Blood Dungeon, from Messhof—the studio behind Nidhogg and Wheel World—mixes scruffy 2D platforming with the auto‑shoot, bullet‑hell mechanics popularized by Vampire Survivors. The game debuted at the Day of the Devs Summer Game Fest 2026 and is currently available as...
Chilled Off-Road Exploration Sim 'over the Hill' Has a Demo Worth Exploring
Funselektor Labs, the studio behind Art of Rally and Absolute Drift, is set to launch the off‑road adventure game over the Hill later this year, with a playable demo already available. The demo lets players explore the Emerald Lake region...