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Steam Next Fest - February 2026 is live with tons of demos
Here we go again, a mad dash to play as many demos as possible with the Steam Next Fest - February 2026 event now live.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
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With Steam Decks selling out and Game Pass' future uncertain, how will the next generation play games at all?
As Steam Decks sell out due to rocketing RAM prices and Xbox seemingly damns the Game Pass experiment, how will we play games in the future?
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Der8auer has been shattering glass water block windows for testing purposes, and also because it's really fun
Everyone's got to have a hobby.
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Come chase your clone through an exquisite, comicbook-inspired world of seashells and ancient machines
Helix: Descent N Ascent sounds like it should be a mascot platformer starring a jaunty DNA molecule with floating Rayman hands, whose special power is making stuff go up and down. Up and down the evolutionary ladder, even! A platform game in which you can evolve and devolve your character at will, to solve different puzzles? Good lord, we’ll make one million dollars out of this! Somebody get me the CEO of Midway. Alas for my career prospects, Midway is no more. And Helix is not a masc
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Ubisoft announce a trio of Assassin's Creed veterans will lead the series' "next era"
A trio of long-time Assassin's Creed developers will lead the series into its "next era" now that it's under the umbrella of Vantage Studios, Ubisoft's new sub-company partly funded by Tencent. Martin Schelling, Jean Guesdon, and François de Billy are being handed the reins. Read more
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'Anyone found to be cheating will be permabanned from playing Marathon forever': Bungie's doubling down on security following Arc Raiders' recent foibles
Don't go running to Bungie support to save you.
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15 years after it was shut down, Star Wars Galaxies is still getting massive updates thanks to this restoration projectâlike a Helldivers-style galactic civil war
What could've been, is.
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This bloody medieval carve-'em-up has me praying the devs deliver a holy gaming experience
Vengeance will be mine
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Marathon targets another Arc Raiders weakness, boldly stating that cheaters will be "permabanned" with "no second chances"
Bungie reveals its anti-cheat plans for Marathon, including a zero-tolerance approach to bad actors that feels like a snipe at Arc Raiders.
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'I had to RUN to my Mac mini like I was defusing a bomb': OpenClaw AI chose to 'speedrun' deleting Meta AI safety director's inbox due to a 'rookie error'
Not the kind of error you want an AI director of safety and alignment making.
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"What's 100% of zero? Like, who gives a shit?" New Blood boss unimpressed by Epic sharing more revenue with devs than Steam
Earlier this month, Epic Games Store shyly announced that their free game giveaways are having "a measurable halo effect across the broader PC ecosystem", increasing the sales of those games on Steam during the offer period. New Blood Interactive’s Dave Oshry has made the same argument a bit less sympathetically: boosting the profile of games already on Steam is the only reason to release anything on the Epic Games Store, even given Epic’s more generous developer revenue share, bec
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A UK redditor flew to New York City to buy 280 TBs worth of HDDs to avoid 'literally ridiculous' pricing, declares it was 'worth it in the end'
I would fly several thousand miles, and I would fly several thousand more...
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WoW's revisiting old zones for Midnight and The Last Titan because not every story 'has to be told within the context of a new continent'
"Or island or liminal space. Wherever we're going."
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GOG agrees with Ultrakill publisher boss that "the future of preservation is decided by players who give a s**t"
As it attempts to thrive in a world dominated by Steam, GOG calls on PC players to âprove together that preservation isnât niche.â
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Users are reporting MSI's yellow-tipped GPU power cables are sneaking out of place, putting graphics cards at increased risk
Sneaky cables, get back in there.
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Final Fantasy 14's in-house rock band is heading to one of the UK's biggest music festivals and it feels like my two main friend groups meeting for the first time
The Primals are coming to the UK, baby.
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Assassin's Creed 3's greatest feature was pushed to the side until Black Flag because Ubisoft was worried that 'the tech wouldn't work'
We had to wait another year for a proper high seas adventure.
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How to complete Source of the Contamination in Arc Raiders
Don't forget wellies when wading through contaminated water.
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How to complete Eyes on the Prize in Arc Raiders
Rewire some solar panels for Tian Wen in the Buried City.
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How to complete After Rain Comes in Arc Raiders
Use wires and batteries to repair the solar panels.
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Play Nazi fugitive Guess Who in detective note-shuffler The Ratline's Steam Next Fest demo
Sometimes you get a note through the door, nestled among the bills and flyers for local takeaways. Oi, it says, some priest's been murdered, and we need you to track down the folks on a list of Nazis he smuggled out of Germany after the war. Ok, you reply, it's the 1970s and I've got nothing better to do. That's the setup for Owlskip Games' The Ratline, the Steam Next Fest demo of which has just put my beleaguered Monday brain to the test. Read more
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The Denshattack! demo sees you kickflipping, grinding, and joyriding a Ferris wheel into an active volcano on the world's most tubular commute
Multi-track drifting is somehow the least wild thing happening, here.